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

Emily Bruce '07

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

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

Meghan Freeman '00

With the Bethans: Fall 1997 to Spring 1998

Ariel

Ariel Heyman '08

With the Bethans: Fall 2004 to Spring 2008

  • A big sister
  • Studying for her Teaching Credential and Masters' in Education at Mills College in the San Francisco Bay Area
Jennifer (Danforth)

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

Alaya Kuntz '04

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

Kelly Morgen '05

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

Anna Mullikin '98

With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1998

Working at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, MA
Katy Miyamoto

Katy Miyamoto Munson '01

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

Gabriela Pereira '00

With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997

Studying psychology at Cornell
Devereux

Devereux Powers '10

With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Spring 2010

  • Thinks tomatoes are icky
  • Has an unhealthy obsession with bubble tea
  • Singing makes her day
Sarah

Sarah Riskind '09

With the Bethans: Fall 2005 to Spring 2009

Director: Fall 2007 to Spring 2009

  • Pursuing a Master's in Choral Conducting at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
  • Co-directing UW's Women's Chorus and Masters Singers
  • Singing in UW's Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers
  • Check out her website!
Kirsten

Kirsten Rose '94

With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

Living in North Adams, with her husband Dan and daughter Elena
Stephanie Bird

Stephanie Bird Rychkova '96

With the Bethans: Spring 1993 to Spring 1994

Married and living in Olympia, WA.
Katie

Katie Saxon '03

With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2003

Director: Fall 2001 to Spring 2003

  • Pursuing PhD in music composition at University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Living in the same location as Jason Carini '02
    • Joan (Lee)

    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
    Pam

    Pam Udomprasert '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993

    Megan

    Megan Van Dyke '03

    With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2001

    Married to Dan Taylor and living in Australia
    Elena

    Elena Wikner '11

    With the Bethans: Fall 2007 to Spring 2011

    Director: Fall 2009 to Fall 2010

    • Taking a year off
    • Living, working, and singing in the five colleges area
    Ema

    Ema Williams '99

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 1999

    Altos

    Rachel

    Rachel Barenblat '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1997

      Rachel Barenblat (alto '96) will be ordained a rabbi in January of 2011. She's the mother of Drew (Andrew Wynn Zuckerman), born 11-29-09, and lives with her husband Ethan (Zuckerman '93) in Lanesboro.
    Laurie

    Laurie Brink '06

    With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Fall 2002

    Living in Kansas City, MO
    Beth

    Beth Budwig '03

    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

    Lisa Chadderdon '95

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993

    • Research associate at Harvard Business School
    • Track and field--hammer thrower
    Elaine

    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

    Mabel Djang '01

    With the Bethans: Winter 1999 to Winter 2000

    Currently working at Pfizer in Groton, CT, as a medicinal chemist; besides work, enjoying her apartment with a view of the ocean, taking swing lessons, and trying to learn just enough about being a grown-up to survive.
    Laura

    Laura Effinger-Dean '06

    With the Bethans: Winter 2003 to Spring 2006

    Graduate student in Computer Science at the University of Washington
    Honora

    Honora Englander '98

    With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Winter 1995

    Officially residing in the real world
    Meredith

    Meredith Fruchtman '02

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002

    Doing freelance theatre construction in London
    Meredith

    Meredith Gansner '08

    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

    Torie Gorges '00

    With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1998

    Studying education in developing countries at Stanford.
    Holly

    Holly Hodgson '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    Playing absurd amounts of Ultimate Frisbee in Seattle and the surrounding states/provinces, and to support her habit, writing and producing radio commercials for a very small and very cool radio-only ad agency called Outer Planet (http://www.outerplanetradio.com).
    May

    May Hunter-Smith '11

    With the Bethans: Fall 2005 to Winter 2011

    • Senior
    • Can't understand why people hate Beloved so much
    • Likes contradances
    Katie

    Katie Kumamoto '12

    With the Bethans: Fall 2008 to Fall 2011

    • Senior
    • Loves science of all sorts
    • Would rather be outside than inside
    • Is a big fan of heights and starry nights
    Doone

    Doone Mackay '99

    With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Fall 1998

    Living in Williamstown yet again.
    Kate

    Kate Marquis '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    Director: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    Living in DC, doing policy work.
    Allegra

    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

    Mandy O '10

    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
    Sandy

    Sandy Ryan '94

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    • Living in DC.
    • Founder of Inkberry.
    Jess

    Jess Scott '01

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Fall 2000

    • Living in Quincy, MA
    • Tending to Steve Wollkind '01 when his tummy is upset.
    Rachel

    Rachel Selinsky '06

    With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2006

    Studying Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison
    Rana

    Rana Suh '04

    With the Bethans: Winter 2001 to Spring 2002

    Lucy

    Lucy Thiboutot '05

    With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Spring 2005

    Director: Fall 2003 to Spring 2005

    Lucy is married to David Cooperman '02, and is teaching Arabic language, Arab Culture, and French at the Loomis Chaffee School, a boarding school in CT.
    Flo

    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

    Leah Pollak Abel '98

    With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Spring 1995

    • Living near Columbia University in NYC.
    • Married to Jason Abel '98.
    Gregory

    Gregory Bloch '99

    With the Bethans: Winter 1996 to Spring 1999

    Working on musicology in London
    Aeryk "Eric"

    Aeryk "Eric" Carr '97

    With the Bethans: Fall 1994 to Winter 1995

    Living in Virginia.
    Simon

    Simon Chase '14

    With the Bethans: Fall 2010

    • Freshman
    • Feels scared, lonely, and vulnerable without his wristwatch
    • Despises wearing mismatched socks
    • Frequently washes his chapstick with his clothing
    Jesse

