Meet the band!
NEMI nayak (Music director)
He/They
Nemi dragged himself from LA to the Bay Area just to be this year's Music Director (and also to attend Stanford for his junior year, I guess). An Engineering Physics major with a minor in Chinese, you will be lucky if you don't find him inundated with assignments. He is also the group's vocal percussionist, former alto, and primary bass syllable-ist. syllable-er? syllable-izer? jow zhi-va jm-jm j'gm d'jow. When he isn't churning out new arrangements for the group or in distress solving his latest physics pset, you can find him spending ridiculously long amounts of time with his wonderful Harmz family.
MADELEINE SALEM (Community committee chair)
She/Her
Madeleine is a senior from Southern California majoring in Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Neuroscience! Outside of singing mezzo-soprano for the Harmonics, you can find her being a premed 50% of the time, laying in hammocks while reading fanfiction, taking long walks to look at pretty flowers, and driving around campus shamefully singing along to the Glee soundtrack at the top of her lungs.
SAWyer Niehaus (Publicity Director)
She/Her
Sawyer is a junior from NYC majoring in Classics (and triple minoring if her academic advisor will let her) who cannot bring herself to understand the weather patterns of the Bay Area. When not singing soprano 1 (or alto, she's not picky), she can be found writing about mythology or languages, or perhaps losing her trivia league matches. She enjoys Shakespeare, baking, listening to vaguely obscure musicals, and slightly inappropriately timed British accents. If you spot her without boots that measure at least three inches high, congratulations!
Violet crow (business manager)
She/Her
Violet is a sophomore hailing from Pennsylvania, and this year's Business Manager. She sings bass (ii) and enjoys poetry, jazz, theatre, computers, and video games. She’s planning to major in Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Human-Computer Interaction. You can find her wherever free pizza is being served, and wherever obscure soda is plentiful.
Joaquin Galindo (performance director)
She/They/He
Joaquin Galindo is a sophomore from Seattle, Washington, who is constantly distraught by the lack of pretty clouds in California. They are considering majoring in CS, and are fascinated by game design. She sings alto, beatboxes, and loves to arrange for the Harmonics! She likes to rock climb, listen to metal music, come up with homebrew rules for Catan, practice juggling, and work on her growling vocals. He can be spotted in various corners of campus at literally any hour of the day or night, juggling ominously. So stop by and they'll gladly show you the ropes!
EMMA LI (Financial officer)
She/Her
Hi, this is Emma! I’m a sophomore interested in economics and human biology and behaviors. I sing soprano and occasionally mezzo and alto.
Nick Rodriguez
He/Him
It was foretold that a man would rise from the ashes of the past. He shall have a voice that carries with a tone unheard by any. A sense of humor that will cause the coldest hearts to light aflame. A smile that can bring joy to all that lay eyes on it.
Nick is NOT that guy, but he is happy to be here regardless. He is a junior studying ecology and evolution, and if you are not careful, he will start rambling about the different species of moths he likes. The rest of the group always carries their squirt bottles to stop these outbursts. When he's in rehearsal, Nick takes the title of Resident Tenor. But by night (and other times. like day) he enjoys hiking, nature photography, playing video games that make him unnecessarily upset, and enjoying pieces of bread. He also likes to annoy Sawyer by turning in his website bios late.
Vibhu guru
She/Her
Vibhu is a junior from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea who is absolutely delighted by the details of American education! She sings alto in the harmonics and every other part in the shower, she studies something to do with computers and biology, and she is known for having the cleanest teeth in her dorm (for reasons that may or may not involve stealing toothpaste from undisclosed sources). Vibhu loves the outside, chocolate, rocks, walks, watermelon and razor scooters!
Ziyue Leo Feng
He/Him
This is Leo, a sophomore from China and Canada. He loves to sing, philosophize (for his major, of course), and go to the gym. In his spare time, you might catch him procrastinating on his Phil essays by watching random YouTube videos, but he usually manages to turn them in right before the deadline. He is a proud baritone.
