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 include Sing, A Thousand Years, and Fight Song.
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
Jonathan Li - President
Bass - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
CS major from Beijing, China. I do a martial arts thing and drink lots of coffee. Let's make some music frens :)
Alec Church - Vice President Internal
Bass - Senior - Joined Spring 2016
Alec hails from the far away and mysterious land of Southern California. He likes long walks in the park, books, playing fetch, chocolate, and belly rubs. To describe him in four words: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Covergirl.
Gabriel Krotkov - Vice President External and Technical Director
Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Stat/ML major, trained as an operatic tenor and absolutely loving the transition to small groups and close harmonies. It's hip to be square.
Christina Chi - Concert Group Director
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Major: ECE | Home State: NJ | Likes: small dogs, succulent plants | Hobbies: crafting, cosplay, playing the piano | Favorite Key: c minor | Blood Type: tea
Emma Parks - C# Singers Director
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Hello! I'm a pre-med Chemical and Biomedical Engineering double major. I love to sing, volunteer, run, and read. If you're interested in our organization, contact us! We're so excited to sing with you <3
Kat Strickland - D♭ Singers Director
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Freshman in Civil and Environmental Engineering. One of my favorite hobbies is collecting images of clarinet players, like our conductor Christian.
Kayu Choy - C# Singers Conductor
Soprano - Senior - Joined Spring 2016
Stats Machine Learning major obsessed with food, dogs, traveling, and Just Dance. Goals include exploring Amsterdam and playing hide and seek in Ikea (hmu) in the future.
Christian Bernard - D♭ Singers Conductor
Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Christian is a Music Major in oboe performance, studying conducting. Basically, you can say he's dedicated to making music any opportunity he gets.
Jocelyn Gao - Treasurer and Fundraising Chair
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Jocelyn Gao is a sophomore in the Tepper School of Business. She is aka female Bryant🙏🏼
Estella Dentinger - Secretary
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Business major made in Ohio. A friendly, wholesome smol bean who turns sassy when people are late to rehearsal. Metas del escuadrón.
Yelim Kim - Choreographer
Soprano - Junior - Joined Spring 2017
Art major lugging around camera equipment half the time you see her
Bryant Chung - Recruitment Chair
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
A Material Science/Biomedical Engineering double major. Biggest hobbies are listening to K-Pop, playing video games, and hanging out with/roasting friends.
Christine Wu - Design Chair
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
CogSci/StatML double from California who hates the weather in Pittsburgh but loves the people!
Jacob Feldgoise - Photographer
Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Hailing from Massachusetts Jacob was shocked to discover, upon coming to CMU, that there's a political party called the GOP. An aggressive pedestrian and self-defenestrator, Jacob takes meme-worthy snips for the benefit of glorious C# republik.
Vidya Palepu - Social Media Director
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
I major in Feelings, which means I write about my feelings for a living. I sing and/or cry about them too!
Arisha Kulshrestha - Webmaster
Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
I'm a senior in CS from Singapore. I enjoy playing the piano and classical guitar. If you read any good books I'd love to hear about them!! (also if you ever read any Terry Pratchett please tell me I am always excited to talk to people about his books)
C♯ Singers
Arjun Ramachandran
Baritone - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Bryant Chung
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
A Material Science/Biomedical Engineering double major. Biggest hobbies are listening to K-Pop, playing video games, and hanging out with/roasting friends.
Cameron Montag
Vocal Percussion & Baritone - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Math/CS major from NJ and a total dork. Hobbies include playing video games, solving puzzles, and making way-too-high-effort mashups of C# songs. Would love to play some Smash any time (Kirby main let's go) :)
Caroline Wu
Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
A vertically challenged CS major from California. Can be found obsessing over Persona and stabbing people with her foam sword during rehearsal.
Christine Wu
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
CogSci/StatML double from California who hates the weather in Pittsburgh but loves the people!
Emma Parks
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Hello! I'm a pre-med Chemical and Biomedical Engineering double major. I love to sing, volunteer, run, and read. If you're interested in our organization, contact us! We're so excited to sing with you <3
Gabriel Krotkov
Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Stat/ML major, trained as an operatic tenor and absolutely loving the transition to small groups and close harmonies. It's hip to be square.