    Jesse Dill '04

    With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Fall 2001

    At Berkeley for biophysics grad school
    Dan

    Dan Heller '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993

    Teaching English in Japan
    Scott

    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

    Ben Isecke '02

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002

    Director: Fall 2000 to Spring 2002

  • Teaches vocal music at McNair Academic High School in Jersey City
  • Teaches piano privately
  • Conducts the Yorktown Heights Jewish Center Chorale
    • Ian

    Ian Jessen '07

    With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2004

    Dan

    Dan Krass '05

    With the Bethans: Winter 2002 to Spring 2002

    Dave

    Dave Letzler '06

    With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2006

    • Working on Doctorate in English Literature at CUNY
    • Singing with the Queens College Choral Society
    • Still doing Trivia...
    David

    David Markus '94

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    Director: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    • Senior counsel to the Leader of the New York State Senate
    • Rabbinical student in the ALEPH (Jewish Renewal) seminaryServes as rabbinic intern and assistant cantor of Temple Beth El of City Island (New York City), New York
    • In the pre-Biblical days, David was a founding co-director of the Elizabethans
    Chris

    Chris Richards '00

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2000

    • Studying computer science at Princeton
    • Daydreaming about cats and mass transit
    Rich

    Rich Rodriguez '05

    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

    Daniel Rosensweig '08

    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

    Amarnath Santhanam '07

    With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2005

    Hoai Chung

    Hoai Chung Truong Pham '09

    With the Bethans: Spring 2006 to Spring 2009

    • Best-looking senior in the group
    • Next Vietnamese pop sensation
    Sam

    Sam VanVolkenburgh '05

    With the Bethans: Fall 2001 to Winter 2002

    Chris Welch '94

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1994

    Chris is currently working for "Management Sciences for Health, a cool nonprofit which works to close the gap between what is known and what is done in health care. Most of our work is in developing nations, though we are starting to broaden our focus."

    Basses

    Jason

    Jason Carini '02

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 2002

    Working in or about Cordele, GA for the Georgia Public Defender's Office.
    Zachary

    Zachary Cook '96

    With the Bethans: Fall 1993 to Spring 1996

    Director: Fall 1994 to Spring 1996

    Teaching political science at DePaul University in Chicago
    Rich

    Rich Cordero '96

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993

    • Married to Brooke MacKinney
    • Living in the Chicago area
    Heath

    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
    Carlos

    Carlos Dominguez '13

    With the Bethans: Fall 2009 to Spring 2010

    • Sophomore
    • Can't resist testing out every piano in sight
    • Would agree that puns are the height of wit
    • Still believes in disco
    • Prefers hats to haircuts
    Charlie

    Charlie Doret '02

    With the Bethans: Fall 1998 to Spring 1999

    Brian

    Brian Gerke '99

    With the Bethans: Fall 1995 to Spring 1999

    Now living in San Francisco and working as a postdoc at Stanford, studying galaxy formation and cosmology.

    Andrew Kamell '93

    With the Bethans: Winter 1993 to Spring 1993

    Dartmouth Medical School, via the US Air Force
    Ilya

    Ilya Khodosh '08

    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

    Josh Lawton '97

    With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997

    Studying music and playing pipe organs around Boston and Cambridge.
    Jason

    Jason Leith '03

    With the Bethans: Fall 1999 to Spring 2003

    Working (ha!) on a PhD in biophysics at Harvard.
    Dan

    Dan Mason '00

    With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 2000

    Director: Fall 1998 to Spring 2000

    Living in San Francisco, working in Berkeley, and keeping his watch on Eastern Daylight.
    Colin

    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

    Joe McDonough '06

    With the Bethans: Fall 2002 to Spring 2006

    • Teaching Latin and Greek
    • Connecticut.
    Ian

    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

    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

    Johannes Pulst-Korenberg '06

    With the Bethans: Winter 2003 to Spring 2006

    Director: Fall 2004 to Spring 2006

    After getting his Master's in Econ, Johannes is now at the University of Michigan medical school, until 2014...unfortunately not doing any singing.
    Charles

    Charles Rousseau '08

    With the Bethans: Fall 2004

    Away from Williams/Bethans for now
    Joel

    Joel Schmid '03

    With the Bethans: Fall 2000 to Fall 2002

    Living in Nashua, NH
    Rob

    Rob Silversmith '11

    With the Bethans: Fall 2007 to Spring 2011

    Director: Fall 2009 to Spring 2011

    • Senior
    • Freely admits he thinks math is fun
    • Thinks the Holy Trinity consists of Dvořák, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky
    • Is likely to pronounce your name in IPA.
    • Hikes every Friday at 6am. Come join him!
    Scott

    Scott Smedinghoff '09

    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

    Matt Steding '07

    With the Bethans: Fall 2003 to Spring 2007

    • Graduate school in English at Princeton
    Andrew

    Andrew Triska '10

    With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Winter 2007

    • Junior
    Stephen

    Stephen Webster '11

    With the Bethans: Fall 2006 to Fall 2010

    Director: Fall 2008 to Spring 2009

    • Senior
    • Math major
    • Interprets the word of Douglas Hofstadter literally
    • A speaker of many tongues
    Max

    Max Weinstein '00

    With the Bethans: Fall 1996 to Spring 1997

    Studying in Oxford
    Warren

    Warren Woodfin '96

    With the Bethans: Fall 1993 to Spring 1996

    Married to a Wiffenpoof, doing his postdoc at Princeton
    Seth

    Seth Zeren '05

    With the Bethans: Winter 2002 to Fall 2004

    • Received a Masters from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
    • Now a city planner outside of Boston