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More Alma Choir Member Biographies

The wonderful people whose bios follow are all now Alma Choir alumni, but they are too marvelous and far too important to Dr. Nichols to simply "delete" them from these pages-- so, while they have gone on to lives and careers in other places,
                                                           their bios remain.

 


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!

spiro.caro@gmail.com

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 / Benzonia
Major: 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
 
*My Choir: The Alma College Choir!

 
 


 

Alma College boasts a 13-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education, 28 academic majors, self-designed programs of emphasis, pre-professional programs in law and medicine, and an intensive Spring Term that provides opportunities for innovative courses, travel classes, research and internships.

 

Graduate Profile

Ann Armbruster

Ann Armbruster
Graduation: 2008
Major: Music Education

Ann Armbruster used to play the edge of the bathtub as a piano and dance to the Nutcracker.

Now a music education major, she wants to use music to help others by earning her master’s degree in music therapy.