MEMBERS
Chloe Zhou (President)
When Chloe walks into a room full of people, the average height decreases by five inches. In addition to being the shortest member of Low Strung, Chloe is known for kicking innocent doors and storing bodies in her cello case. Her favorite taste is tofu.
Henry Shapard (Music Director)
Henry is from Cleveland Heights, OH. He speaks French and Spanish and loves British comedy television shows. He enjoys lonely walks, milk, and ferocious dabbing. Henry has a twin sister who he looks up to in everything except being born- he got out first!
Sofia Checa (Business Manager)
When an 8-year-old Sofia was presented with the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, she chose cello via process of elimination-- the other choices were violin, viola and bass... it turned out to be quite a good choice! Sofia's goal in life is to be Princess Leia.
Allison Park (Publicity and Social Media Chair)
Allison is from Dunn Loring, VA, which is in Northern Virginia, not Southern Virginia. It is very important to her that you acknowledge the distinction. In addition to reading for pleasure and writing with smooth pens, Allison enjoys eating sushi, mentioning her dog at any and every opportunity, and wearing comfy pants. Also, she has an adorable dog. Did she mention that already?
Dayle Chung (Asst. Business Manager/Asst. Music Director)
Dayle is from New York, NY. She loves thunderstorms, Earl Grey tea, and sunrises (that is, if she can stay awake late enough to watch them). She can often be found at her favorite local 24-hour diner eating a cheeseburger.
Jerry Zhou (Tour Manager)
This is Jerry. Sometimes, though, his closest friends like to call him Jerry because that's his name. He's from Knoxville, TN, and his hobbies include photobombing, hiding from Homo sapiens, and sleeping at 3 ante meridiem.
Harry Doernberg
Born at a very young age, Harry knew that he was destined to play the silkiest instrument known to man. Unfortunately, there were no bagpipes available, so he chose the cello. Besides dressing in the dark, Harry enjoys eating, sleeping, and wrestling. He also enjoys working with ceramics.
Emily Cornett
Emily is from Baltimore, MD. She is a fan of Indian food, dolphins, and Canada. In her spare time, she listens to Drake and cries or Skypes with her cats.
Megan Lim
Megan has broken 37 endpins. Apart from attempting to play the cello, she enjoys broccoli and arson on rainy days. She is an alien without a visa and may be deported at any moment (there are places outside America, but do not mention this to anyone).
Matt Udry
Matt is from Kenosha, WI. When picking instruments in 4th grade, he
chose cello only because someone told him cellos get to sit while
everyone else has to play standing. Matt enjoys tea, naps, and
collecting high-end writing instruments (despite having poor
handwriting). His proudest achievement is typing the alphabet in under
1.6 seconds.
Johnny Xu
When folks gave up on trying to pronounce Johnny’s last name, they went by calling him Johnny X instead. It flows better, they said. Johnny enjoys puns and Chinese food but is bad at making both. Word has it that Johnny is a gentle giant despite his exceptional vertical advantage and RBF. Johnny is from Massachusetts.
Giacomo Glotzer
Giacomo peaked at the age of five when he was fluent in three languages. Now he’s trying to improve his English before relearning the other two. Giacomo loves to bike, but cannot go very fast because “his ears provide too much wind resistance.” He claims to be from Chicago, IL even though he despises deep dish pizza. Giacomo can also eat a chipotle burrito in under 3 minutes.
Alumni
Peter Aronoff, Devon Breton-Pakozdi, Sam Brickman Raredon, Noah Capurso, Jennifer Chen, Agnes Coakley, Susanna Ferguson, Eric Fishman, Benji Fleischacker, Laura Gaynon, Jacqueline Gosnell, Anna Graber, Yuan He, John Heroy, Walter Hsiang, Matthew Johnson, Sarah Kabay, Max Lauring, Dimitri Lippe, Geoffrey Litt, Maria de Leon, Dan Lewis, Jaja Liao, Ian Marpuri, Kirill Miniaev, Nicolas Vivas Nikonorow, Olivia Pavco-Giaccia, David Rector, Tess Ryckman, Ezra Seltzer, Isaac Selya, Leo Singer, Claire Solomon, Soren Sudhof, Han-ah Sumner, Veronica Wallace, Henry Wilkin, Niu Niu Zhang
Arrangers
David Rector (founder), Maria de Leon, John Heroy, Eric Fishman, Devon Breton-Pakozdi, Jaja Liao, Benji Fleischacker, Megan Lim, Max Lauring, Sofia Checa, Harry Doernberg
Peter Aronoff, Devon Breton-Pakozdi, Sam Brickman Raredon, Noah Capurso, Jennifer Chen, Agnes Coakley, Susanna Ferguson, Eric Fishman, Benji Fleischacker, Laura Gaynon, Jacqueline Gosnell, Anna Graber, Yuan He, John Heroy, Walter Hsiang, Matthew Johnson, Sarah Kabay, Max Lauring, Dimitri Lippe, Geoffrey Litt, Maria de Leon, Dan Lewis, Jaja Liao, Ian Marpuri, Kirill Miniaev, Nicolas Vivas Nikonorow, Olivia Pavco-Giaccia, David Rector, Tess Ryckman, Ezra Seltzer, Isaac Selya, Leo Singer, Claire Solomon, Soren Sudhof, Han-ah Sumner, Veronica Wallace, Henry Wilkin, Niu Niu Zhang
Arrangers
David Rector (founder), Maria de Leon, John Heroy, Eric Fishman, Devon Breton-Pakozdi, Jaja Liao, Benji Fleischacker, Megan Lim, Max Lauring, Sofia Checa, Harry Doernberg
