2023
marisa damiano
Alto 1 / Soprano | Fall 2021-Spring 2023
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william jayne
Bass | Fall 2019-Spring 2023
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cole parker
Tenor | Fall 2020-Spring 2023
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riley wachowiak
Soprano | Spring 2021-Spring 2023
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2022
Matthew baldwin
Vocal Percussion | Fall 2018-Spring 2022
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zachary carpenter
Baritone | Fall 2018-Spring 2022
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ren longo
Alto | Fall 2020-Fall 2022
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2021
AriANNA Crescimanno
Alto | Spring 2016-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “If I Lose Myself” - OneRepublic
Best Memory: Finding and losing a really cool hat all in the span of one night.
Since graduation, Ari has been working remotely and studying for the GRE exam. When she’s not working or studying, she enjoys traveling all over, including taking a trip to Iceland this past summer. Ari enjoyed creating great memories we made by singing, dancing, traveling, and just having fun together.
Rebecca Colao
Mezzo | Fall 2017-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “Anna Sun” - WALK THE MOON
Best Memory: All of our trips together, especially playing sardines in the giant Esopus clue mansion.
Rebecca is planning on moving to the city to start her career and be near her NTS friends. She loves to explore new places, play the piano, and draw. While in the group, Rebecca enjoyed planning service events and tour her senior year, helping to create our ICCA video, and writing arrangements like “Electric Love”.
Liam Coen
Tenor | Fall 2017-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “Chainsmoking” - Jacob Banks
Best Memory: An impromptu performance of Anna Sun on the Q train after A Cappella in the Park.
Liam is back in his hometown of Queens, NY while he pursues his MS in Executive Health Systems Engineering. In his free time, he volunteers at retreats and summer camps for the Marist Brothers' Center in Esopus, NY, and gets much too emotionally invested watching the Yankees. While he was in the group, he enjoyed arranging songs like "Weathered Youth" and "Ribs", serving on the Executive Board, and going on super-fun singing and service trips with friends. He is so proud of everything that the group has and continues to accomplish, and he's so grateful for the home it's made for him and so many.
Dani Germain
Alto 2 / Alto 1 / Soprano 1 | Fall 2017-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “715 - CR∑∑KS”
Best Memory: Volunteering for “Boo at the Zoo” at the Ross Park Zoo.
After graduation, Dani went on a 6 week backpacking ecology and conservation program in the mid-western Great Lakes Region where she got to do research, field work, volunteering, and lots of camping! Now she's living in Saratoga Springs, NY. Dani filled many positions in NTS including AMD, Vice President, and choreographer. While on the ICCA video committee Dani additionally served as the director and videographer!
Jillian Morley
Soprano | Spring 2018-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “Soldier” - Gavin DeGraw
Best Memory: Being able to help fundraise for organizations I care about!
Jillian Morley is currently living in Ithaca, NY, getting her MPA at the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy. While in the group, Jillian was the Music Director for two years, directing the group through their first time ever competing in the ICCAs, and their first time advancing to the semifinals.
Ethan Penner
Tenor/Beatbox | Spring 2018-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “Chainsmoking” - Jacob Banks
Best Memory: Tour 2020, especially visiting Montreal and performing alongside the Crosbys.
Ethan is currently continuing his studies in graduate school at Binghamton while concentrating on tectonic geomorphology. He is also interning for the USGS as a social media intern and spends his free time gardening, rock-hounding, and networking through TikTok. Ethan's favorite part about being in the group was the late-night NOWL runs where the group could unwind and talk about their weeks.
Sam LaGrego
Tenor | Fall 2018-Spring 2021
Favorite NTS Song: “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” - Death Cab for Cutie
Best Memory: Singing together one last time in that gorgeous church during our Summer 2021 Service Tour.
Sam (a.k.a. “Bam”) is now living in Boston! More specifically, he’s in Cambridge, MA, pursuing a master's degree in Music Composition at the Longy School of Music of Bard College! Once he gets his master's, his main goal will be to become a composer who writes music for video game soundtracks.
shira sarig
Alto | Fall 2019-Fall 2021
Favorite NTS Song: I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Best Memory: Going on tour my freshman year! We were able to go all the way up to Montreal and had a blast exploring the city.
Since graduating, Shira has accepted a job as a multisystemic therapist, providing treatment to families whose kids have been impacted by the juvenile justice system.
2020
Sarah Geer
Soprano | Fall 2017-Spring 2020
Favorite NTS Song: “One Last Song” - Sam Smith
Best Memory: Traveling for tour; particularly, performing in Montreal and getting poutine after!
Sarah is moving to Ithaca where she plans to pursue a job in renewable energy. As she continues her search, she looks forward to her upcoming adventures in horseback riding and karate. Sarah is excited to explore the food scene and hike the beautiful trails of gorges Ithaca with Luna, her adorable dog. More than anything, she can’t wait to return to campus as the group continues to grow!
2019
Mike “Bernie” Boyle
Bass | Fall 2016-Fall 2019
Favorite NTS Song: “Electric Love” - BØRNS
Best Memory: Tour 2020 in Montréal when we all went and got poutine with a new friend.
