About Us

C♯ is an organization which develops programs that contribute to the growth of a supportive musical community: a place where members are encouraged to unwind from academics by challenging themselves as singers, performers, and leaders. This community is home to the C♯ Singers, our competitive a cappella group, and the D♭ Singers, our serious choir group. Each group is comprised of students dedicated to growing as musicians and fostering the musical community at CMU.

Founding

C♯ began in Fall 2012, when 5 SCS freshmen ended stressful late nights in Gates with music and video games. As the year went on and their love for music grew, the party decided to continue singing under the name C♯ as a tribute to... well, you get the idea. In Fall 2013, Emily Yeh and Ivan Wang founded C♯, inspired by the quirky community at CMU and encouraged by the efforts against stress in SCS.

Music

C♯'s music selection ranges from classics and pop artist mixes to video game compositions and modern mashups. Recent songs range from Light in the Hallway, Shrek Medley, and Baba Yetu to Chosen Family and I'm a Train.

Mission

C♯ is a guild of competitive and performance groups that develop collaborative learning, support, and vocal performance opportunities and programs that contribute to the growth of a supportive learning community. The community is built as a platform for pursuing the cooperative growth of casual and experienced vocal performers and groups.

Directors & Cabinet

Abby Shrack - President


Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

there's a BEE???

James Kim - Vice President Internal


Baritone - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

"I'm gonna go on a tangent for a minute, ok?"

Matthew Frame - C++ Director


Bass - Senior - Joined Spring 2020

the magical hot bean juice is the wind beneath my wings, my elixir of cognizance, the apricity in the harshest of winters, and the fuel of the fire in burning my heart.

Susanna Britton - D♭ Singers Director


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

it's pronounced Sus Anna

Monica Qiu - C++ Conductor


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

Eric Schneider - C# Singers Conductor


Bass - M.S. Student - Joined Fall 2021

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. https://xkcd.com/1498/

Ryan Onestak - D♭ Singers Conductor


Bass - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2022

It's all about the feel. Are you feeling? How are you feeling? (not well)

Menghan Liu - Treasurer


Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2021

Cog sci major from Beijing, love singing and staying at home.

Teresa Cai - Secretary and Recruitment Chair


Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

look it's a bird!!

Abby Miller-Peterson - Technical Director


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

Head empty, no thoughts :)

Anthony Cheng - Choreographer


Tenor - PhD Student - Joined Fall 2021

The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep]

Erica Chiang - Design Chair


Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

I <3 C#. James is SUS

Julia Liu - Photographer and Webmaster


Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

ya like jazz?

Sarah Gano - Social Media Chair


Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

a fun fact about me is that

David Durdaller - Social Chair


Tenor - Junior - Joined Fall 2022

Nice.

C♯ Singers

Allie Feldman


Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2022

*hums a C#4

Anthony Cheng


Tenor - PhD Student - Joined Fall 2021

The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep]

Anya Singhal


Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

The Exchange offers custom deli sandwiches and homemade salads, soups, and hot entrées, as well as fresh baked goods, fruit, yogurt parfaits, nutritional bars, and other grab-and-go items.

Cindy Chen


Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2021

a short description about me

Daniel Chia


Baritone - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

yUHHH

Eric Schneider


Bass - M.S. Student - Joined Fall 2021

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. https://xkcd.com/1498/

Jocelyn Hao


Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

John Liu


Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

base singer

Kate Hanson


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2022

It took me two months to write this bio

May Li


Alto - M.S. Student - Joined Fall 2022

Noe Phillips


Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2022

Ryan Liu


Baritone - Fifth Year Scholar - Joined Fall 2018

Woo! Singing! Noo :C Leaving :C

Sahaana Sethu


Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2020

<3

Sarah Gano


Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

a fun fact about me is that

Sean Swayze


Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

Big Chungus is an overweight giant earth destroying, god killing rabbit. In the memes, it's basically a picture of a fat Bugs Bunny.

Sunny Fan


Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

SUS!! SUS means that someone is doing something weird or suspicious. For example: Red is sus!! Imposter sussy baka. James has a sussy bussy.

Valerie Nayak


Alto - Junior - Joined Spring 2021

AI/SCS student from Northern Virginia who loves sunshine, dogs, and musicals.

Yeonwoo Kim


Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2020

Cognitive Science major from Northern Virginia and South Korea

D♭ Singers

Abby Miller-Peterson


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

Head empty, no thoughts :)

Abby Shrack


Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

there's a BEE???

Allie Feldman


Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2022

*hums a C#4

Andrew Caosun


Tenor - Senior - Joined Spring 2023

Ben Martinez


Tenor - Junior - Joined Spring 2021

Proponent of sound stairwell singing at suspiciously late hours. I screech the high notes… even when I’m not supposed to

David Durdaller


Tenor - Junior - Joined Fall 2022

Nice.

