Company B (a cappella)
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Company B (sometimes abbreviated as CoB) is the oldest a cappella group at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1984, it was originally a vocal jazz ensemble, but evolved into a co-ed a cappella group, singing music released before 1980.
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[edit] Music
The current song list includes
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (The Andrews Sisters)
- Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Frank Sinatra)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
- I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King)
- Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
- Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
- Tracks of My Tears (Smokey Robinson)
- Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
- Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
- Still The One (Orleans)
Company B has also recorded two CDs ("Almost Legal" and "Commando") and is in the process of recording a third.
[edit] Members
The current members of the group are:
- Yael Mazor
- Rachel Seiler
- Jeremy Bannett
- Jacob Lazar
- Kim Machnik
- Victoria Cohen
- Jenn Sheehan
- Cory Julie
- Marion Katz
- Eric Langa
- Jordan Rothman
- David Baumgold
- Sean Fullerton
[edit] Alumni
List of alumni of Company B, followed by the year they left the group.
- Kathy Schuman, 1985 (Founding member)
- Ben Cohen, 1985 (Founding member)
- Stuart Seigel, 1985 (Founding member)
- Marti Rosenberg, 1985 (Founding member, Musical Director)
- Mark Flesher, 1985 (Founding member)
- Jonathan (Jay) Kerness, 1986
- Veronica Buckley, 1986 (Founding member)
- Lisa Escovitz Kerness, 1987 (Founding member)
- Jessica Shimberg Lind, 1987 (Founding member)
- Peter Schilling, 1987 (Founding member)
- David Pasteelnick, 1987
- Chris Becke, 1987
- Lisa Lederman Littman, 1987
- Marc Borsak, 1987
- David Krigel, 1987
- Carol Adobatti, 1988
- Ken Avery, 1988
- David Rosenblum, 1988 (Musical Director)
- Naomi Reiss, 1988
- Lori Salzman, 1988
- Jodi Sue Glaser, 1988
- Micki Barnett Jacobs, 1989 (Musical Director)
- Shari Levy, 1990
- Ed Sylvia, 1990
- Adam Sullivan, 1991
- Stephan Wuensch, 1991
- Miriam Gelfand (Musical Director)
- Jill Fischer, 1992
- Shari Mendelson, 1992
- Tracey Wise, 1993
- Hillary Brooks, 1993 (Musical Director)
- Shawn Peters, 1993
- David Newman, 1993
- Jon Schulman, 1993
- Ivan Turnipseed, 1993
- Lori Richmond, 1993
- Jared Goldfarb, 1994
- Dan Levine, 1994
- Jen Dryan, 1994
- Jeff Frank, 1994
- Jennifer Lederman Davis, 1995
- Dan Goldfarb, 1996
- Rebecca Karlovsky, 1997
- Adam Ehrlich, 1998 (Off-Campus Business Manager)
- Shea Gregg, 1998 (Musical Director)
- Amanda Metter, 1998 (President)
- Josh Small, 1999
- Liana Snider, 1999
- Ian Goldstein, 1999
- Vanya Green, 2000
- Ariel Rosen, 2000
- Jennifer Sullivan, 2000
- Daniel Scribner, 2001
- Daniel Victor, 2001
- Marina Voronina, 2001
- Leanna Palmer, 2001 (On-Campus Business Manager)
- Michelle Zeitler, 2001 (Musical Director)
- Valerie Kolko, 2001 (Off-Campus Business Manager, Webmaster)
- Daniel Fisher, 2001 (On-Campus Business Manager)
- Brendan Gannon, 2001 (President)
- Matt Silver, 2002 (On-Campus Business Manage, Webmaster)
- Zach Sherwin, 2002 (President)
- Staci Guthrie, 2002 (President, Musical Director)
- Sarah Mindlin, 2002 (Assistant Musical Director)
- Sarah Kornfeld, 2003
- Daniel Braunfeld, 2003
- Hannah Heilman, 2004
- Jonathan Stone, 2005 (Off-Campus Business Manager)
- Olinde Mandell, 2004 (President)
- Mark Lipman, 2004 (Musical Director)
- Julia Davis, 2004 (On-Campus Business Manager)
- Grace Allendorf, 2004
- Karen Lutsky, 2004 (Off-Campus Business Manager)
- Zack Mabel, 2004
- Edward Greenberg, 2005 (Human pitch pipe)
- Julia Barnathan, 2005 (Musical Director)
- Jeremy Shuman, 2007
- David Strumfeld, 2008
- Binny Kagedan, 2008
- Jonathan Schwartz, 2006
- Dave Kaufer, 2006 (President)
- Lianna Levine, 2006 (Musical Director)
- Jessa Saidel, 2006
- Tamar Friedman, 2006
