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 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!

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

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 freshman 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

In my spare time I like to whisper to the sand on the beaches and hope that someone out there is listening.

Jacob Feldgoise - Photographer

Bass - Sophomore - 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.

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 junior in CS from Singapore. I love playing the piano and classical guitar. Also Terry Pratchett because he writes amazing books!

C♯ Singers

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 (main is Shulk but loves Kirby very much) :)

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.

Emma Parks

Soprano - Junior - Joined Fall 2016

Gabriel Krotkov