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Siobhan Hanley, PC '14

Co-President

Siobhan is a junior majoring in Classics. In addition to playing the flute and her responsibilities in DPops, she enjoys playing intramurals for Pierson College. When she is home, Siobhan volunteers for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. She loves Broadway shows, Vergil, The West Wing, Nachos, and her dog Reese.

siobhan.hanley@yale.edu

Samantha Lee, CC '14

Co-President

Samantha is a junior in Calhoun college. She is a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major and premed. Besides playing violin in DPops, Samantha works as a research assistant in a cardiology lab and conducts her own research on plant and microbe interactions. She reps the Houn in IM soccer and volleyball and loves to salsa. In her spare time she enjoys running, catching up on TV, and procrastinating with her suitemates.

samantha.lee@yale.edu

Silas Wallen-Friedman, BK '14

Music Director

Silas Wallen-Friedman is a junior in Berkeley. While as of yet he doesn't have a major, Silas enjoys languages, computer science, ancient cultures, and pretty much everything else. While he played violin in DPops freshman year, Silas also enjoys playing the trumpet, and wishes he knew how to play drums. Outside of music, he enjoys baseball, juggling, watching Community, and pretty much anything else that seems fun at the time.

silas.wallen-friedman@yale.edu

Tim Laciano, BC '15

Assistant Conductor

Tim is a pianist, oboist, vocalist, composer, and conductor. Outside of DPops, he music directs various musical theater productions on campus and is a proud member of the Yale Glee Club. In his spare time, Tim enjoys writing modal a cappella choral music, scouting potential orchestra pit locations, and listening to anything orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick.

timothy.laciano@yale.edu

Hendrik Kits van Heyningen, CC '14

Head Arranger

Hendrik is a junior in Calhoun College majoring in Math & Physics. In addition to playing piano and overseeing arrangements for DPops, Hendrik also plays piano in musicals and works as a Math course grader. He is passionate about classical music, especially Mahler, and he loves to spend his free time amassing orchestral scores and rooting for his beloved Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.

hendrik.kitsvanheyningen@yale.edu

Derek Braverman, PC '15

Treasurer

Derek is a sophomore in Pierson College pursuing a double major in Philosophy and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, as well as completing his premed requirements. While not playing violin in DPops, he participates in the Yale Political Union, supports Pierson in intramural sports, and works on theater productions. If Derek could choose any instrument to learn to play, he would choose the saxophone.

derek.braverman@yale.edu

Casey McLaughlin, SC '15

Co-Publicity Chair

Casey is a sophomore in Silliman College and is currently set on pursuing a double major in chemistry and psychology. In addition to playing the violin in DPops, she dances with the Yale Bellydance Society and illustrates for the YDN. Casey also enjoys writing, kayaking and bird-watching in her free time.

casey.mclaughlin@yale.edu

Pujan Patel, TC '15

Co-Publicity Chair

Pujan is a sophomore in Trumbull college (the best college) and is an alto sax in DPOPS. He is deciding between several majors right now, but South Asian Studies and Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology or Psychology are likely candidates. Along with DPOPs, Pujan is involved in SAS and is a Co-Captain of the Raas Team he founded. He is also working on the Trumbull College Councel and in a neurology laboratory in the CNNR department. He is an avid follower of several TV shows, enjoys movies and Bollywood, and always up to go to a good restaurant. On breaks he loves to cook, travel, draw, and work on his collection of European board games.

pujan.patel@yale.edu

Tyler Pearson, MC '15

Co-Social Chair

Tyler, a sophomore in Morse, is a prospective (undeclared) Chemistry or Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics major taking random music classes on the side. He enjoys playing cello with many groups on campus, including DPops, YSO, and any extracurricular chamber groups that are going on at the time. While he's not playing cello or studying, you can usually find him outside on a sunny day throwing a frisbee with his suitemates, bumming around in the sun, or promoting the glory of Morse College in various IM sports.

tyler.pearson@yale.edu

Amanda Hall, BC '14

Co-Social Chair

Amanda is Branford junior majoring in American Studies. In addition to playing the viola in Dpops, she is on the women's rugby team and leads freshman orientation backpacking trips. She likes to use her spare time doing anything that allows her to be outside, regardless of the weather. Amanda is also convinced that everything tastes better with peanut butter on it, and has yet to be proven wrong.

amanda.l.hall@yale.edu

Liya Lomsadze, DC '13

Davenport Liaison

Liya is a senior in Davenport College majoring in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. In addition to playing violin in Dpops, she sings with the Yale Glee Club and flies in zero gravity with the Yale Drop Team. At all other times can probably be found on Science Hill playing around with liquid nitrogen and fungi from Ecuadorian rainforests.

liya.lomsadze@yale.edu

Diallo Spears, PC '14

Librarian

Diallo is a junior Linguistics major in Pierson College who currently makes up 100% of the bass clarinet section. His weaknesses include sushi, PokŽmon, and Mob Wives. Outside of DPops, Diallo is a part of Unity Korean Drumming Troupe, juggles with the Yale Anti-Gravity Society, and frequents FroyoWorld. He was also sorted into Slytherin.

diallo.spears@yale.edu