The Group
Madeline Buchowski (President)
Madeline Buchowski ‘27, from St. Louis, Missouri, started taking cello lessons at the age of five and has been learning how to enjoy practicing since. While she knows very little rock music, you can often find her playing cello karaoke to Taylor Swift songs on Youtube. In the near future, Madeline aspires to do the splits, find a perfect way to make a dorm room with Yale furniture look cute, and determine the perfect Low Strung sticker placement on her cello case.
Vien Le (Music Director)
Vien is a tiny name for a tiny person from the tiny town of Canton in the tiny state of Connecticut who plays the tiny bass. People think she joined her school’s band as a percussionist because her school did not have an orchestra, but the real reason is because she wanted to hit a gong. Vien has a weird obsession with frogs, and is prone to laughing attacks, especially after the hour of 8 pm.
Josef Bell (Business Manager)
Josef is from the quaint town of New York City, and started the cello at three years old. He wanted to play the bass originally, but is very glad his family said no and saved him the extra hassle. His hobbies include reading classics, buying Celsius, trying new foods, and sleeping.
Justin Kim (Co-tour Manager)
Justin is from Potomac, Maryland, having sailed from Busan in a little rowboat at age seven. He started taking cello lessons in third grade because he hates John Kim. When he isn’t not practicing, Justin can usually be found watching movies, consuming reelz, or chillin in Silliman.
Sarah Lee (Co-social Media Manager)
Sarah is from Portland, Oregon. Besides hiking on trails and hanging out at the Nike headquarters, she sometimes also plays the cello. When she isn’t in class, you can find her in her dorm napping, or sleeping, or taking a nap that turns into the night’s sleep.
Christian Phanhthourath (Co-social Media Manager)
Christian is from Marietta, GA, a suburb of Atlanta, and started the cello at the age of eight, even though no one in his family had ever touched an instrument. He is currently on his sixth hair color and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. When he’s not actively frying his hair, Christian enjoys sipping overpriced matcha at cute cafes and filming lifestyle vlogs for his YouTube channel.
Nicholas Boettcher
Born and raised in Naperville, IL, Nicholas started cello at age 4. He later picked up the bass because the cello was too easy to travel with. You can spot him on campus trying to wrangle a bass, cello, and backpack on his way to the nearest practice room. He also likes food.
Lishore Kumar
Lishore (think Lebron but with “shore”) is from Tomball, TX. When he was six, Lishore tried to play the oboe and viola but hated the taste of reeds and didn’t hate himself, respectively. Thus, he settled on the obvious compromise: cello. When he’s not playing, you’ll find Lishore doomscrolling Tiktok or studying with Subway Surfers in the background.
Maddie Margulis-Ohnuma
maddie (not to be confused with Maddie) is from westchester new york. when she was four she signed a contract (at her brothers behest) agreeing to play violin, but despite this binding agreement she made a wise decision and chose cello. maddie likes broccoli, soccer, manta rays, climbing on rocks, and the color blue.
Sara Flexer
Sara (Flexer) is from the Bay Area. At a staggering 5’1.5, she has a tendency to trip over her own feet and may be found sleeping in her cello case. Her biggest dream is to live among cows on a farm. When she’s not practicing, Sara enjoys jaywalking and consuming green grapes.
Alejandro Quintero Cashore
Alejandro is from the small but mighty state of Rhode Island, and has played the cello since he was five. Although he didn’t choose the cello himself, he is very grateful to his mom for her immaculate taste in musical instruments and for making sure he never gave up on playing! When he’s not making music, you can find Alejandro listening to one of his favorite podcasts or deep down a YouTube rabbithole on any number of things, ranging from latte art technique to professional soccer to satire and sketch comedy.
Oan Park
I live in Cambridge MA, right around Harvard. I worked at an ice cream shop in Harvard Square and now know for certain that Harvard students suck. For hobbies I keep plants and I play Yokai Watch on my 3Ds.
Laec Lorentzen
Laec is from a city you haven't heard of in Canada. His hobbies include listening to loud music, making loud music, and not sleeping. If you ever see him without headphones on, he probably lost them (again). He's either not as cool as he seems, or much cooler than he seems. His least favorite colour is chartreuse.
Alumni
David Rector* (founder), Hermes Huang (founding manager), Peter Aronoff, Devon Breton-Pakozdi*, Sam Brickman Raredon, Noah Capurso, Sofia Checa*, Jennifer Chen, Dayle Chung, Agnes Coakley, Emily Cornett, Harry Doernberg*, Francis Fedora, Susanna Ferguson, Eric Fishman*, Benji Fleischacker*, Norah, Fong, Laura Gaynon, Giacomo Glotzer*, Jacqueline Gosnell, Anna Graber, Yuan He, John Heroy*, Walter Hsiang, Matthew Johnson, Sarah Kabay, Edward Kong, Max Lauring*, Dimitri Lippe, Megan Lim*, Geoffrey Litt, Maria de Leon*, Dan Lewis, Jaja Liao*, Ian Marpuri, Alexander Oh, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma, Kirill Miniaev, Nicolas Vivas Nikonorow, Allison Park, Olivia Pavco-Giaccia, Tess Ryckman, Ezra Seltzer, Isaac Selya, Henry Shapard, Leo Singer, Claire Solomon, Soren Sudhof, Han-ah Sumner, Matthew Udry*, Mateo Vidali, Veronica Wallace, Henry Wilkin, Johnny Xu*, Niu Niu Zhang, Chloe Zhou, Jerry Zhou
*Arrangers