Eli Fox


Tenor - Senior - Joined Spring 2022

Eli is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Robotics. When not singing, he is playing bassoon in the All University Orchestra, doing kicks and flips in Tricking Club, or making games for Game Creation Society.

Erica Chiang


Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

I <3 C#. James is SUS

Fiona Rubiano


Soprano - Freshman - Joined Spring 2023

Frances Adiwijaya


Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

Jeremy Beard


Bass - PhD Student - Joined Spring 2023

John Liu


Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

base singer

Joshua Marucheck


Tenor - Junior - Joined Fall 2022

¬∃x:ℕ.(S(x*x)=0). But we can define a new type "ℕ+unit" and three overloaded operations on this type: a + b := 0; a * b := 1 if a=() and b=() else 0; S(a) := 0 if a=1 else 2. Then ∃x:ℕ+unit.(S(x*x)=0), and ℕ+unit is a ring as much as ℕ is.

Lance Miller


Bass - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

ChemE who also loves being a part of Scotch'n'Soda!

Luke Frisoli


Tenor - Freshman - Joined Spring 2023

Malaika Alphons


Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2020

ChemE major from New Jersey!

Matthew Frame


Bass - Senior - Joined Spring 2020

the magical hot bean juice is the wind beneath my wings, my elixir of cognizance, the apricity in the harshest of winters, and the fuel of the fire in burning my heart.

Menghan Liu


Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2021

Cog sci major from Beijing, love singing and staying at home.

Michelle Yue


Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

C# is the beep to my boop

Monica Qiu


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

Nicholas Chen


Bass - M.S. Student - Joined Spring 2023

Ryan Onestak


Bass - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2022

It's all about the feel. Are you feeling? How are you feeling? (not well)

Shenai Chan


Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2022

can i compost sleepytime tea? or will the worms get too sleepy?

Sunny Fan


Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

SUS!! SUS means that someone is doing something weird or suspicious. For example: Red is sus!! Imposter sussy baka. James has a sussy bussy.

Susanna Britton


Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2021

it's pronounced Sus Anna

Teresa Cai


Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2022

look it's a bird!!

Alumni

Spring 2014

Jeffrey Zhang

Rolando Schneiderman

Fall 2014

Cary Yang

Jeff Chen

Spring 2015

Joanne Tse

Kaalen Kirrene

William H. Matchen

Yitian Feng

Fall 2015

Akash Bharadwaj

Alex Lin

Ananya Rajgarhia

Cathy Dong

Chen Yang

Elliot Rosen

Ivan Wang

Lillian Choung

Maunika Atmakuri

Nick Morin

Tiffany Lin

Spring 2016

Aliya Blackwood

Andy Jiang

Ben Yang

Bernie Yang

Cheryl Bond

Emily Yeh

Gregory Rose

Huayun Huang

Jason Bak

Jonathan Tsao

Kitty Yang

Kwanpo Cheng

Maryyann Landlord

Taehoon Lee

Will Crichton

Fall 2016

Daniel Wen

Jacky Lao

Jun Ma

Molly Klimak

Spring 2017

David Gao

David Lu

Jacob Fulkerson

Jiacheng Ye

Fall 2017

Colby Yu

Junyan Pu

Spring 2018

Jonathan Calvello

Morgan Rolland

Spring 2019

Arisha Kulshrestha

Ashley Watt

Bobbie Chen

Cameron Montag

Caroline Wu

Charlie Gu

Drew Moses

Eliana Abbas

Greg Cortazzo

Jackie Peng

James Biltz

Jonathan Li

Julia Napolitano

Kayu Choy

Vidya Palepu

Spring 2020

Alec Church

Avanti Pandit

Christian Bernard

Emma Parks

Estella Dentinger

Melody Olvera

Peter Shi

Regine Choi

Yelim Kim

Fall 2020

Gabby Perez-Lozano

Jason Gong

Kevin Shim

Spring 2021

Bryant Chung

Camille Strahl

Christine Wu

Gabriel Krotkov

Isolde Moyer

Jacob Feldgoise

Jocelyn Gao

Jon Goodstein

Kat Strickland

Madi Lippman

Max Yeh (Bryant 2)

Ned Rowland

Rie Ohta

Tina Chou

William Strahl

Fall 2021

Esper Chao

Spring 2022

Angel Peprah

Anika Banga

Calvin Isaac Wamser

Christian Deverall

Helena Zhou

Isha Gadgil

Keiffer Acoba

Maria Ryskina

Mary Kate Cooke

Michalina Lacheta

Michelle Ma

Neeraj Sathe

V Shiau

Zach Lee

Spring 2023

Max Sprigg-Dudley