More Alma Choir Member Biographies
Katie Crombe, soprano
Troy, MI
* See! This is me in ROME for fall term!
* I'm a member of the scrumptious Pretty in Plaid* I would spend every second of every day reading, if I didn't have to eat or sleep.
* I would also spend every second of every day singing! (While reading)
* I am addicted to sweet tea ...wowie is that stuff good!
Laura Fris, soprano (Shelby)
Major: English
I'm that blue-eyed, blond girl who's as fierce as a dragon -- and who reminds you of Christmas!
I've been to 47 of the 50 States and most of the Caribbean and Mexico
I enjoy writing new music while eating pancakes at IHOP. Om nom nom!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Ric Allen, Bass
Major: Communication
I spent winter term '11 interning as a programming assistant at MiND TV in Philadelphia.
I'm a vegetarian and I love world cuisine like falafel, borsch . . . and MorningStar Mini-Corndogs
I'm a Gleek, a Litle Monster and ?AE.
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Caitlin Marsh, Soprano
Majors: Two! English and Biology, and a minor in Public Health. Liberal arts education for the win!
I spent summer '11 knee deep in Michigan plants, doing chemical research on their anti-cancer properties.
I once gave a presentation to the choir about the danger of squirrel pox -- using a Scottish accent.
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Audrey Gebbie, Alto
Major: Elementary Education
I've been to Germany twice working on my German minor, and can't wait to go back.
I know every Monty Python sketch by heart!
I'm named for both Audrey and Katharine Hepburn
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Aysha Abiade, alto
Muskegon, MI
Major: Psychology and Spanish
* I used to live in Tennessee, and I miss the mountains * And now, I'm in South America for fall term '09 * I met the world's greatest superhero, Pedestrian Man, in Quito. * My favorite color is pink and I am, in fact, a Disney princess.
* My Choir: The Alma Choir
Arron Winter, Tenor
Fairgrove, MI
* Some acronyms I'm part of: RA, ACU, ACOG, PMA, ETC.
* Know a game I don't? Doubt it? I'm addicted to the things.
* Any show Joss Whedon makes, I'll watch for hours. Go Simon Tam.
* My Choir: The Alma Choir
Lindsay Kimball, alto (left)
Howell, MI
*Major: Music Education
* World record holder in speed talking
* Member of fabulous Pretty in Plaid
* Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Sleeping and wearing my Party Pants (copyright Doc's Duds, Inc.)
* that's Kelsey on the right. She's a soprano, but she can't help it, so she's pretty cool. * Our choir: The Alma Choir!
Kelsey Merz, soprano (right)
Clarkston, MI
Major: Elementary Education / Spanish
* Member of the awesome Pretty in Plaid
* I spend my summers working at a camp for special needs children
* Can fall asleep anywhere at anytimzzzzz
* that's Lindsay on the left. She's an alto but, since it's not really her fault,
she's pretty cool.
* Our choir: The Alma Choir!
Geoff Clark, baritone
Three Rivers, MI
Major: Music Education
* I can wake up an entire city block
with
my pipes
* Encyclopedic knowledge of Legend of Zelda trivia
* I'm a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
* Haggis! Breakfast, lunch and dinner!
* My Choir: The Alma Choir!
Cameron Foley, bass
Freeland, MI
Major: Secondary Education/English
Minor: Spanish
* I am a self-diagnosed nap addict and facebook junkie.
* Mozart gets stuck in my head more than XM’s top 20.
* Pizza Sam’s is heaven in a box: double crust, double cut, baked on a screen and spices baked in.
* I constantly look for ways to sneak movie quotes into daily conversation.
Ali Cnudde, alto
Bay City, MI
Major: Business Administration
* Self-proclaimed "choir nerd"
* I love traveling and trying new things. Hula Pie in Hawaii is my new favorite!
* I have a large family with hundreds of
Alpha Xi Delta sisters
* I'm a huge Dave Matthews fan. Huge!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Devon Anthony, Mezzo
Mt. Pleasant, MI
*Major: Business
*I make the best cookies you will ever taste
*I am in Pretty in Plaid, Kappa Iota, the Treasurer of Student Congress, the General Manager of WQAC, an RA, and President of the Class of 2009...just to name a few of the millions of things that I do on campus
*I love to travel
*I am the future President of the United States
*My Choir: The Alma Choir!
Kim Lyon, Alto
Alma
Major: History
*I'm an Alma "townie" with a big heart and a penchant for baking goodies.
*I have thespian and vocal talents which usually are put to use at karaoke night or running around talking in a British accent.
*I have an over-active "mom" gene. I will approach you if you are looking sad, get hurt, or appear hungry.
My choir: The Alma Choir
Ian Rideout, Bass
Lansing
Major: Biology
* Member of the Scots on the Rocks
the "liquid cool" close harmony group
* Stalwart member of the Lacrosse team.
Notice the bruises??
* You need a ukulele player? I'm your man!
