Platforms

The elected candidates will serve on the CSO Executive Board for the 2024-2025 school year.

Marketing Chairs (2)

Kristy Lau - Hello!  My name is Kristy Lau (she/her) and I am a 1st year kinesiology major.  When I'm not playing viola for CSO, you can find me watching Jeopardy!, experimenting with condiment combinations, or embroidering my socks.  I want to run for Marketing Chair because I've had a wonderful experience with CSO these past two semesters and would love to contribute by spreading the word!  I have experience with digital design and creating club merchandise, I'm proficient in Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator, and I have about 3 years of experience with social media management for different organizations (Literary Magazine, Yearbook, Scholastic Bowl).  I would love to do a poll to learn what merch people would like, and I'd definitely want to keep working on making fun posts and possibly expanding platforms (CSO TikTok anyone??).  Thank you for reading!

Sam Meyers - My name is Sam Meyers and I am a 1st year Biomedical Engineer. Cello is my main instrument, though I also played piano for 8 years and even played the steel drum in the musical I recently did :) Other hobbies of mine include calligraphy, badminton, and I've recently taken up crocheting as well. I am running for CSO Secretary and Marketing Chair because I want to be more involved in the inner workings of CSO and work with like-minded people with a love for music. I have personal experience with music organization and booking spaces for gigs when I organized community performances for our music honor society in high school. This also involved advertising online about our events, which I helped plan as well. Overall, I want to help CSO flourish as we enter the next semester and I hope to make sure everything runs smoothly. Thank you!

Social Chairs (2)

Hannah Morris - Hello! My name is Hannah Morris and I am one of the current social chairs. I am a second-year cellist majoring in Media Studies and Music. I have absolutely loved organizing events this year. We laughed while eating dino nuggets, accused each other of murder, and shivered in the cold rain together (talk about trauma bonding). Next year, I want to focus on improving new member engagement and increasing the variety of events offered. I would love to host some events earlier in the year that focus on team bonding (like more structured pre-rehearsal game time) and community engagement (like attending music department concerts and hosting excursions in the greater C’ville area).

Reave Sexton - Hey y'all, my name is Reave, I'm a third year percussionist who loves to do stuff like play harmonica, kit drum (like a drum set), and board games; plus I just learned to knit and immediately knit something that stretched across the room. I'd love to be a social chair because I love all the community in CSO and would love to help organize everything like our banquets and murder mysteries (plus maybe some hikes that start at reasonable times) to help keep that sense of camaraderie strong. I'd also like to try to get some new events in the works to get other new members involved, stuff like game nights or things before or after rehearsal that would be less commitment than our banquets, hikes, and mysteries. I've got experience organizing events from serving as archivist in HSS (the board game club) where I frequently have to get groups together to organize and catalog our inventory of hundreds of games. If I can get people to dig around in a dusty closet I'd like to think I could get them to hang out with us. I've also got some more experience in organizing people and events further back when I ran my highschool's theater departments, which produced over 17-21 shows a year. Organizing bookings, music, sets, props, and 'legally' sourced scripts for all these shows and rehearsals was a constant scramble but I got it done and I got it done well. Plus next year I'll be a 4th year with 12 credit hours so I will definitely be able to handle the time commitment.

Fundraising & Outreach Chair

Emma Gesell - Hi, my name is Emma Gesell and I am a second-year nursing student. As mentioned in my platform for secretary, I was my class council's treasurer in high school and am now involved in Camp Kesem, an organization that relies heavily on fundraising to help children affected by a parent's cancer attend a free summer camp. I would love to serve as CSO's fundraising/outreach chair for the 2024-2025 school year so that I can help CSO raise money through community outreach and fun fundraisers.  Being in Kesem, I have experience with different types of fundraising, including sponsored nights at local restaurants and tabling on the lawn.

Secretary

Sam Lichtman - My name is Sam Lichtman and I'm a second-year violist majoring in math. I want to be the CSO secretary to help keep CSO running smoothly and maintain the organization of CSO's music library and weekly operations. I have been a dedicated member of CSO since my first semester at UVA, and I would welcome the opportunity to attain a leadership position!

Sam Meyers - My name is Sam Meyers and I am a 1st year Biomedical Engineer. Cello is my main instrument, though I also played piano for 8 years and even played the steel drum in the musical I recently did :) Other hobbies of mine include calligraphy, badminton, and I've recently taken up crocheting as well. I am running for CSO Secretary and Marketing Chair because I want to be more involved in the inner workings of CSO and work with like-minded people with a love for music. I have personal experience with music organization and booking spaces for gigs when I organized community performances for our music honor society in high school. This also involved advertising online about our events, which I helped plan as well. Overall, I want to help CSO flourish as we enter the next semester and I hope to make sure everything runs smoothly. Thank you!

Sara Dombroski - My name is Sara Dombroski and I play cello. I am a first-year majoring in Biochemistry and some of my hobbies include crocheting and also going for walks. I would love to be the Secretary of CSO because CSO has been meaningful for me to form friendships and also meet many others who share the same love and passion for playing music. I am a good candidate for the position because I am extremely organized, and I also love sorting things and ensuring that everything runs smoothly.

Emma Gesell - Hi, my name is Emma Gesell and I am a second-year nursing student. In addition to playing the flute in CSO, I am also involved in Camp Kesem and the Compassionate Care Initiative. I would love to serve as CSO's Secretary for the 2024-2025 school year having been a part of the orchestra since my first semester. I have seen (and heard!) the amazing work we can do, and I would love to be a part of the leadership team. I served as the treasurer for my high school student council for three years. I am organized, have great attention to detail and time management, and most importantly, love CSO!

Communications Chair

Jeffrey Wooters - Hello CSO! My name is Jeffrey Wooters and I am a second-year in the college studying biochemistry. This is my third semester in the orchestra (my first as concertmaster!), and I’m so happy to have found a group of people that love playing and the community of music as much as I do. When I’m not fiddling away on my instrument, I love just listening to music – it’s such a huge part of my life and that’s what makes CSO special. I have some experience in roles that would suit me well for the position. During my second semester I served as the secretary for an on-grounds political organization (whose responsibilities – mainly the newsletter and communications with members – are pertinent). This year (and next!) I will be serving as the New Resident Liaison for Brown College; this involves a lot of administrative tasks and, well, communication with new residents and higher-ups in Housing and Residence Life. All this to say that I’ve developed skills that will transfer well to the communications chair position. Specifically, I want to carry on Krishna’s incredibly Slay newsletters – with my own style of course – but I’m hoping that I can also leverage the comms chair position to reaffirm CSO as a serious-ish organization by making sure our members are sure of their commitments, attendance, and behavior during rehearsals and events. Thank you for considering my application and I hope you’ll elect me as CSO’s next communications chair!