Members
As an undergraduate organization, Yale Gospel Choir is run entirely by Yale College undergraduates, though membership is also extended to graduate students and persons from the greater New Haven community. Gospel Choir maintains a membership of about 40 enthusiastic singers and musicians annually, promoting a family-oriented atmosphere of brothers and sisters in Christ. Get to know the members on this page!
Class of 2013Abigail Braden
Ben Singleton Camille Lawhead Emily Anderberg Jerome Anyalebechi Sybil Sam Thabani Dhlakama |
Class of 2014Davynn Brown
Erinma Kalu Luke Mhyre Mackenzie Merkel Rhiannon Monta Sarah Rosales Sharlayne Waller Venetia Ginakakis |
Class of 2015Alisha Jordan
Carolyn Lee Eric (EJ) Conway Lorraine James |
Class of 2016
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Graduate Schools
Mykal Tairu
Natalia C. Del Cogliano |
Get to Know the Members
Abigail Braden PC '13 *
Hometown: Raceland, Kentucky
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Religious Studies
Position: President
Favorite YGC Song: All We Ask
Hometown: Raceland, Kentucky
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Religious Studies
Position: President
Favorite YGC Song: All We Ask
Alisha Jordan SY '15
Hometown: Newtown, Pennsylvania
Voice Part: Alto
Major: History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
Favorite YGC Song: More Than Anything
Hometown: Newtown, Pennsylvania
Voice Part: Alto
Major: History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health
Favorite YGC Song: More Than Anything
Asia Brown TD '16
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Favorite YGC Song:Let The Church Say Amen
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Favorite YGC Song:Let The Church Say Amen
Benjamin Singleton TC '13
Hometown: New York, NY
Musical Part: Drums
Major: Political Science
Favorite YGC Song: Ride on King Jesus
Hometown: New York, NY
Musical Part: Drums
Major: Political Science
Favorite YGC Song: Ride on King Jesus
Camille Lawhead MC '13 *
Hometown: Queens, New York
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: History
Position: Alumni Coordinator
Favorite YGC Song: Savior, Do Not Pass Me By
Hometown: Queens, New York
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: History
Position: Alumni Coordinator
Favorite YGC Song: Savior, Do Not Pass Me By
Carolyn (Coco) Lee SM'15 *
Hometown: Milton, Massachusetts
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Linguistics
Position: Publicity Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Joy
Hometown: Milton, Massachusetts
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Linguistics
Position: Publicity Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Joy
Catherine Shaw PC '16
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undeclared
Favorite Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undeclared
Favorite Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Daniel Noble BC '15
Hometown: Kampala, Uganda
Voice Part: Bass
Major: Computer science
Favorite YGC Song: The storm is passing over
Hometown: Kampala, Uganda
Voice Part: Bass
Major: Computer science
Favorite YGC Song: The storm is passing over
Davynn Brown, JE ‘14
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Voice Part: Alto
Major: African American Studies
Position: Musical Director
Favorite YGC Song: We Lift Our Hands
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Voice Part: Alto
Major: African American Studies
Position: Musical Director
Favorite YGC Song: We Lift Our Hands
Eric (EJ) Conway DC '15
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Musical Part: Pianist
Major: Economics/ Pre-med
Favorite YGC Song: God blocked it
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Musical Part: Pianist
Major: Economics/ Pre-med
Favorite YGC Song: God blocked it
Elizabeth Villarreal SY '16
Hometown: New York, NY
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: God Blocked It
Hometown: New York, NY
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: God Blocked It
Emily Anderberg CC '13 *
Hometown: Marysville, WA
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Psychology
Position: Finance Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Emmanuel
Hometown: Marysville, WA
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Psychology
Position: Finance Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Emmanuel
Eno Inyangete CC '16
Hometown: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Economics
Favorite YGC song: Melodies from Heaven
Hometown: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Economics
Favorite YGC song: Melodies from Heaven
Erinma Kalu BR '14 *
Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Position: Vice President, Tour Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Joy
Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Position: Vice President, Tour Manager
Favorite YGC Song: Joy
Hannah Phelps TC '16
Hometown: Bellevue, Washington
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Linguistics
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Hometown: Bellevue, Washington
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Linguistics
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Jerome Anyalebechi TD '13 *
Hometown: Jenison, Michigan
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Position: Musical Director, Alumni Coordinator
Favorite YGC Song: What if God
Hometown: Jenison, Michigan
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Position: Musical Director, Alumni Coordinator
Favorite YGC Song: What if God
Jessica Hernandez CC '16
Hometown: Forest City, North Carolina
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undecided
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Hometown: Forest City, North Carolina
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undecided
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Jiwon Lee CC '16
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Julia Sheree Dixon TC '16
Hometown: Mauk, GA
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Perfect Praise
Hometown: Mauk, GA
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Perfect Praise
Lorraine James TC '15 *
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: American Studies and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Position: Musical Director
Favorite YGC Song: The Best is Yet to Come
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: American Studies and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Position: Musical Director
Favorite YGC Song: The Best is Yet to Come
Luke Myhre DC '14 *
Hometown: Kijabe, Kenya
Voice Part: Bass
Major: African Studies
Position: Chaplain
Favorite YGC Song: Something bout the Name Jesus
Hometown: Kijabe, Kenya
Voice Part: Bass
Major: African Studies
Position: Chaplain
Favorite YGC Song: Something bout the Name Jesus
Mackenzie Merkel DC '14
Hometown: La Jolla, California
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Hometown: La Jolla, California
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Favorite YGC Song: Unspeakable Joy
Maria Reynolds BK '16 *
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Psychology
Position: Social Chair
YGC Favorite Song: Up Above My Head
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Psychology
Position: Social Chair
YGC Favorite Song: Up Above My Head
Michelle Soto TD '16
Hometown: New York, New York
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Up above my head
Hometown: New York, New York
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC Song: Up above my head
Natalia C. Del Cogliano LS - VR ‘13
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Political Science - Law
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over.
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Voice Part: Soprano
Major: Political Science - Law
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over.
Peter Suwondo BK '16
Hometown: Hudson, OH
Voice part: Bass
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC song: Total Praise
Hometown: Hudson, OH
Voice part: Bass
Major: Undeclared
Favorite YGC song: Total Praise
Rhiannon Monta SM '14
Hometown: San Diego, California
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Psychology
Position: Secretary
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Hometown: San Diego, California
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Psychology
Position: Secretary
Favorite YGC Song: The Storm is Passing Over
Sarah Rosales CC '14
Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Philosophy, Psychology Track
Favorite YGC song: Unspeakable Joy
Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: Philosophy, Psychology Track
Favorite YGC song: Unspeakable Joy
Sharlayne Waller, PC '14
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Biomedical Engineering, Biomolecular Track
Favorite YGC Song: Oh Lord How Excellent
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Biomedical Engineering, Biomolecular Track
Favorite YGC Song: Oh Lord How Excellent
Sybil Efrima Sam BK ‘13
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Political Science
Favorite YGC song: God Blocked It
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Political Science
Favorite YGC song: God Blocked It
Taylor Eldridge BR '16
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: English
Favorite Song: Unspeakable Joy
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Voice Part: Tenor
Major: English
Favorite Song: Unspeakable Joy
Thabani Dhlakama TD '13
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Favorite YGC Song: More than Anything
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Voice Part: Alto
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Favorite YGC Song: More than Anything
* Board members are denoted with an asterisk