Alumni

2022:

Reed Culverwell

Nickname: Reedo Burrito, Geeg

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Voice part: Bass

Major: Geology

Hometown:  

Recent Solos: The Boxer

Perk: I can sing overtones and undertones

Quirk: I know the birth years and birthplaces of at least sixty of my ancestors

2021:

Eliot Huh

 

Nickname: God of Destruction

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Voice part: Baritone

Major: Likely Computer Science

Hometown: Scarsdale, New York

Recent Solos: Clocks by Coldplay

Recent Arrangements: Rainin’ Men by the Weather Girls

Perk: I can do handstands

Quirk: One time I went to Korean Church Camp and read the bible and sang songs about Jesus I’m not Christian and never went to this church idk why I was there

Yuting Su

Nickname: None yet, just got “boss baby” during New York trip but I’m not sure lol

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Major: Computer Science and Math Major / Music Performance Minor

Vocal part: soprano/alto

Recent Solos: Young and Beautiful, Rolling in the Toxic

Perk: I also dance in a group called KRUSH, and we do a lot of cool videos!!!

Quirk: I have been this height since 7th grade

Maddy Schilling

Name: Maddy Schilling

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers and They/Them/Theirs

Nickname: M Schill, but sometimes people replace the S with a $

Hometown: Appleton, WI

Perk: I love meeting people! Sometimes, I say hello to random strangers, those strangers assume we’d met before, and that’s how I’ve made about 60% of my friends!

Quirk: I can wiggle my eyeballs at an alarming rate—not sure yet if this is mystical or just plain gross, but I am certain that it’s at least #kwerky.

2020:

Daamir Robinson

Pronouns: He/Him

Voice part: Tenor

Major: Linguistics

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Recent Solos: Take Me To The River, Where Were You In The Morning, I’m So Tired,  Honeybee

Perk/Quirk: I didn’t start singing until freshman year of college.

River Fiocco

Nickname: Focaccia

Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Hometown: Dorset, VT

Perk: I once waterskiied using a canoe paddle.

Quirk: I have an identical twin!!

Berit Hudson-Rasmussen

Nickname: Berito, Bert, Birdit, Beirut

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Voice Part: soprano/alto

Major: Geology

Hometown: Champaign, Illinois

Recent Solos: Honeybee, Distance, Sonsick

Perk: I have a short-sleeved cat sweater

Quirk: I have a short-sleeved cat sweater

Eric Biddulph-West

Nickname: Erick (<– I don’t like this), Ewik

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Voice part: Bass

Major: Physics

Hometown: Dobbs Ferry, NY

Recent solos: Variations on Celeste, The Hound and the Fox, Talvez Seja Você

Recent arrangements: What Kind of Fool Am I

Perk: Heck yeah, I perc. sometimes

Quirk: I sing a cappella.

2019:

Julia Wellisch

Nickname: Jumno/Jwells

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Voice part: Alto

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Recent Solos: I’m Not the Only One, Human, She Used to Be Mine, Vienna

Perk: I hiked a super scary mountain in Slovakia… never again.

Quirk: I have a 48 year old half sister!

Matt Carter

Nickname: Cat Martyr

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Voice Part: Bass

Major: Geology and Mathematics

Hometown: Minnetonka, MN

Recent Solos: Broken Horse, Wolves of the Revolution, Down in the Valley

Perk: I only arrange songs by bands that nobody has ever heard of.  Therefore, ours are the best versions anyone has ever heard

Quirk: Instead of growing plants on my windowsills, I try to grow rocks.  They haven’t gotten any bigger yet, but they look pretty.

Chris Lee

Nickname: Chris (was Christoff in high school but that doesn’t seem to be happening at Carleton lol)

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Voice part: Tenor

Major: Undecided

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Recent Solos: New York State of Mind by Billy Joel, Blue Blue Blue by Mike Slap, If I Ain’t Got You

Recent Arrangements: Variations on Celeste

Perk: I have a knack for laughing in very awkward situations, but I also laugh a lot in general. So sometimes people can’t tell whether I’m genuinely laughing or filling in an awkward silence. Oftentimes, I get confused by it myself. Lol.

Quirk: My family and I moved 7 times in the past 13 years because my dad was in the military.

2018: 

Harrison Keithahn

Nickname: Harry-son

Voice part: Baritenor

Major: Cinema and Media Studies

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Recent solos: Rehab duet by Amy Winehouse, Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer, Moscow by Autoheart, Small Talk duet by Call Security

Perk/Quirk:  I take few things very seriously. Example A: I like taking pictures of the “no photography in the exhibit hall” signs. Example B: I will make puns out of anything and everything and I will laugh at them myself so nobody else has to. Example C: sometimes I get so sarcastic that I actually confuse myself as to what I actually think. It’s pretty great actually.

Nina Muller

Nickname: Nine-a

Voice Part: Soprano/Alto

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC

Recent Solos: Georgia by Vance Joy, Bottom of the River by Delta Rae

Perk: I did a semester abroad in Israel in 2012 and made a video compilation of me spinning on my butt with a turtle backpack on at various sites across Israel. This can be found on Youtube.