Greg Cortazzo
Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Senior in CIT studying ECE, from scenic New Jersey. Has a mild (read: crippling) addiction to Magic: the Gathering, and can be found competing on the Quiz Bowl team when not singing with C#!
Jackie Peng
Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2014
Jackie is a CS major hailing from San Diego, CA whose hobbies include sleeping and occasionally singing.
Jessica Hutchison
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Jocelyn Gao
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Jocelyn Gao is a sophomore in the Tepper School of Business. She is aka female Bryant🙏🏼
Jonathan Li
Bass - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
CS major from Beijing, China. I do a martial arts thing and drink lots of coffee. Let's make some music frens :)
Kat Strickland
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Freshman in Civil and Environmental Engineering. One of my favorite hobbies is collecting images of clarinet players, like our conductor Christian.
Kayu Choy
Soprano - Senior - Joined Spring 2016
Stats Machine Learning major obsessed with food, dogs, traveling, and Just Dance. Goals include exploring Amsterdam and playing hide and seek in Ikea (hmu) in the future.
Kevin Shim
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
From Seoul and Los Angeles, I'm a big ol' Korean bassy boi BAH
Mary Kate Cooke
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Engineering major from Chicago who loves music, her dogs (Do you want to see them?), puzzles, and dabbing. A chaotic neutral that is fueled by coffee and spite and can be found napping around campus wearing one of five beanies that don't belong to her
Max Yeh (Bryant 2)
Baritone/Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Born and raised in New Jersey. Social and Decision Sciences. Self-proclaimed meme connoisseur. BariTenor boi.
Neeraj Sathe
Tenor - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Rie Ohta
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
CS major from California who loves to dance, sing, nap, and eat. Usually found potatoing in bed; can sometimes be spotted socializing in the wild (rare!!).
Ryan Liu
Baritone - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
CIT student with roots from both Palo Alto and Beijing. Aspires to improve his singing skills, but most of all, to make many friends in the process : )
Tina Chou
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2018
CS major | Seattle
Vidya Palepu
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
I major in Feelings, which means I write about my feelings for a living. I sing and/or cry about them too!
D♭ Singers
Adrian Kelesoglou
Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
A Greek CS major from Istanbul, Turkey. Interests include eating and cooking food, music that satisfies your soul at the moment, tennis, and cars.
Alec Church
Bass - Senior - Joined Spring 2016
Alec hails from the far away and mysterious land of Southern California. He likes long walks in the park, books, playing fetch, chocolate, and belly rubs. To describe him in four words: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Covergirl.
Alisha Singh
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Angel Peprah
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
I do not enjoy long walks on the beach but I will talk to anyone about soundtracks for literally hours.
Arisha Kulshrestha
Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
I'm a senior in CS from Singapore. I enjoy playing the piano and classical guitar. If you read any good books I'd love to hear about them!! (also if you ever read any Terry Pratchett please tell me I am always excited to talk to people about his books)
Ashley Watt
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2016
Fun fact: if you say "Actually, what?" around me I will respond.
Avanti Pandit
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Avanti is a chemistry major from Portland, Oregon! It's too easy to make her laugh or smile (bad jokes work well). Her ultimate aspiration is to turn lead into gold in an unbearably tepid cave full of magma far beneath the ocean floor, because why not.
Bobbie Chen
Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Tenor? I hardly know her!
Carmel Baharav
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Carmel is a freshman majoring in ECE. She's from Palo Alto, California, and loves dogs, pastries, and puns!
Charlie Gu
Bass - Senior - Joined Fall 2017
Math major from NJ. Enjoys shopping, Fuku Tea, and long walks by the beach. A little lost on the road of life but believes everything will work out in the end.
Cheryl Zhou
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2018
ECE major born and raised in Shanghai, China who likes musicals, hot pot and brisk tea. : )
Chris Liu
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2018
Undeclared in MCS/ constantly changing mind about major/ have two cats back at home/ love fruits and chocolates
Christian Bernard
Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Christian is a Music Major in oboe performance, studying conducting. Basically, you can say he's dedicated to making music any opportunity he gets.
Christina Chi
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Major: ECE | Home State: NJ | Likes: small dogs, succulent plants | Hobbies: crafting, cosplay, playing the piano | Favorite Key: c minor | Blood Type: tea
Doug Heymann
Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
StatML major from Portland, OR. Enjoys swimming, singing, and laughing at inopportune times. Probably has more boxes of cereal in his room than most American families.