Lana Lei Fiaui
She/Her
LanaLei is a sophomore at Slayford University who finds herself returning to the Bay Area, her birthplace, after living on the island of American Samoa for 9 years. Sticking to her Pacific Island roots, Lana can be found playing the ukulele with friends, sharing Native Samoan cooking recipes at the NACC, or even practicing various Polynesian cultural dancing styles such as Siva Samoa, Ori Tahiti, or Hawaiian Hula. She is also an adamant purveyor of too many recreational activities slash pop culture obsessions (aka she spends too much time on stan twitter), ranging from fnaf lore to indigenous sustainability to coquette to all things pink to kpop girl groups (only) to sanrio to makeup to broadway and back to internet sensation, Terri Joe. In her free time, she enjoys creating silly lil poems, decolonizing classrooms, cooking, convincing herself retail therapy works, painting, dismantling the patriarchy one strut at a time, baking, and expanding her (already wide) taste in music to everything excluding country (unless you’re Taylor Swift). Equipped with an irrefutable passion for music overall, the Harmonics is, by far, the perfect combination of everything (and everyone! <3) Lana adores.
Alex Breschini
She/Her
Alex is a sophomore, also from Southern California majoring in Psychology with a minor in History. When not singing something Harmonics-related, she can be found singing something else- usually some obscure opera song. Her hobbies include reading, playing Skyrim (or Oblivion), watching her roommate gaslight people, and overthinking everything. If you find her not wearing sunscreen, you did not find her. Alex is passionate about telling people that if they don't wear sunscreen they can get skin cancer and die.
Andrew Munya
He/Him
Andrew is a freshman newbie hailing from Utica, Michigan (GO BLUE!). After years of grey, snowy skies and single-digit temperatures, he is grateful to be able to enjoy a winter without wearing 50 layers. As a prospective ChemE major, he enjoys looking at pretty things in bottles and drawing process flow diagrams. Despite being a bass, he is a mezzo-soprano at heart. His hobbies include listening to prog metal, biking places, napping, and playing open-world games (mostly Minecraft). He is learning to arrange, and he is determined to sneak a Devin Townsend song into the Harmonics discography.
Charlie Lamb
He/Him
Charlie is a junior from Springfield, Virginia studying the artist formerly known as Earth Systems. In what free time he doesn't spend poring over the baritone parts of Harmonics arrangements, he enjoys running, baking, and playing a variety of board games (ask him about Gloomhaven: he dares you).
Sylvain Paul
He/They
Sylvain is a sophomore from California’s state capital who is currently undeclared, but ever-tempted by the study of dark magic (astrophysics). When he’s not in his role as a Harmz tenor, he’ll usually be found in a busy cafe somewhere, possibly practicing his Spanish or Japanese, probably doing math, and definitely consuming a drink with way too much caffeine. By night (or when he is supposed to be working but doesn’t want to), he spends his time arranging strange songs into alt-rock acapella and working on his many over-complicated writing projects.
