Bethan Alumni Association (BAA)
This page is for all those former Bethans who, despite having passed on from the college realm, still need proof that they actually did wear tights and/or a corset during at least part of their Williams tenure. Not sure why this is a good thing, but maybe you should just ask them. =)
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Sopranos
Emily Bruce '07
07ecb (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2007
Director: Fall 2005 to Spring 2007
- Living in Minneapolis, working on a history Ph. D. at the University of Minnesota
- Singing with VocalEssence and the First Congregational Church of Minnesota Choir, studying voice with Janna Kysilko, and dreaming of the next Bethans Reunion
Kristen Bruneau '97
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1997
- Living in Jamaica Plain, MA
- Working as a Child Life Specialist
- Keeping the vocal cords in shape with periodic forays into the world of community musical theater.
Meghan Freeman '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1997 to Spring 1998
Ariel Heyman '08
08aeh (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2004 to Spring 2008
- A big sister
- In love with Hamlet and Aragorn
- Likes e. e. cummings and Beethoven (just not as much as Hamlet and Aragorn)
Jennifer (Danforth) Hill '97
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1997
- Married Scott Hill '97 in June 1999.
- Graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with a doctorate in neuroscience.
- Lives in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
- Doing post-doctoral research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, studying obesity and diabetes in mice.
- Sings with the Trinity Episcopal Church Choir in Copley Square.
Alaya Kuntz '04
akuntz (at) wso (dot) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Spring 2004
Director: Fall 2002 to Spring 2004
- Studying toward a PhD in English with a specialization in Medieval Literature at Arizona State University
- Singing with ASU's Early Music Choral Group
Kelly Morgen '05
05krm (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Spring 2005
- Enjoys long walks on the beach. But before you get too interested in that, let me remind you of the bodice knife she carries about her person...
Anna Mullikin '98
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1998
Katy Miyamoto Munson '01
katy (at) attackrabbit (dot) org
With the Bethans: Winter 1998 to Spring 2001
Director: Fall 1999 to Spring 2001
- Married Art Munson '01 in June 2003
- Working as a lab technician at Cornell
- Singing with church choir and Finger Lakes Women's Chorale
Gabriela Pereira '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997
Devereux Powers '10
10dgp (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
- Thinks tomatoes are icky
- Has an unhealthy obsession with bubble tea
- Singing makes her day
Sarah Riskind '09
09sdr (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2005 to Spring 2009
Director: Fall 2007 to Spring 2009
- Conducting a church choir in Berlin, MA
- Composing and singing in the Boston area
- Applying to grad school for choral conducting
Kirsten Rose '94
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Stephanie Bird Rychkova '96
With the Bethans: Spring 1993 to Spring 1994
Katie Saxon '03
With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2003
Director: Fall 2001 to Spring 2003
Joan (Lee) Tarbutton '96
With the Bethans: Spring 1993 to Spring 1996
- Tending to her kids (2 girls and 1 boy!) at home in New York City
- Doing a little lawyering on the side
- Aspiring to form an SSATB a cappella group composed of herself, husband Michael, and her kids
Megan Van Dyke '03
03mrv (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2001
Ema Williams '99
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 1999
Altos
Rachel Barenblat '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1997
- Student in the Aleph rabbinic program
- Find her at http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/
- Married to Ethan Zuckerman '93.
- Living in Lanesborough, MA.
Laurie Brink '06
laurelin.m.brink (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Fall 2002
Beth Budwig '03
bethbudwig (at) gmail (dot) com
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2001
- Self-employed web & graphic designer
- Lives in sunny Oakland, CA, with her boyfriend Ari
- Much better updates can be found here
Lisa Chadderdon '95
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993
- Research associate at Harvard Business School
- Track and field--hammer thrower
Elaine Denny '04
With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Fall 2003
- Completing her Masters in Public Policy at the University of Michigan
- Pining for some good a cappella
- Savoring life's little details
Mabel Djang '01
With the Bethans: Winter 1999 to Winter 2000
Laura Effinger-Dean '06
laura (dot) effinger (dot) dean (at) gmail (dot) com
With the Bethans: Winter 2003 to Spring 2006
Honora Englander '98
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Winter 1995
Meredith Fruchtman '02
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002
Meredith Gansner '08
08meg (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
- lover of all things penguins and muppets and Lord of the Rings
- has an unhealthy obsession with the sound of bagpipes
- plays French horn and writes plays when not trying to figure out how to become a doctor without ever seeing a sick person
- has I've Been Working on the Railroad permanently stuck in her head
Torie Gorges '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1998
Holly Hodgson '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Doone Mackay '99
dmackay (at) wso (dot) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Fall 1998
Kate Marquis '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Director: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Allegra Martin '99
With the Bethans: Fall 1995 to Spring 1999
Director: Fall 1997 to Spring 1999
- Earned a Masters in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College in '06.
- Currently serving as music director at First Parish Cohasset; choral director at Lasell College; music director of Cantilena; music director of The Notables
- Sings with Anthology and Schola Cantorum. Blogs about choral music at currentconductor.blogspot.com
Mandy O '10
10amo (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
- Lives and Breathes Theatre
- Certified Anime Geek (or should be, anyway)
- Likes Stephen King and Napoleon Bonaparte
- Hates Van and boredom
Jess Scott '01
jscott (at) wso (dot) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Fall 2000
- Living in Quincy, MA
- Tending to Steve Wollkind '01 when his tummy is upset.
