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
James Biltz - President
Soprano - Junior - Joined Spring 2016
I'm a MechE with a physical computing minor who like cats. My cat hates me though cause I sing a lot. I really admire Megan Rapinoe even though I retired from my soccer career at age 7.
Alec Church - Vice President Internal
Bass - Junior - 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.
Bryant Chung - Vice President External
Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
A Material Science and Engineering Major but still exploring the world for a second major/minor. Biggest hobbies are listening to K-Pop, playing video games, and hanging out with friends.
Lumi Barron - Concert Group Director
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
Onomatopoeia, Macchiato, Defenestration. These are a few of my favorite things.
Emma Parks - C# Singers Director and Treasurer
Soprano - Sophomore - 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
Estella Dentinger - D♭ Singers Director
Alto - Sophomore - 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.
Caroline Wu - C# Singers Conductor
Soprano - Junior - 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.
Christian Bernard - D♭ Singers Conductor
Tenor - Junior - 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.
Arisha Kulshrestha - Secretary
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
I'm a junior in CS from Singapore. I love playing the piano and classical guitar. Also Terry Pratchett because he writes amazing books!
Gabriel Krotkov - Technical Director
Tenor - Freshman - 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.
Rie Ohta - Recruitment Chair and Choreographer
Alto - Sophomore - 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!!).
Jocelyn Gao - Fundraising Chair
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
Jocelyn Gao is a freshman in the Tepper School of Business. She is aka female Bryant🙏🏼
Max Yeh (Bryant 2) - Design Chair
Baritone/Tenor - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
Born and raised in New Jersey. Physics Major. Self-proclaimed meme connoisseur.
Yelim Kim - Photographer
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2017
Art major lugging around camera equipment half the time you see her
Cameron Montag - Social Media Director
Vocal Percussion & Baritone - Junior - 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 (main is Shulk but loves Kirby very much) :)
Bobbie Chen - Webmaster
Tenor - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
Webmaster? I hardly know her!
C# Singers
Bryant Chung
Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
A Material Science and Engineering Major but still exploring the world for a second major/minor. Biggest hobbies are listening to K-Pop, playing video games, and hanging out with friends.
Cameron Montag
Vocal Percussion & Baritone - Junior - 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 (main is Shulk but loves Kirby very much) :)
Caroline Wu
Soprano - Junior - 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.
Emma Parks
Soprano - Sophomore - 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 - Freshman - 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 - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
Junior 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.
Jocelyn Gao
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
Jocelyn Gao is a freshman in the Tepper School of Business. She is aka female Bryant🙏🏼
Jonathan Calvello
Baritone - Senior - Joined Fall 2017
Roses are red, Violets are Blue, Bios are Fun, So are haikukus
Jonathan Li
Bass - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
CS major from Beijing, China who likes martial arts, lifting, and listening to music (surprise, surprise). Will rant about headphones for hours. Hit me up and we can play some Smash!
Kayu Choy
Soprano - Junior - 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 - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
From Seoul and Los Angeles, I'm a big ol' Korean bassy boi BAH
Max Yeh (Bryant 2)
Baritone/Tenor - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
Born and raised in New Jersey. Physics Major. Self-proclaimed meme connoisseur.
Rie Ohta
Alto - Sophomore - 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!!).
Vidya Palepu
Alto - Junior - 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
Alec Church
Bass - Junior - 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.
Arisha Kulshrestha
Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
I'm a junior in CS from Singapore. I love playing the piano and classical guitar. Also Terry Pratchett because he writes amazing books!
Ashley Watt
Alto - Junior - Joined Fall 2016
Fun fact: if you say "Actually, what?" around me I will respond.
Avanti Pandit
Soprano - Sophomore - 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 - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
Webmaster? I hardly know her!
Charlie Gu
Bass - Junior - 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 - Freshman - Joined Spring 2018
ECE major born and raised in Shanghai, China who likes musicals, hot pot and brisk tea. : )
Chris Liu
Alto - Freshman - Joined Spring 2018
Undeclared in MCS/ constantly changing mind about major/ have two cats back at home/ love fruits and chocolates
Christian Bernard
Tenor - Junior - 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 - Freshman - 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
Drew Moses
Tenor - Junior - 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 - Junior - 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 - Sophomore - 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 - Sophomore - 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 - Freshman - 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.
Jacob Feldgoise
Bass - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
I’m planning to major in Policy and Management with an additional major in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. I have two goals this semester: to take lots of amazing photos and pursue all ridiculous impulses that come to me. This should be fun.
Jessica Fang
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
CS major from Maryland. Hobbies include fashion, drawing manga, watching k-dramas, k-pop.
Julianne Sanscartier
Alto - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
Can be found in six inch heels. She's a handful, but that's why you've got two hands 😉
Kat Strickland
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
Freshman in Civil and Environmental Engineering. One of my favorite hobbies is collecting images of clarinet players, like our conductor Christian.
Lauren Ying
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
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Melody Olvera
Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
Bass section leader, making sure our section is always heard. Because the real Melody is always in the basses.
Michelle Ma
Alto - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
How do I even begin to describe Christian Bernard? Christian is flawless. Once, he punched me in the face. It was awesome.
Minji Kim
Soprano - Freshman - Joined Fall 2017
ChemE major from Dumont, NJ. I usually stay home, so the only time I actually make an effort to move is when I'm dancing. I like to play Variations Brillantes, Op.12 by Chopin on the piano for stress relief, though I mess up every 5 seconds.
Morgan Rolland
Alto - Senior - Joined Fall 2016
BHA in Psychology and Art hoping to graduate in 3 years. Here protecting the integrity of my brand.
Nathan King
Tenor? - Junior - Joined Fall 2015
MSE major from Medina, Ohio. I sing so much that the people I live with actively yell at me when I'm home.
Ned Rowland
Bass - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2016
Sophomore in MatSci. Fun fact: my legal name is actually Nederick II of Prussia, so please address me with the respect I deserve.
Peter Shi
Bass - Sophomore - 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 :-)
Taruna Emani
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Fall 2017
IS major who really likes singing. Goals for 2018 include learning how to juggle and solving a rubix cube.
Yelim Kim
Soprano - Sophomore - Joined Spring 2017
Art major lugging around camera equipment half the time you see her