current members

The group is always changing. Every fall, at the beginning of each new school year, we audition hundreds of McGill students to find amazing individuals to add to our sound. If you are interested in auditioning, check back on the news section at the beginning of the school year (around September 1st) for details. Also check out the alumni page to see all of the wonderful people who have been part of the group over the years and have built it into what it is today.

Kelsea Whittle

Kelsea Whittle

Soprano ‘07 – present

VP External ‘08

Leamington, ON, Canada

  • Origin: Hmmm a european heinz 57 but my fam has been in Canada for quite a while
  • Major: Currently in Arts, hoping to major in psychology and minor in communications/
    Summer job at the Leamington Marina- dock hand and marina supervisor
  • Dog/Cat: A chocolate lab named maddie and cat, smokey
  • Favorite music as a kid: The classics: Spice Girls, Nsync
  • Favorite music now: I never got over Justin Timberlake, Dixie Chicks, Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray (many musicals)
  • Favorite Food: Mmm roast beef dinner and desserts
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: I would be supergirl with general magic powers, much like sabrina the teenage witch
  • What are my favourite passtimes?: Singing obviously, volleyball, girls nights, hanging with my fam
Amanda Coleman

Amanda Coleman

Soprano ‘08 – present

VP External ‘09

San Francisco (Burlingame), CA, USA

  • Major: Undeclared – possible International Development Studies
  • Dog/Cat: neither
  • Favorite music when I was younger: The Beach Boys and The Beatles
  • Favorite music now: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Jamie Cullum, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Grateful Dead, Police, Boston, Coldplay, Loggins and Messina, Lauryn Hill, Eva Cassidy, Santana, Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman
  • Favorite food: Chocolate soy milk
  • If I were a super hero, I would be…: The Ultimate Joy Machine. Basically, I would infuse joyfulness into everyone who crossed my path, all the while making the world a happier place
  • What is my favorite quote?: “The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.” – Baha’u’llah
Mandy Rich

Mandy Rich

Soprano ‘09 – present

New Paltz, NY

  • Nicknames: Mandypants, Mandolin, Manders.
  • Major: French/Linguistics
  • Dog/Cat: Dog. Riley Maximilian Rich.
  • Favorite music when I was younger: The Beatles
  • Favorite music now: The Beatles (still), Carinne Bailey Rae, Ra Ra Riot, Norah Jones, Carla Bruni, Flogging Molly, Gorillaz, Iron & Wine, (the list goes on and on…)
  • Favorite food: Fried Zucchini
  • If I were a super hero, I would be…: As a superhero, my name would without a doubt be Switcharoonie. I would be able to transform anything into something else. Example: I could turn a brick into some delicious spaghetti, or a mongoose into a dinosaur.
  • What is my favorite movie of all time?: That’s a three way tie between Love Actually, Stranger Than Fiction, and Kill Bill (I & II).
Lora Tzaneva

Lora Tzaneva

Soprano ‘09 – present

Montreal, PQ, Canada

  • Major: B.Mus/B.Sc
  • Dog/Cat: A German Shephard-Rottweiler mix named Muri
  • Favorite music as a kid: Classical and anything pop
  • Favorite music now: Pretty much everything… classical, lots of hip-hop and R&B etc. etc…
  • Favorite Food: Tomatoes
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: ummmm I would have to be the Frizzle….making people’s hair big one strand at a time :)
Eva Tolkin

Eva Tolkin

Mezzo ‘07 – present

Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Major: History and Art History
  • Dog/Cat: I have a Jack Russell named Rosie
  • Favorite music as a kid: Musical theatre — Oliver, My fair lady, Fiddler on the roof etc.
  • Favorite music now: Always changing…
  • Favorite Food: Hamburgers!!!
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: ummm I already am a super hero, most people still call me Eva. I can read minds, i have x-ray vision, and i am currently learning how to fly.
Emily Anderson

Emily Anderson

Mezzo ‘07 – present

Jupiter, Florida, USA

  • Major: General Arts and Science for now
  • Dog/Cat: I used to want a dog but my parents are allergic. Now I realize that I am a cat person anyways, but not one of those cat ladies with a kitty urine house and no friends.
  • Favorite music as a kid: Hanson because they were dreamy and played their own instruments.
  • Favorite music now: Hip-hop, jazz and blues, electronic, classical, funk, anything to GROOVE to
  • Favorite Food: I am constantly eating and constantly finding new foods. Right now I would have to say Baklava and chocolate.
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: Captain Underpants; taking off everyone’s underpants with the mind and storing them in a secret lair plus the ability to administer super-powerful wedgies.
Susan Monyo