Rachel Selinsky '06
rachel (dot) selinsky (at) gmail (dot) com
With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2006
Rana Suh '04
With the Bethans: Winter 2001 to Spring 2002
Lucy Thiboutot '05
05let_2 (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Spring 2005
Director: Fall 2003 to Spring 2005
Flo Waldron '95
With the Bethans: Spring 1995
- Finished Ph.D. in History, April 2003
- Living in MN, PA, and CT while continuing to look for the elusive perfect tenure-track job (assuming that one exists)
- Taking a year off from teaching to work on several book manuscripts, one on French Canadians in New England (which she's writing) and one on Italians in Minnesota (which she's editing)
- Newly-elected Class of 1995 Co-Secretary
Tenors
Leah Pollak Abel '98
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1995
- Living near Columbia University in NYC.
- Married to Jason Abel '98.
Gregory Bloch '99
With the Bethans: Winter 1996 to Spring 1999
Aeryk "Eric" Carr '97
With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Winter 1995
Jesse Dill '04
With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Fall 2001
Dan Heller '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993
Scott Hill '97
With the Bethans: Fall 1993 to Spring 1997
Director: Fall 1995 to Spring 1997
- Married Jennifer (nee Danforth) Hill '97 in June 1999.
- Graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 with a doctorate in physics.
- Lives in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
- Worked at Northeastern University as a post-doc, 2003-2005.
- Taught one semester of physics at Rhode Island College, 2005.
- Working on a couple of papers while searching for his next teaching or research gig.
Ben Isecke '02
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002
Director: Fall 2000 to Spring 2002
Ian Jessen '07
07imj (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2004
Dan Krass '05
05dgk (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Winter 2002 to Spring 2002
Dave Letzler '06
yoda4554letzler (at) netscape (dot) net
With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2006
- Working on Doctorate in English Literature at CUNY
- Still doing Trivia...
David Markus '94
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Director: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
- New York Senate special counsel to the majority
- Previously served as deputy director of voter protection in the 2008 Obama campaign and as senior staff to the chief judge of New York
- When he's not raging against the political machine, crooning pick-up a cappella in the Capitol, or exercising his inner wonk, David studies toward ordination in the ALEPH rabbinical program
- In the pre-Biblical days, David was a founding co-director of the Elizabethans
Chris Richards '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2000
- Studying computer science at Princeton
- Daydreaming about cats and mass transit
Rich Rodriguez '05
05rjr (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2005
- Studying Classics and Oriental Studies at Cambridge University
- Learning more languages than is truly healthy
- Singing and dancing like it's his job
Daniel Rosensweig '08
08dlr (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2004 to Spring 2008
Director: Fall 2006 to Spring 2008
- Living in Andover, MA
- Teaching voice and piano at home
- Singing with the Choir of Men and Boys at All Saints Episcopal Church in Dorchester
- Singing and playing keyboard for The Leeds original rock band
- Working for Apple in Burlington
- Contradancing in Concord
Amarnath Santhanam '07
07as_2 (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2005
Hoai Chung Truong Pham '09
09hct (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Spring 2006 to Spring 2009
- Best-looking senior in the group
- Next Vietnamese pop sensation
Sam VanVolkenburgh '05
With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Winter 2002
Chris Welch '94
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994
Basses
Jason Carini '02
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002
Zachary Cook '96
With the Bethans: Fall 1993 to Spring 1996
Director: Fall 1994 to Spring 1996
Rich Cordero '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993
- Married to Brooke MacKinney
- Living in the Chicago area
Heath Dill '98
With the Bethans: Winter 1995 to Spring 1998
Director: Fall 1996 to Spring 1998
- Living in Boston, MA
- Software engineer.
- Improving the house and learning to play guitar
Charlie Doret '02
With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 1999
Brian Gerke '99
With the Bethans: Fall 1995 to Spring 1999
Andrew Kamell '93
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993
Ilya Khodosh '08
08ik (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2007 to Spring 2008
- These shoes he wears are gospel shoes
- Keeping hope alive in the 19th century Russian pit of despair that is his senior theater project
- Originated the casual untied bowtie look
- Will probably share his dessert with you, if it is too big a dessert
Josh Lawton '97
With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997
Jason Leith '03
With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2003
Dan Mason '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 2000
Director: Fall 1998 to Spring 2000
Colin McCormick '95
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1995
Director: Fall 1994 to Spring 1995
- Finished a physics postdoc at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD
- Living in Washington DC and working in science policy
- Playing trombone with local funk band Bonjour Ganesh (http://www.myspace.com/bonjourganesh)
Joe McDonough '06
With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2006
- Teaching Latin and Greek
- Connecticut.
Ian McLean '13
With the Bethans: Fall 2009 to Spring 2010
- Sophomore
- Is extraordinarily fond of penguins
- May likely be found watching squirrels in Frosh Quad
- Insists on reading most everything in its original language even if he cannot speak it, in which case he will try to learn to read it, meaning it gets put on his reading list until he has succeeded
Corey Olsen '96
With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1996
- Teaching at Washington College
- Living in Delaware
- Married to Bridget Lavin '96 and rubbing her feet after her 36-hr medical rotations
- Tending to his son
Johannes Pulst-Korenberg '06
06johan (at) gmail (dot) com
With the Bethans: Winter 2003 to Spring 2006
Director: Fall 2004 to Spring 2006
Charles Rousseau '08
08cpr (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2004
Joel Schmid '03
With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Fall 2002
Scott Smedinghoff '09
09sgs (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2005
- Senior
- Scott says: "I'm a lot cooler than that little thing about me makes me look. But I don't think you can really do much about that."
Matt Steding '07
07mgs (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2007
- Graduate school in English at Princeton
Andrew Triska '10
10amt (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Winter 2007
- Junior
Max Weinstein '00
With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997
Warren Woodfin '96
With the Bethans: Fall 1993 to Spring 1996
Seth Zeren '05
05saz (at) williams (dot) edu
With the Bethans: Winter 2002 to Fall 2004
- Grad student at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
- Still blacksmithing