Current Leadership
Daniel Deng:
Current President
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: Piano for 10+ years and voice for 7+ years.
- Other activities: Swimming, studying biology, playing guitar.
- Interests: Biology, all music genres, art.
- Fun fact(s): I have performed opera in Italy.
- Favorite piece of music: My Way by Frank Sinatra
- Music organizations: St. Mark’s School of Texas Honors Choir, TPSMEA All-State Choir, TPSMEA All-Region Choir.
Former Leadership and Musicians
Svanik Jaikumar:
Founder and Former President
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: Piano and Violin for 7 years each.
- Other activities: Community service, blogging and podcasting
- Interests: Listening to music, reading fictional and non-fictional books, playing video games and watching movies.
- Fun fact(s): I speak four languages.
- Favorite piece of music: Goldmark Violin Concerto; underrated but beautiful.
- Music organizations: St. Mark’s School of Texas Upper School Orchestra, TPSMEA All-State Orchestra, TPSMEA All-Region Orchestra.
Thomas Goglia:
Veteran Contributor
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: Piano for 12 years. Voice for 7 years.
- Other activities: Crew, fine arts board, gardening club.
- Interests: Music, crew.
- Fun fact(s): I technically also play the ukelele.
- Favorite piece of music: Debussy Arabesque no. 1; the ‘b’ section is so beautiful.
- Music organizations: St. Mark’s School of Texas Upper School Choir, TPSMEA All-Region Choir.
Jonah Perez:
Core Contributor
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: Violin for 7 years.
- Other activities: Interning at UTD as a teacher’s assistant.
- Interests: Music, spending time with family/friends, video games.
- Fun fact(s): I speak three languages.
- Favorite piece of music: Rather Be by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne; the use of both modern electronic sounds and classical instruments like the piano and violin is cool.
- Music organizations: St. Mark’s School of Texas Upper School Orchestra, TPSMEA All-Region Orchestra.
Andrew Kogan
Core Contributor
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: B-flat clarinet for 7 years. Also alto saxophone.
- Other activities: Band, fencing, Community Service Board, and Philosophy Club.
- Interests: Writing, film.
- Fun fact(s): I like to collect movies.
- Favorite piece of music: My favorite piece of music changes on the daily but is currently Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream” – an uplifting song with a forward-thinking message.
- Music organizations: St. Mark’s School of Texas Upper School Band.
Max Yan:
Veteran Contributor
- Instrument(s) and duration of study: Piano for 7-8 years.
- Other activities: Robotics, math team, quiz bowl, biology club.
- Interests: Biology, coding, game development.
- Fun fact(s): I have a dog named Rocky.
- Favorite piece of music: Whatever I’m playing at the time.
- Music organizations: SMU’s music program.
