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 Worry About You, Can't Help Falling in Love, and an Ariana Grande Medley to Russian tongue twisters and in-house compositions.

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

Kat Strickland - President

Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2017

Senior in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Firmly believes that mayonnaise is an instrument.

Erica Chiang - Vice President Internal and Design Chair

Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2019

I don't even know what to say for where I live or what my major is anymore...

Jacob Feldgoise - Vice President External

Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2017

He's a person who does things.

Gabriel Krotkov - Concert Group Director

Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2017

"He will countercoil your ass" - Jacob Feldgoise

Max Yeh (Bryant 2) - C# Singers Director

Baritone/Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2017

Born and raised in New Jersey. Social and Decision Sciences. Self-proclaimed meme connoisseur. BariTenor boi.

Anika Banga - D♭ Singers Director

Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2019

The voiced uvular implosive is an awful extremely rare type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the IPA that represents this sound is ʛ, a small capital letter G with a rightward pointing hook extending from the upper right of the letter.

Camille Strahl - Concert Group Conductor

Soprano - Senior - Joined Fall 2019

I believe I can fly.

Tina Chou - C# Singers Conductor

Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2018

CS major | Seattle

Madi Lippman - D♭ Singers Conductor

Soprano - Class of 2020 - Joined Spring 2019

Abby Shrack - Treasurer and Webmaster

Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2019

CS major from Colorado Springs, lover of food and fuzzy things.

Isolde Moyer - Secretary

Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2018

Statistics and Machine Learning major from Maryland. Appreciates good books, copious quantities of tea, and singing with friends.

Sean Swayze - Technical Director

Tenor - Sophomore - 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.

Anya Singhal - Choreographer

Soprano - Sophomore - 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.

Michalina Lacheta - Choreographer

Soprano - Junior - Joined Spring 2019

CivE/BmE from New Jersey. Enjoys traveling, dancing, singing, skiing, and drinking tea.

Ryan Liu - Choreographer

Baritone - Junior - Joined Fall 2018

ECE/CS student with roots from both Palo Alto and Beijing. Aspires to improve his singing skills while being a part of this heartwarming community.

Bryant Chung - Recruitment Chair

Bass - Class of 2020 - 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.

Rie Ohta - Social Media Chair

Alto - Fifth Year Scholar - 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!!).

Zachary Leventhal - Social Media Chair

Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2019

Howdy howdy! Sophomore Economics & Mathematical Sciences major with strong NJB vibes.

C♯ Singers

Anya Singhal

Soprano - Sophomore - 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.

Brandan Chen

Baritone - Freshman - Joined Fall 2020

Born in Hong Kong, intending to major in business administration and minor in game design. *Self-plug* I produce music as a side hobby check me out on Spotify and YouTube @Brandan Chen!

Bryant Chung

Bass - Class of 2020 - 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

Alto - Class of 2020 - Joined Fall 2016

CogSci graduate from California who loves hugs and for some reason tends to get squatted at parties. Now works at CMU lmao who would've thunk

Gabriel Krotkov

Tenor - Senior - Joined Fall 2017

"He will countercoil your ass" - Jacob Feldgoise

Jess Hutchison

Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2018

I am a smoll scared boi I tried to write this bio for half an hour and gave up hopefully that tells you something about me that is all thank youuuuuu

Jocelyn Gao