Drew Moses
Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Vocalist, trumpeter, doer of math problems and eater of cheeseburgers, Drew Moses is from the exotic land of Pennsylvania and hopes to become a crazy cat lady.
Eliana Abbas
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
With a major in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Robotics, Eliana is glad to be part of Db Choir for a break from STEM! Currently from Ohio, she enjoys reading, D&D, and learning ballroom dancing.
Estella Dentinger
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Business major made in Ohio. A friendly, wholesome smol bean who turns sassy when people are late to rehearsal. Metas del escuadrón.
Gabriela Perez-Lozano
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2017
Mechanical and biomedical engineering major from Houston, TX. Was in choir throughout high school and joined C# to sing, make friends, and stay sane in college.
Gabriel Krotkov
Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Stat/ML major, trained as an operatic tenor and absolutely loving the transition to small groups and close harmonies. It's hip to be square.
George Yu
Tenor - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Grace Yu
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2018
Junior CS major from Virginia. I really like debate, cats, and StarCraft theorycrafting.
Hannah Chan
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Isabelle Chevallier
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
I'm a Mech E from California. Other than singing, food is my greatest passion.
Isha Gadgil
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Isolde Moyer
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Stat/ML major from Maryland. I love singing, satiating my addiction to fiction novels, and drinking tea with too much honey in it.
Jacob Feldgoise
Tenor - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Hailing from Massachusetts Jacob was shocked to discover, upon coming to CMU, that there's a political party called the GOP. An aggressive pedestrian and self-defenestrator, Jacob takes meme-worthy snips for the benefit of glorious C# republik.
James Biltz
Tenor - Senior - Joined Spring 2016
Wants to win Survivor and own a pinball machine. Knows a lot of fun facts about themeparks. Thinks Cars 3 is a great film.
Jessica Fang
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
CS and Japanese double major from Maryland. Hobbies include fashion, drawing manga, watching k-dramas, k-pop.
Jessica Hutchison
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Jon Goodstein
Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2018
A chem major from York, PA (a.k.a. middle of nowhere). Cooks, bakes, exercises, and spends time outside when not stuck in lab. Travels whenever possible.
Julia Napolitano
Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2018
Kat Strickland
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
Freshman in Civil and Environmental Engineering. One of my favorite hobbies is collecting images of clarinet players, like our conductor Christian.
Lawrence Suh
Tenor - Junior - Joined Fall 2018
Lucy Altus
Alto - Freshman - Joined Spring 2019
Voice major from New York who struggles to hear the difference between a perfect 5th and a perfect octave. Enjoys New Girl, saying "go off," and performing the one breakdancing move she knows at random times.
Madi Lippman
Soprano - Junior - Joined Spring 2019
Mary Kate Cooke
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
Engineering major from Chicago who loves music, her dogs (Do you want to see them?), puzzles, and dabbing. A chaotic neutral that is fueled by coffee and spite and can be found napping around campus wearing one of five beanies that don't belong to her
Melody Olvera
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Bass section leader, making sure our section is always heard. Because the real Melody is always in the basses.
Michalina Lacheta
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Spring 2019
Minji Kim
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
ChemE | NJ | sleep-deprived | cats | piano | red | makeup | iced vanilla latte | java chip frapp | sushi <3
Ned Rowland
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Junior in MatSci. Fun fact: I just had a very tasty dinner and am looking forward to another one tomorrow.
Peter Shi
Bass - Junior - Joined Spring 2018
CS + math major from Nanjing, China. Loves solving challenging math problems. Interested in guitar, billiards, Chinese calligraphy and everything about my hometown :-)
Regine Choi
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2015
Regine is a senior from Delaware who currently majors in ChemE. When she is not studying or singing, she mainly enjoys dancing and having a great time with friends.
Sabrina Zanello Jackson
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
BFA Dramaturgy major from Houston, Texas, who hopes to get her PhD in Vine. Lover of dance, puppers, food, summer sun, and puns.
Thomas Cho
Baritone - Freshman - Joined Fall 2018
A freshman math and philosophy major whose voice is a bit too low compared to his height. Will lecture you on meme semantics and philosophy for hours if given the chance.
