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The festive ceremony opened with 鈥淚naugural Fanfare for President Riordan,鈥� an original composition by Paul Moravec, university professor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. It closed with a lively performance by 糖心破解版 students and alumni of 鈥淪easons of Love鈥� from the hit Broadway musical Rent, written and composed by Jonathan Larson 鈥�82.
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