Susan Monyo

Mezzo ‘08 – present

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

  • Major/Occupation: Arts, maybe Psych or Econ
  • Dog/Cat: Cats
  • Favorite music as a kid: Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Blue, Nsync, S Club 7, Venga Boys, Wheatus, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, B2K, New Kids on the Block, Take That, TLC, Dream, Britney
  • Favorite music now: John Mayer, Justin Nozuka, Jason Mraz, Lauryn Hill, Hillsongs United, India Arie, Coldplay, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone
  • What’s your favourite food? anything with chicken
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? i’d be Susie-Fierce and go around whipping all subpar boyfriends into shape
  • What are my 3 obsessions? Singing, tennis, John Mayer. (in that order)
Hannah Tolkin

Hannah Tolkin

Mezzo ‘09 – present

Toronto, ON

  • Nicknames: Hans Banans, Hanalay, Heirnah
  • Major: Major: Elementary Education, Minor: Art History
  • Dog/Cat: Rosie, my little spotted Jack Russel
  • Favorite music as a kid: Brandy, Spice Girls, Destiny’s Child, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Beach Boys, Jackson Five, Rent, Celine Deon, and songs I made up….
  • Music I need to listen to everyday: MJ, Lauryn Hill, Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, Sufjan and Ella.
  • What’s your favourite food? Sandwiches, Avocado and Mustard
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? Sailor Moon – She had great fushion sense
  • What’s my greatest fear? When humans dress up as fruit… i.e. Bananas in Pajamas
Hannah Wilson

Hannah Wilson

Alto ‘06 – present

President ‘08-’09

Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Major/Occupation: Psychology
  • Dog/Cat: Kittens and rats of the smallest and cutest variety
  • Favorite music as a kid: Alanis Morissette, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, TLC, Madonna, Destiny’s Child, Jewel
  • Favorite music now: Fiona Apple, Radiohead, The Be Good Tanyas, Chris Thile, Nickel Creek, The Punch Brothers, Jewel, Britney Spears, Regina Spektor,
  • What’s your favourite food? Truffles, both chocolate and mushroom
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? CATastrophe… Decked out in leather a la catwoman, I’d keep it old school with Mortal Combat style martial arts moves, accompanied of course by vicious gashes with my 5 inch claws and razer sharp fangs. My one special power would be my Art of PURRsuasion.. I could defeat enemies with the power of words and my deafening meow!
  • What would I never try once? Nothing!
Zara Jestadt

Zara Jestadt

Alto ‘09 – present

Toronto, ON

  • Nicknames: Z-bop, Zoro, Xena Warrior Princess
  • Major/Occupation: Arts and Science
  • Dog/Cat: An insane Jack Russell named Charlie
  • Favorite music as a kid: The Rent and Mama Mia soundtracks. My older sister forced me to listen to Nirvana, Fiona Apple, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Which I can only appreciate now.
  • Favorite music now: The Shins, Jenny Lewis, Animal Collective, Passion pit, Cut Copy, Phoenix, The Beatles (of course), Jeff Buckley, Stars, Cat Power, Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, She and Him, Fiona Apple, several musical theatre songs…
  • What’s your favourite food? Rich, dark chocolate. Preferably mint. Or anything covered in chocolate.
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? I would be MultitaskForce—basically, I would be able to do any combination of things all at one time. Which basically means that I could save the world from anything. Think about it…
  • Favorite TV shows? Buffy the Vampire Slayer (she’s the best, you know it), Lost, Veronica Mars, 24, The Office, Family Guy, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared.
Victoria Saigle

Victoria Saigle

Alto ‘09 – present

Ottawa, Ontario

  • Nicknames: Vic, Vicky, Toria, Saigle Bagel (it rhymes…nicknames from gr. 2 never leave! haha)
  • Major/Occupation: Undeclared. Probably cognitive science with a minor in french.
  • Dog/Cat: Dogs are so much better, unfortunately I don’t have one (yet). I have a parrot named Cpt. Jack Sparrow though!
  • Favorite music as a kid: Raffi and anything Disney…until I discovered The Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls. No turning back from that point on.
  • Favorite music now: Changes all the time but right now: Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Carrie Underwood, Joshua Radin, Damien Rice, Regina Spektor, Eric Whitacre, Eric Clapton, Diana Krall…the list never ends.
  • What’s your favourite food? Chocolate anything, spicy food, guacamole!
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? Flava Flav – the master of time. (oh, p.s., I can fly too).
  • What are my guilty pleasures? Watching the Jershey Shore and America’s Next Top Model, eating nutella and peanut butter with a spoon straight out of the jar, jumping in puddles.
Aidan Ablona