And I own an electric ukulele.
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Stephanie VanSteenburg, Soprano
Davison, MI
Major: Art and design
* I love going to midnight movie premiers
*I bake pies to rival Betty Crocker
* Avid puddle jumper
*Addicted to Scrubs (best show ever made)
My Choir: The Alma Choir!
Margaret Hewitt, Alto
Bay City, MI
Major: History with minor in Anthropology
*Spent summer '08 in Belize excavating a Mayan ruin
*Lived in London while doing research at the English National Archives
* I love volunteering
* I can eat my weight in sushi
(well . . . almost!)
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Will Allen, baritone
Unionville
Major: Social Policy / Minor: Music
*DJ for WQAC*Completed a study on campus accessibility for handicapped persons at Alma College
*Member of Scots on the Rocks
* Can sign sol-fege faster than anyone on earth!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Kerry Dembowski, alto
Grand Ledge, MI
Major: Elementary Ed
Spent summer07 teaching in India and summer 08 as a special needs Camp Counselor
New member of Pretty in Plaid
Gelston RA -- you want to be on my Hall
I don't like ice cream, I love it!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Shannon Ager, Soprano
Royal Oak, MI
Major: Elementary Education
*Spent a term in Nicaragua
*Plan to travel, study and live in Ecuador this Spring
*This photo is of:
A) a secret sorority ritual
B) a Physics experiment gone bad
C) a Festival of Carols promo
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Jamie Diener, baritone / Hemlock
*Major: Elementary Education / Minor: Psychology
*Athletics: Lacrosse, IM football, basketball, dodgeball
*I have an encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars trivia.
*Radio Host for WQAC
*Can't help it that I am just that sexy!
*My Choir: The Alma College Choir !
Tom Davey, Tenor
Jackson, MI
* Sing, ski, windsurf, repeat
* Sumer-camp counselor and lifeguard:
Doc trusts me with his life!
* Coke yes! Pepsi no!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Elizabeth Nichols, Alto
Alma, MI
* English and Psychology Double Major
* Knows every tube stop on the London Underground
* Habitual runner
* I am not left-handed . . . ezer!
* "Good-night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy
rest! " is just one of the 100 quotes I've memorized from Hamlet.
* 21 Festival of Carols and still counting!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Spiro Caro, Bass
Glen View, IL
* History Major
*Headed to Law School
* DJ for WQAC / I'm a college rock afficianado
* Greek American and proud of it
* ROAD TRIP!
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Elizabeth Espinosa, alto / Ann Arbor
Major: Foreign Service / Minor: Spanish
*Elected Treasurer Class of 2007
*Four-year member of the Championship Alma College Model UN Team
*Spent Fall term 2005 in New York City on an internship at the United
Nations where I worked on Middle East Affairs and for the Veselka
Orphanage in Ukraine.
My Choir: The Alma College Choir !
Carie Grace, Alto --
Roscommon/Higgins Lake
* Biology major with an emphasis in animal science
* Spent summer 2006 in a marsh on Beaver Island studying the Midland
Painted Turtle, used radio-telemetry to track home ranges, movements
and core body temeratures.
* Member of the rockin acappella group "Pretty in Plaid"
* Something I didn't know about College -- never enough sleep!
* One of my favorite Alma Choir memories is when we sang at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Marcus Hong, Tenor, Salt Lake City, Utah
* English/ Religious Studies double major
* head English editor for the Pine River Anthology (Alma College publication of creative writing)
* Chapel Band leader
* recorded a CD of music I've composed for voice, guitar and piano
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Jesse Russell, Bass
Kalamazoo, MI
* Sociology and Anthropology Major
* I am a piper and I spent four years bagging groceries at Meijer in order to purchase my first set of bagpipes.
* The College hired me as a resident computer consultant for Bruske Hall.
* I played sousaphone/tuba for 10 years
*This photo, overlooking Loch Ness, was taken while on tour with the
Alma Choir. My good friend, Danny, has been maliciously cropped out of
the photo.
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Hilary Miller, Soprano II
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
* Exercise and Health Science major and Chem minor
* I spent two weeks on top of a mountain in Colorado studying high altitude physiology
* As president of the Alma Leadership Alliance, I have to lead a bunch of leaders!
* "I see dead people" -- literally in the College's cadaver lab, and I've seen the Loch Ness Monster!
* I'm headed to grad school in North Carolina in Fall '07
My Choir: The Alma Choir
Corie Brown, alto / BenzoniaMajor: Music Ed / Minor: French
*Spent Fall term 2005 in PARIS!! Studying French and Music
*Summer Job at Interlochen FAC
*Studied immigration and the situation along the Mexico/US border, and was invited to make a presentation at the International Border Conference ‘05
*Hiked the Swiss Alps in Montreaux
*Member Pretty in Plaid (Alma’s fabulous female a cappella group)
*Resident Assistant in Bruske Hall
*Toured Scotland with the ALMA CHOIR