Bernie is working in education in Stoughton, MA. He’s substitute teaching and yelling at kids to get off their phones while they’re at work. While in the group, he loved dragging the group into adventures whether they wanted to go or not.
Samantha Palladino
Alto | Fall 2015-Spring 2017 (Koinonia); Fall 2017-Spring 2019 (Note to Self)
Favorite NTS Song: “Stay” - Rihanna
Best Memory: “This group gave me my best friend [Arianna Crescimanno ‘20]. The friendships I’ve gained are the best thing this group could have given me.”
Samantha is currently a first-year student attending Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, NY. When she is not reading copious amounts of case law, she enjoys drinking wine and making the occasional, and thankfully, short trip back to Binghamton to see her friends and hang out with NTS! While in the group, Samantha enjoyed making beautiful music with her friends, serving as Vice President during her sophomore and junior years, and serving as A Cappella Council President her senior year. She wants to thank Note to Self for everything it has given her in her years at Binghamton <3.
Julia Sternberg
Mezzo | Fall 2015-Spring 2019
Favorite NTS Song: “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” - Hillsong United
Best Memory: Buying and dropping off the toys for our Toys for Tots Fundraiser!
Julia lives in Manhattan on the Upper West Side and is a first-year student at Columbia Law School. In her free time (assuming she has any), you can find Julia listening to true crime podcasts, tutoring for the LSAT, and trying to convince her friends that the 30-minute commute to the fun bard downtown is actually worth it. While in the group, Julia was most known for her friendly reminders while serving as President during her Sophomore and Senior years. She is most proud of all the work she put in as President during the transition to Note to Self, establishing a partnership with Visions Federal Credit Union, creating the NTS Annual Holiday Party, and helping to establish our identity as a group with a community outreach focus.
Julia Steitz
Alto/Tenor | Spring 2016-Fall 2019
Favorite NTS Song: “If I Lose Myself” - OneRepublic
Best Memory: “When we stayed up super late at Twin to build the fabulous cardboard tree for the Jumanji show (Spring 2018).”
Julia is currently finishing up her last semester of grauduate school. After completion of her MBA, she will be moving to Boston to work at BlackRock as a financial anaylst. After spending a few semesters dedicated to Note to Self’s community service initiatives, she’s super excited to explore a new chapter of life. She will never forget the friendships, experiences, and blessings that Koinonia and Note to Self gave her.
2018
CaitLÍn Michelle Begley
Alto | Fall 2014-Spring 2017 (Koinonia); Fall 2017-Fall 2018 (Note to Self)
Favorite NTS Songs: “Oceans”, “Demons”, “This is Gospel”, “Weathered Youth”, “Eye to Eye” - (don’t make me choose)
Best Memory: “I didn’t talk at all until after my first dollar show, however after that night, I bonded with everyone so much to the point they couldn’t shut me up for the next eight semesters.”
Caitlín is currently living just outside of Boston, working as a Data Analysis Engineer for Abbott Laboratories, and is adamantly proud of her Irish and Italian heritage. In her free time, she is a freelance makeup artist and enjoys Sean-nós singing, skiing, and long-distance running. While in the group, Caitlín started the communal “tea time” after practice which fostered a familial atmosphere of closeness between group members. She was Treasurer of the group for six semesters, AMD for one, and served on the Executive Board that founded Note to Self. Caitlín contributed financially and vocally to Note to Self’s first EP, Tied to the Tracks, and for her, the EP was a project of which she was grateful to be part and a proud moment as a group member that she will never forget.
Robbie Rosen
Baritone | Fall 2017-Fall 2018
Favorite NTS Song: “Our Own House” - Misterwives
Best Memory: Shopping for the Toys for Tots fundraiser in Fall 2018
Robbie is currently living in Orlando, Florida and employed at Walt Disney World Resort, while also pursuing his Masters Degree at the University of Central Florida. While in the group, Robbie enjoyed helping to arrange fun group meet-ups and serving as the social media coordinator.
Stone Geise
VP/Baritone | Fall 2015-Spring 2018
Favorite NTS Song: “I 2 I (Eye to Eye)” - Tevin Campbell (from “The Goofy Movie”)
Best Memory: “That time I navigated back to our host’s house alone late one night in Oneonta by using the stars (my phone was dead). I also can’t forget to mention the ever infamous “dope deer” I was able to pet on that journey back and how everyone thought I was trying to break into the house because I knocked on the window instead of calling (again, my phone was dead). I wasn’t on drugs when this happened I swear.”
Stone is currently living in Pittsburgh, PA with his fiancé Kait while he attends medical school at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a second lieutenant in the United States Army and plans to serve as a surgeon in the Army upon graduation in May 2023. While in the group, Stone enjoyed arranging countless songs, writing and editing the semester show skits, and serving as Musical Director during his Junior and Senior years.
2017
Christopher Charnetsky
Bass/Tenor | Spring 2014 (Koinonia) - Fall 2017 (Note to Self)
Favorite NTS Song: “Bring Me to Life” - Evanescence
Best Memory: “It’s for my Acne!”
Chris spends his days watching Law and Order: SVU and writing about himself in the third person. He was the Assistant Musical Director of Koinonia and Note to Self, a position which held no actual authority and was given to him as a joke, but he puts it on his resume regardless.