Quirk: When I was first learning to beatbox I did it so frequently that my sister now refuses to let me beatbox in her presence.

Sam Wiseman

Nickname: Samwise

Voice part: Bass

Major: Music/Computer Science

Hometown: West Hartford, CT

Recent Solos: Would You Go With Me by Josh Turner

Recent Arrangements: Mr. Blue Sky, Origin of Love, Blame it on the Primadonna

Perk: I love birds and have a bird named Pippa!

Quirk: I love memorizing things (such as names, pi, and Mika’s discography)

2017:

Joshua Dickerson

Nickname: J-Dick, Scooby Doo, Scooby Dick

Voice Part: Bass

Major: Undecided

Hometown: Bellaire, TX

Recent Solos: Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly

Mairead Koehler

Nickname: Rayray, My-Reed, Parade

Voice Part: Soprano/Alto

Major: Theatre

Hometown: Rockville Center, NY

Recent Solos: Acapella by Karmin, Whale by Yellow Ostrich, Rabid Animal by Lake Street Dive

Perk: I’m obsessed with Shakespeare

Quirk: I have pieces from the set of my first and last high school plays as decoration in my dorm room.

Jackson Raynor

Nickname: JayRay

Voice Part: Baritenor

Major: Biology

Hometown: Saint Louis Park, MN

Recent Solos: Duet on Yankee Bayonet by the Decemberists, Save the World/Don’t You Worry Child Mashup by Swedish House Mafia/Pentatonix

Perk: I’ve been SCUBA diving in the Great Barrier Reef

Quirk: When on a beach, I enjoy mimicking my favorite animal – the sea turtle – as it beaches itself to build nests.

2016:

Lindsey Main

Nickname: Main Street

Voice Part: Soprano

Major: Economics

Hometown: Golden, CO

Recent Solos: Winter Song duet by Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles, Fidelity (Mashup) by Regina Spektor, Bruises by Chairlift, Goodnight and Go by Imogen Heap

Perk: I won a silver and bronze medal at skiing national championships.

Quirk: I may or may not have 13 American Girl dolls… yep, I do.

Michelle Mastrianni

Nickname: Meeshell, Macaroni/Dangling Female Vocal (DFV)

Voice Part: Soprano/Alto

Major: Mathematics

Hometown: Westport, CT

Recent Solos: Hard Out Here by Lily Allen, Winter Song duet by Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles, Can You Tell by Ra Ra Riot, Iscariot by Walk the Moon, As Long as You Love Me/Wide Awake Mashup by Justin Bieber and Katy Perry

Perk: I make a lot of puns, many of which have to do with music.

Quirk: Whenever I see a bunch of numbers (telephone numbers on the back of a truck, views on a YouTube page, etc.) I add them up in the hopes that they will be divisible by nine.

Casey Short

Nickname: C-Shawty, Case-Face

Voice Part: Alto

Major: English

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

Recent Solos: Hard Out Here by Lily Allen, Food Chain by Eric Hutchinson, King of Anything by Sara Bareilles, Forget You by Cee-Lo Green

Perk: I can do trapeze and rope tricks, including hanging by my feet and spinning around.

Quirk: I yodel. Frequently.

2015:

Laura Freymiller

Nickname: LFrey, LAF

Voice Part: Alto

Major: Biology

Hometown: Culver, IN

Recent Solos: Duet on Yankee Bayonet by the Decemberists, Jesus Etc. by Wilco, Black Balloon by Goo Goo Dolls, Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) by Lady Gaga

Perk: I have been hypnotized over 10 times.

Quirk: I am surprisingly strong thanks to weightlifting during middle school.

Jon Knudson

Nickname: JK-Nude

Voice Part: Baritone

Major: Computer Science

Hometown: Decorah, IA

Recent Solos: Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us! by Sufjan Stevens, The Cave by Mumford and Sons, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, Chicago/Clocks Mashup by Sufjan Stevens/Coldplay

Bethany McHugh

Nickname: B-Mac, B-Mac&Cheese, Lil McHuge

Voice Part: Soprano/Alto

Major: English/Theatre Double Major

Hometown: Maplewood, NJ

Recent Solos: Again and Again by The Bird and the Bee, Next to Me by Emeli Sande, Samson by Regina Spektor, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, Dog Days are Over by Florence + The Machine, Halo by Beyoncé

Perk: I am obsessed with/can recite pretty much the entirety of Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove.

Quirk: I never learned how to ride a bike and thus have a phobia of bike-riding.

2013:

Dan DeRosha

Dan DeRosha ’13
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Chemistry

Nickname: DDR
Voice Part: Tenor
Hometown: Elk Rapids, MI
Major: Chemistry
Recent Solos:
I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
Predatory Wasp of the Palisades… by Sufjan Stevens
Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
As Long as You Love Me/Wide Awake Mashup by Justin Bieber and Katy Perry
Lost in My Mind by The Head and the Heart
Perk: I have driven straight from San Francisco to Northfield in 36 hours.
Quirk: I haven’t shaved my mustache in almost three years.

2012:

Erika Mackin

Hannah Button-Harrison

Micky Einstein

Molly Nichols