meet the touring company
Naomi Ling
Alto 1 — Musical Director, Internal Social Chair, Webmaster
Year: Murray 2028
Major: Cognitive Science
Hometown: Columbia, MD
Interests: Lifting weights, taking long nature walks, reading Franny Choi’s poetry, sipping chai
Favorite Music: Ariana Grande, Renee Rapp, Daniel Caesar, grentperez, Sabrina Carpenter, Lizzy McAlpine, Beach House
Fun Fact: I can type 150 wpm
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Singing karaoke in China
Email: naomi.ling@yale.edu
Liam Swinney
Tenor — Head Rush Manager, Tour Manager
Year: Saybrook 2028
Major: English
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Interests: Writing, running, old books, music theater, watching sad movies and eating ice cream with my friends
Favorite Music: Sufjan Stephens, The Smiths, David Bowie, Phoebe Bridgers, Chapel Roan, ABBA, Lorde, Billy Joel, Fiona Apple, genuinely any musical soundtrack
Fun Fact: When I was 16 months old, my skull was completely reconstructed by a plastic surgeon!
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Dancing up a storm at the BD house on tap night!
Email: liam.swinney@yale.edu
Kyle Vo
Baritone — Album Manager
Year: Branford 2029
Major: Undecided but probably STEM
Hometown: Boston, MA
Interests: Guitar, watching movies, skating, thrifting, Brooke and Jubal's Second Date Updates
Favorite Music: Frank Ocean, Dijon, Radiohead, American Football, Alex G, Big Thief, anything produced by with Clams Casino or Devonté Hynes
Fun Fact: I can do the windmill breakdancing move
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Late night talk on retreat
Email: kyle.vo@yale.edu
Bass 1
Year: Pierson 2028
Major: Computing & Economics
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Interests: Jazz, alto saxophone, Chinese, entrepreneurship
Favorite Music: Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Paul Desmond, Frank Sinatra, Childish Gambino
Fun Fact: I have played a solo in Carnegie Hall with my high school wind ensemble!
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Seeing reactions to our freshbagel skit
Email: samuel.vargas@yale.edu
Sabrina Strapp
Alto 2 — Assistant Musical Director, Performance Director, Internal Social Chair, Rush Advisor
Year: Pierson 2028
Major: History and English
Hometown: Newton, MA
Interests: NYT Spelling Bee, Lorde’s Solar Power album, the Acorn, musical theater, Pitch Perfect 2 (the best one), exploring campus
Favorite Music: Renee Rapp, U2, Hanan Ben Ari, Taylor Swift, The Lumineers, Phoebe Bridgers, Hozier, Noa Kirel, Lana Del Rey, SZA, Billie Eilish
Fun Fact: I love cranberry sauce and hate mashed potatoes
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Alto sectionals :)
Email: sabrina.strapp@yale.edu
Sally Zheng
Soprano 2 — Social Media Manager, Fashionista
Year: Morse 2028
Major: Economics & Mathematics
Hometown: Queens, NY
Interests: Musical Theatre, Classic Literature, Thrifting, Scrapbooking
Favorite Music: Ella Fitzgerald, Lizzy McAlpine, Joni Mitchell, Tori Kelly
Fun Fact: I can touch my toes
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Tap Retreat 2025
Email: sally.zheng@yale.edu
Adi Panwar
Tenor — Executive Producer, Rush Manager, Schticktator, Tour Manager
Year: Berkeley 2029
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Suwanee, GA
Interests: Digital art, sightseeing, baking, thrifting
Favorite Music: Britney Spears, KATSEYE, FLO, Bruno Mars, NSYNC, Crystal Kay
Fun Fact: I can make a clover with my tongue
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Singing on the Great Wall!
Email: adi.panwar@yale.edu
La'iku Layaoen
Baritone — Producing Advisor
Year: Trumbull 2028
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Film Studies
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Interests: Playing volleyball, spending time in nature with his bare dogs out, cosplaying with his hands
Favorite Music: Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Cupcakke
Fun Fact: He never wrote his own bio for the website :(
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: One will never know
Email: laiku.layaoen@yale.edu
Taban Malihi
Soprano 1 — Business Manager
Year: Franklin 2028
Major: Applied Physics and Global Affairs
Hometown: Newton, MA
Interests: Cooking, learning new languages, financial modeling, sunset photography, MENA history rabbit holes, period dramas
Favorite Music: Fairuz, Googoosh, Hayedeh, Ella Fitzgerald, Eydie Gormé, TUL8TE, Elyanna, Mitski
Fun Fact: I once high-fived a tarantula
Favorite Mixed Co memory: Spontaneously singing “Satisfied” together on the way to retreat and also in Sillibutt at 1am
Email: taban.malihi@yale.edu
Navaa Malihi
Soprano 2 — Assistant Business Manager, Rush Manager, Historian, Tour Manager
Year: Franklin 2029
Major: Global Affairs & Economics, Data Science Certificate
Hometown: Newton, MA
Interests: Singing
Favorite Music: Grizzly Bear, Hozier, Beach House, Fleetwood Mac, Dur Dur Band, LDR, Billie Holiday, Eagles, TUL8TE, Passion Pit, KAYTRANADA, 80s New Wave
Fun Fact: I had really bad motion sickness until I turned 13 and had a kidney stone surgically removed
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Naomi birthday —> formal —> Laīku suite —> beer mile —> Flannel @ Luther sans ticket —> Nice Day. Or anytime Michael’s around
Email: navaa.malihi@yale.edu
Caden Castro-Kudler
Baritone — Assistant Musical Director, Assistant Business Manager, External Social Chair, MC
Year: 2029
Major: Economics and Music
Hometown: Manhattan, New York
Interests: Writing music, playing percussion, watching reality tv (Survivor Superfan!)