Rose Bracken
She/They
Rose is your newest loud and proud soprano! She's a freshman hailing from Bishop, California (and will gladly spend ten minutes explaining where exactly her rural small town is). As a prospective biology major, they spend shockingly little time studying biology. Instead, she likes making lists of songs that would be incredible as Harmz arrangements (but never actually arranging them), watching video essays on YouTube that are at least 2 hours long, crafting little trinkets, and rotting in bed. They absolutely adore their newly-found family in the Harmonics, and can't wait for what the future might bring :)
Adam Young
He/Him
Past members
Leslie Abramson
Emma Petty Addams
Jennifer Aguilar
David Altman
Grayson Armour
Almog Aybar
Erin Baumann
Mike Bautista
Kaylee Beam
Dylan Bedford
Debarun Bhattacharjya
Jonathan Borja
Austin Brown
Joshua Buchi
Will Budreau
Devon Burger
Greg Campbell
Marcella White Campbell
Jace Casey
Khar Liang Chan
Sheena Chandran
Evan Chen
Loren Cheng
HannahZoe Chua-Reyes
Suah Cho
Zack Cinquini
Marvin Collins
Chiara Cortez
Elena Crespo
Cliff Crosland
Ben Cunningham
Davin Curtis
Ben D'Angelo
Leslie Dawe
Alan De la Mora
Andrew Deeringer
Kelly Devens
Alon Devorah
Kyle Duarte
Amy DuBose
Raj Duvvuri
Karyn Easton
Allegra Echeverria
Josh Eisner
Kaan Ertas
Mia Farinelli
Davey Feder
Arturo Ferrari
Chris Fesenmaier
Abigail Flowers
Zach Foreman
Charlie Forkish
Ariel Glassman
Chris Goetz
Rocio Gonzalez
Holly Goodliffe
Sarah Grandin
Ella Gray
Shannon Pierce Guymon
Natalie Harris
Nick Hawkins
Ken Ho
Wei Ho
Renee Hoch
George Hoffman
Julia Berkley Hoffman
Daniel Holbert
Ryan Hopkins
Cleopatra Howell
Kevin Huang
Pat Hurley
Katy Hyde
Teresa Ingram
Marcus Jackson
Jessica Jacobs
Charlotte Smith Jessop
Caleb Jordan
Connor Jordan
Egill Jüliusson
Yeji Jung
Preeti Kakani
Sarah Rudolph Kamp
Russell Kamp
Brian Kane
Esther Kang
Shawn Kang
Deepti Kannan
Paritosh "PK" Kanoria
Matthew Kaufman
Lina Khoeur
Jeanie Kim
Jenn Kim
Luke Knepper
Griffin Koontz
Parthiv Krishna
Mark Kwon
Helena Lamb
Daria Lamberson
Jane Lange
Bob Lantz
David Larson
Ben "Blau" Lauing
Julia Laurence
Marcia Levitan
Kevan Lewis
Amy Weinberg Lieberman
Amanda Lim
Frank Lin
Kali Lindsay
Meg Aycinena Lippow
Ben Lipson
Lily Liu
Vivian Liu
Joanna Salgado Liwanag
Erica Lozoya
Miranda Lee Lumpkin
Shawn Manuel
Leo Martel
Chris Mathy
Kaile Maske
Maia McAleavey
Alyson Barham McCormick
Fiona Lawson McCrea
Kate McGrath
Kimberly Goodwin McGraw
Lillian Mecum
Jossie Medina
Lyn Mehe'ula
Alejandra Mesa
Hannah Goldie Mestel
Sarah Meyer
Elise Miller
Andrew Min
Dan Morris
Myles Morrison
Annie Ng
Jade Nguyen
Christine Olivas
James Ordner
Jackie Ou
Río Padilla-Smith
Vicki Parikh
Eve Peters
Ryan Henderson Pilat
Jon Pilat
Gautam Raghavan
Lauren Ramlan
Melissa Rapp
Morgan Reed
Radhika Dasmahapatra Rible
Katherine Robertson
Maia Rocklin
Matt Rubin
Sarah Rudolph
Robbie Ruelas
Dane Saksa
Brian Salomaki
Joss Saltzman
Dylan Sarkisian
Jordan Sanders
Alicia McCann Sanders
Simon Shachter
Benjamin Share
Cynthia Shih
Damon Silver
Mattie Sloss
Lara Smith
Evan Smith
Elijah Spiegel
Jeff Spivack
Joe Sponsler
Laura Staum
Scott Stephenson
Katy Storch
Kristin Strohmeier
Chris Sun
Thaila Sundaresan
Carlyn Sylvester
Kay Takamura
Bryan Tan
Kevin Tan
Sean Tannehill
Vienna Teng
Monica Thieu
Caleb Thomas
Claire Thompson
Tianna Trepte
Frank Tseng
Brittney Vasquez
Brian Walter
Sam Weyen
Melissa Wheeler
Gene Wong
Brooke Dooley Ybarra
Mike Ybarra
Bianca Yu
Lemiece Danya Zarka
Mitchell Zimmerman
Peter Zou