Aidan Kyle Claudio Amor Ablona

Tenor ‘06 – present

VP Internal ‘08-’09

VP Finance ‘07

Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Major/Occupation: Science
  • Dog/Cat: I’d prefer a hybrid cat/dog (a.k.a. a dogat)?it’s lazy when you’re lazy and it’s playful when you want it to be and it knows how to walk itself and it knows how to use the toilet.
  • Favorite music as a kid: The theme songs to Power Rangers and Captain Planet
  • Favorite music now: Anything on Grey’s Anatomy…
  • What’s your favourite food? Pretty much anything really fattening, unhealthy and dirt cheap especially Filipino and Mexican food.
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? I’d be Calcubot, using my mathematical prowess and keen sense of calculating to fight crime and triumph over WeBWorK.
  • If you were a piece of candy, what piece of candy would you be? A peanut M&M, cause I’m delicious.
James Campbell

James Hugh Keenan Campbell

Tenor ‘08 – present

VP External ‘08

The 1000 Islands, ON, Canada

  • Nicknames: Yamess, Lil’ Jamie Cambie, JHKC, Sex Master Flash
  • Major: Currently considering English, Music Composition, Finance, Economics, and Theatre
  • Dog/Cat: Enzo the dog, about the size of a chicken nugget, covered in white fur, basically a total G
  • Music I grooved to when I was a youngun: Stan Rogers, Tamarack, Tanglefoot, Disney, Carole King, James Taylor
  • Music I dig now: Stan Rogers, Tamarack… plus Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Damien Rice, Stravinsky, Wayzata High School Concert Choir, James Newton Howard, Bob Dylan, Weezer, Counting Crows, Postal Service, Colin Hay, Nick Drake, the list could go on for a while
  • What’s your favourite food? Lasagne, Thai Curry and Poutine, done
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? I would have the power to see the future, so I could help prevent whatever craziness is heading our way, and so I could totally brutalize the stock market in a way Warren Buffet can only dream about
  • Favourite Quote: “All I can do is be me, whoever that is” – Bob Dylan
John Pleasants

John Benedict Joyce Pleasants

Tenor ‘09 – present

Providence, Rhode Island

  • Major: History & Political Science
  • Dog/Cat: The world’s cutest yet most stubborn Basset Hound, Nellie
  • Favorite music as a kid: The Bee Gees, The Who, The Beatles
  • Favorite music now: The Avett Brothers, Phil Ochs, Eric Bogle, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Iron & Wine
  • Favorite Food: Chips (Chippies). Barbecue, Sour Cream and Onion, Salt and Pepper, Rippled or not, it’s all good. And Goldfish too.
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: I would be the world’s best chef. I would have a cooking show on the Food Network or Travel Channel and I would be constantly making and then eating really exquisite food. It’s not really a superpower at all. Just a dream…
  • If I could have the voice of any one person, other than me, whose would it be?: Paul Robeson
Joseph Mpalerwa

Joseph Mpalirwa

Baritone ‘07 – present

VP Publicity ‘09

VP Finance ‘08

Kigali, Rwanda / Nairobi, Kenya

  • Nicknames: Joe, joze, yozefu
  • Major: Physiology
  • Dog/Cat: None
  • Favorite music as a kid: Kirk Franklin, nicole c. mullen
  • Favorite music now: D’Angelo, Floetry, Anthony Hamilton, India.Arie
  • Favorite Food: Anything that has potatoes in it. especially fried ones
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: HIRO NAKAMURA!! (Makes a squinty/constipated face)
  • Favorite quote: “Success is a measure of all the obstacles you have had to overcome to get to where you are. Success is God!”
Andrew Wang

Andrew Peng Wang

Baritone ‘08 – present

VP Finance ‘09

Toronto, ON, Canada / Chang Sha, China

  • Major: Economics/Philosophy
  • Favortie music as a kid: Classical/Terrible Pop Music
  • Favorite music now: R&B/Soul, still terrible pop music
  • Favorite food: Curry chicken
  • If I were a super hero, I would be…: Megneto
  • What is my geekiest tendency?: …theoretical physics
Rowan Spencer