Favorite Music: Folk-pop (Noah Kahan, Gigi Perez, Jensen McRae, Hozier, Stephen Sanchez)
Fun Fact: I was born with two different colored eyes!
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Playing sardines at the Mixed Co retreat!
Email: cac344@yale.edu
Hari Manchi
Bass 2 — Tour Manager
Year: Trumbull 2028
Major: History and Environmental Studies
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Interests: Brewing coffee, hiking, travelling (especially on trains)
Favorite Music: Tyler The Creator, Joan Baez, the Beatles, Queen, George Harrison, Outkast
Fun Fact: I have been knighted
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Maxing out my metro card every single day of London tour
Email: hari.manchi@yale.edu
meet the seniors
Kenneth Vo
Tenor 1
Year: Branford 2027
Major: Environmental Engineering
Hometown: Boston, MA
Interests: Volleyball, basketball, breaking, anime, sushi videos on YouTube
Favorite Music: RINI, Giveon, Lucky Daye, Sylo, Victoria Monet, Daniel Caesar
Fun Fact: I ate a whole quart of ice cream in 20 minutes once
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Ice cream trips with the Co!
Email: kenneth.vo@yale.edu
Ayannah Obas
Alto 2
Year: Benjamin Franklin 2027
Major: Political Science and East Asian Studies
Hometown: West Haven, CT
Interests: Learning about different cultures and languages, traveling, music, and international relations
Favorite Music: SZA, Summer Walker, Brent Faiyaz, Steve Lacy
Fun Fact: I speak 3 languages!
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Getting locked out of our hotel in Peru while singing and wandering aimlessly around the empty streets
Email: ayannah.obas@yale.edu
Tori Browne
Alto 1
Year: Silliman 2027
Major: History and Ed Studies Certificate
Hometown: Queens, NY
Interests: Hip hop dance, ukulele, NYT connections, Sally Rooney’s book discography, Annie’s mac and cheese
Favorite Music: Flyte, SZA, Nick Drake, KAYTRANADA, Billie Eilish, Daniel Caesar, Radiohead, Elliot Smith, anything folky, and Mixed Company of Yale ;)
Fun Fact: I performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade when I was 12!
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Wandering around a golf course at 1 AM while pretending to be in a horror movie — while composing and performing an arrangement of Uptown Funk with my tap class along the way?
Email: tori.browne@yale.edu
Daniela Rodriguez-Larrain Fernandez
Soprano 1
Year: JE 2027
Major: Global Affairs
Hometown: Woodbridge, CT
Interests: The New York Times mini, re-reading Joan Didion, watching old SNL videos, gardening, hiking, and baking bread
Favorite Music: Aretha Franklin, Bad Bunny, Hozier, the Pixies, Arctic Monkeys, Maria Rita
Fun Fact: I have a triple nationality (Mexico, Peru, and the US)
Favorite Mixed Co Memory: Long walks on the golf course in Florida at midnight
Ben Weiss
Bass 2
Year: Franklin 2027
Major: Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Computer Science
Hometown: London, UK
Interests: Film photography, coffee, science fiction, scuba diving, running
Favourite Music: Dominic Fike, Friday Pilots Club, Still Woozy, Maroon 5, Weston Estate
Fun Fact: I can hold my breath for 3 minutes
Favourite Memory: Basses getting the room
Email: ben.weiss@yale.edu
Freshbagels (’26-’27 taps):
To be determined...
Current Whump (Whiff + Whim):
Kenneth Vo '27 — Whiffenpoof
Daniela Rodriguez-Larrain Fernandez '27 — Whiffenpoof
Recent Alumni:
2026: Genesis Browne, Michael Cheng, Drew Kim, Emily Patrick, Everett Tolbert-Schwartz
2025: Sophia Schloss, Veronica Zimmer, Iris Yang, Ivana Ramirez, Isaac Mukamal, Rohit Mathur, Aviv Pinker, Joshua Gonzalez
2024: Dania Baig, Ian Berlin, Isaac Yu, Lauren Marut, Rachel Folmar, Sammi Pohly, Soleil Singh
2023: Ben Cohen, Brooke Shapiro, David Culbreth, Ilia Sukhovalov, Miles Goldenberg, Wen Long Yang, Willow Evans
2022: Alaina Anderson, Emily Li, Emma Rutan, Enrique Chuidian, Kira Sze
2021: Aïssa Guindo, Matthew Sáenz, Nancy Walecki, Neha Bhatt
2020: Ananya Parthasarathy, Ariela Zebede, Emil Beckford, Jacob Miller, Isaac Young, Sofía Campoamor
2019: Aaron McAleavey, Danny Keller, Liam Riley, Meg Guzulescu
2018: Dylan Young, G Laster, Haley Mitchell-Adams, Jenny Nathans, Mary Petzke, Ohvia Muraleetharan, Tyler Harkness, Zak Kayal
2017: Aaron Troncoso, Charlie Bardey, Charlotte Smith, Dayrin Jones, Julia Carnes, Sarah Chapin
2016: Alyssa Miller, Lily Shoretz, Luke Johnson, Moriah Rahamim, Tom Stilwell
2015: Caroline Rouse, Joyce Shi, Sam Goldstein, Sonya Prasad, Tim Creavin
2014: Alexander Michaud, Anna Miller, Austin Haynesworth, David Blumenthal, Mary Bolt, McKay Nield, Sam Genecin, Sara Hendel
2013: Christopher Murray, David Martinez, Ian Graves, Jake Eliasberg, Kyle Clark, Maeve Ricaurte, Stephanie Brandon, Timmy Pham
2012: Chloe Sarbib, Daniel Spector, Elizabeth Dervan, Esther Hyun, Yael Zinkow