Who We Are

Sopranos

Karen Azani '11
Jane Dobkin '10

Altos Molly Silberberg '11
Tenors

Sophie Gandler '10 BUSINESS MANAGER (email)
Aaron Smargon '11

Basses

Gustavo Silva Cano '10 PRESIDENT (email)
Jonny Weiss '11 MUSIC DIRECTOR and WEBMASTER (email)



Bios
Karen AzaniKaren Azani is a soprano from Los Angeles, California. She enjoys tap dancing, singing songs that don't contain any references to L.A., traveling to San Diego and realizing how much better it is than L.A., and leaving L.A. in general. She is pursuing a major in psychology, but the University, realizing Karen's passionate devotion to science and technology, has allowed her to major in texting as well. Karen is one of the nicest people in Koleinu, and she will never win any so-called "mean contest," period. Her cell phone provider, however, disagrees: It had to purchase ten supercomputers just to process her text messages.
Jane DobkinJane Dobkin hails from the far far away land of Princeton, New Jersey. Although she is majoring in architecture, it is more common to find Jane in bright green pants than black. She marches to the beat of her own drum, choosing to wear a watch around her neck rather than on her wrist. Her secret (or not so secret) ambition in life is to be in High School Musical.
Molly Silberberg If Molly were a fruit, she would be the apple of your eye.
If Molly were a website, she would be at the top of your Favorites list.
If Molly were a harvestable grain, she would be the cream of the crop.
If Molly were a canine, she would be top dog.
If Molly were a yellow dwarf star, she would be the sunshine of your life.
Sophie GandlerHere is Sophie Gandler. She can do lots of things, you can do lots of things too. Hear Sophie sing. Now you sing. See Sophie participate in every theater group on campus. Now you try being a part of every show that goes up at Princeton. Watch Sophie ride her bike. Now you ride your bike... but don't fall off. See Sophie send 30 emails a day. Now you try to find 30 people you can email in one day.
Aaron SmargonAaron Smargon is a physics major who hails from sunny San Diego California. In addition to rocking out with Koleinu, Aaron is an avid theatergoer. He also enjoys philosophizing about, well, anything and everything. In fact, you may just find him sitting on a rock outside of Rocky College pondering the meaning of life. Don't get too close though, he's currently racking up points in the mean contest.
Gustavo Silva CanoGustavo is an international crime-fighting force. He spent last semester "studying abroad"--this is how he likes to describe studying the art of arresting and detaining the worst criminals on the face of the earth. He uses his training as a major in the Woodrow Wilson school to guide him in his adventures, and his flowing locks of wondrous brown hair to throw his enemies off all balance.
Jonny WeissJonny Weiss ’11 descends from a dynasty of Jewish a cappella singers and composers. Jonny’s brother, David, is Koleinu’s former musical director, and his great-great-uncle, Abraham Cadorini, was head musician at the court of Duke Francesco di Modena in the late 1870s, for whom he composed the longest, most difficult known version of Oseh Shalom (which Koleinu now sings, too). Jonny, a bass who aspires to be Nicolas Cage some day, is raising funds to pay for the complex plastic surgery he will need in order to achieve that dramatic change in his physical appearance. In the meantime, he enjoys being Koleinu’s new musical director and keeping alive his family’s musical legacy.