Rowan Spencer

Baritone ‘09 – present

Berkeley, CA

  • Major: Drama & Theatre Studies
  • Dog/Cat: Dennis (half-Golden Retriever half-German Shepherd) and Lily (half-cat and half paper-weight
  • Favorite music as a kid: The Beatles, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Bing Crosby, The Dubliners, Burl Ives, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, U2, Vince Guaraldi Trio, The Who, “Power Rangers” Theme
  • Favorite music now: Animal Collective, Louis Armstrong, The Cataracs, Ray Charles, Nat “King” Cole, Common, KiD CuDi, Miles Davis, E-40, G-Eazy, Little Joy, John Mayer, Thelonious Monk, Murs, Charlie Parker, The Roots, The Shins, The Strokes, The Temptations, Thirstbusters, A Tribe Called Quest, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Favorite Food: Gordo’s Super Carne Asada Burrito (con todo, extra hot sauce)
  • If you were a superhero, what would your name and powers be?: Easy. Jedi knight. The Force. Names are unimportant.
  • Favorite Quote: “Never lookin’ back / or too far in front of me / The present is a gift / and I just want to Be.” – Common
Alexis Borges do Valle

Alexis Borges do Valle

Bass ‘05 – present

VP Finance ‘06

Brazil

  • Major/Occupation: MASTER of Evil Rocket Science! Muahahaha!
  • Dog/Cat: Fish!
  • Favorite music as a kid: Smashing Pumpkins, John Williams, cheesy 80s songs
  • Favorite music now: Cake, South Park tunes, some songs from A Perfect Circle, Chevelle, The Blue Man group, cheesy 80s songs, lots of Brazilian stuff, and … oh yeah, Effusion
  • Favorite food: Rice ‘n beans with steak.
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be?: Infrasonic Man – my powers would consist of jellifying bad guys and warming up cups of coffee with incredibly powerful low notes.
  • Your Own Question: Hmmm, what does this red button do?
Michael Dyck

Michael Dyck

Bass ‘06 – present

Musical Director ‘08-’09

VP External & Co-Musical Director ‘07

Montréal, PQ, Canada

  • Major/Occupation: B.Sc in Physical Therapy
  • Dog/Cat: oh no!
  • Fav when younger: Elton John, Bass is Base, The Beatles
  • Fav now: Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Josquin DesPrez, Ben Folds, Rufus
  • What’s your favourite food? old-style, oven-baked margherita pizza, with rich mozzarella cheese and freshly diced tomatoes sprinkled with oregano and kissed with leaves of basil…
  • If you were a super hero, what would your name and powers be? My name would be CPR, and I would infuse others with Calm, Peace and Reason in their times of distress.
Glynn Rankin

Glynn Rankin

Bass ‘08 – present

Montreal, PQ, Canada

  • Nicknames: Kyle, G, G-unit, Cranberry G, G love, South Side, Mr. Magik, Q (Silent), Glan, Gren, Glin, Glen
  • Hometown: PSC
  • Major: Medicine, MDCM
  • Occupation: Eastern External Liason Productions RA
  • Dog/Cat: Cat
  • Favorite music as a kid: The Beatles
  • Favorite music now: The Roots
  • Favorite food: Butter Chicken
  • If I were a super hero, I would be…: David Hasselhoff
  • If I were a city, which one would I be?: Brussels
Constantin Filip

Constantin Filip

Bass ‘09 – present

Montreal, PQ, Canada

  • Nicknames: Big C, Cos, Tică, Cos the Boss, Beatboss
  • Hometown: Bucharest, Romania
  • Major/Occupation: Medicine, MDCM
  • Dog/Cat: A dog, but you know those small furry dogs with big ego and that look more like rats –I don’t like those. I love a smart and energetic dog like Milo or Lassie.
  • Favorite music as a kid: (If you don’t tell anybody : Backstreet Boys), Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, BeeGees, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Rahzel, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Pink Floyd, Charles Aznavour
  • Favorite music now: add Outkast, K-Os, IAM to my childhood favourites
  • Favorite food: “Mămăligă cu brânză şi smântână” (polenta with cheeze and sour cream) – Romanian traditional & house special
  • If I were a super hero, I would be…: Goku, because no matter how cocky and flamboyant his enemies are, at the end of the day, he is the one to triumph
  • Top 5 sports (to play): 1-Tennis, 2-Soccer, 3-running, 4-Basketball, 5-Volleyball.

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