Lookalikes
If one of us looks really familiar to you but you just can't place it ... check out our celebrity lookalike section! These are also our casting requirements for LSJ: the movie -- does anyone know why Vince Vaughn isn't returning our calls?
The Members
Sopranos
Altos
Tenors
Basses
The Bios
Oscar Alcantara
Oscar likes to do many different things, including composing music, eating
obscene quantities of food, and spending time teaching his sons the secrets
of an augmented 7th chord. Before gracing LSJ with his arranging skills,
outstanding musicianship, and congenial professionalism, Oscar has performed
with the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones,
The Harvard Glee Club, and the University of Michigan
Men's Glee Club. Oscar was also a member of the infamous Hasty Pudding
Theatricals. Oscar does some arranging now and again. His arrangements
have been performed by the Veritones,
Harvard Glee Club Lite, the Kenyon Kokosingers, the Kenyon Chasers, the
Cornell Cayugas Waiters, the University of Michigan Friars,
the University of Michigan's Amazin'
Blue, and the Michigan
Men's Glee Club.
Lisa Cardonick
Lisa leads a secret life as an undercover operative for a government agency
far, far more secret and powerful than the CIA. You may wonder why you
are being allowed to read this. The answer is simple: she knows who you
are, and where you live. She's so good that the second before you
think about blowing her cover, she'll take you out. Also she likes caring
for her babies (her youngest already has three successful missions under
his tiny belt), and daydreaming about fluffy bunnies and puppy dogs. She
may (or may not) have been in Lake Shore Jive (or Rockapella) since the
group started (or last week).
Hamilton Chang
Originally trained as a violinist, Hamilton was one of the youngest concert-masters
of the local Youth Symphony. He studied Violin at Interlochen-
Center for the Arts as a nine year old and played in the Junior Orchestra
there. Over his orchestral career Hamilton has played under the direction
of conductors such as Leo Ditmar, Rosemary Malachi, Leo Najar, and Leif
Bjaland; and has performed in places ranging from Membach, Belgium to
Flint, Michigan. As a teenager, Hamilton transferred his love of music
from the violin into voice performance. He has sung or soloed with groups
such as the Carman Youth Chorale, various choral groups at Interlochen,
The
University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, and the Boy Choir at Christ
Church, and has studied voice with Jerry McCoy, Willis Patterson, Ed Farran,
and Doug Wood. Over his classical voice career, Hamilton has sung under
the direction of C. Bruce Stevenson, Patrick Gardner, Bradley Bloom, Jerry
Blackstone, and Fred DeHaven, and has travelled to exotic locales like
Ireland, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Portsmouth, Ohio. Hamilton started
singing close harmony a cappella in high school, at first developing several
groups himself. In college he won a coveted spot in the Friars,
the longest active a cappella group at the University of Michigan, where
he served stints as both business manager and music director. (Hamilton
tells the younger members he sang a cappella "before a cappella was cool".)
He joined LSJ in 1995. As a middle-aged man, Hamilton has played and sung
with several different "dad bands" in the Chicagoland area. His TWO favorite
dad bands are PopRocks, with fellow Jiver Oscar Alcantara,
and East of Edens.
Emily Newhouse Dillingham
Emily joined LSJ in 2006 after stints with the University of Virginia's
First Year
Players, DC's Vox
Populi, and Northwestern's Wigmore Follies and Habeas
Chorus (which she directed for two years). She sings alto, except
for when she sings soprano or tenor, and occasionally she pretends to
be Oscar. (She uses a keyboard for that, though.
Oscar does not approve.) Emily lives in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood
with her husband, D.J., and their very opinionated dog, Addie. When she's
not singing with Jive, Emily practices yoga and law.
Corey Greendale
Corey
used to live in Scotland until a bizarre series of misunderstandings and
comic mishaps led to the legend of the Loch Ness Monster. He relocated
to Romania, and was forced to leave when the local peasants thought he
was a vampire (he was known as Lord Dracula back then, so the mistake
is somewhat forgivable). He then spent some time in backwoods Canada (Sasquatch),
Tibet (Abominable Snowman), and L.A. and Miami (Shaquille O'Neal). The
rumor that he was the second gunman on the grassy knoll is false, but
the other rumor that one time he kicked Vin Diesel's ass is totally true.
Nate Hole
On June 2, 2000, Nate Hole -- the greatest player in the history of hockey -- was introduced by Phoenix Coyotes Owner & Chairman Steve Ellman as the managing partner of the Coyotes in charge of all hockey operations. The Great One did not officially begin his new role until February 15, 2001 -- the date Ellman's ownership group completed the purchase of the Coyotes. Wait a second -- this is Wayne Gretzky's biography, with the name changed! Nevermind.
Whitney McCall
Whitney's been singing since her parents thrust a microphone into her
hand at the age of 4, and she hasn't been able to let go of it ever since.
In her spare time she plays doctor at a practice in Naperville.
She previously set the record for longest LSJ commute by coming in from
Milwaukee for a few years while she finished her residency. Whitney's
idea of a perfect night would be reading a good book by candlelight while
sipping a glass of Red Zin, with her husband by her side and their 2 kitties
warming her feet.
Geoff Mogilner
Geoff's name, translated into Sanskrit, is an ancient phrase of power that, if spoken in the correct location, will raise the city of Atlantis and unleash the fury of all its warriors on the world. This Sanskrit phrase is phonetically identical to the English: "I would like a number four, supersize, with a Diet Coke" -- proof that the global expansion of McDonald's is actually the first phase of a sinister plot for world domination. Also, he likes ice cream.
Eric Pomajzl
Eric
is the newest member of LSJ. He is from Nebraska and is an alumni of Doane
College. Eric works at the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra and also at a neighborhood bar. Which one? Go find
him, and win a gig-worn fedora. More info to come as soon as Eric's dossier
is unclassified.
Judi Riley
Design
Consultant by day (RileyCreative, Inc.), aspiring songwriter by night,
Judi truly thanks LSJ for the opportunity to share in the love of singing,
laughing and oh yeah....THOUSANDS of humorous weekly email blasts (can
you say gmail?). Judi has always had music in her life, from harmonizing
with her barbershop-loving dad on family summer car trips, to performing
in musical theatre, including Candlelight's long-running production of
Annie, Marriott Lincolnshire's USA premier of Windy City,
and Baby, directed by Richard Maltby Jr. She is an original member
of LSJ. If she could have one super power it would be either to have a
photographic memory, to be able to dance like Michael
Flatley, or to actually get 8 hours of sleep every night. Her favorite
current TV show is House. Her favorite word to say is arugula!, and her
biggest current desire would be to either sing with Keith
Urban or...heck, while we're wishing...
Melissa Shubalis
Melissa is a product marketing manager by day, and a singing machine by
night. She's been in LSmfJ since the turn of the century, and is in a
package deal with Corey. (Hey, you get what you paid
for.) Aside from this extremely talented a cappella group that rocks her
world, Melissa sings in two other groups in her "spare" time. She's in
a classical choir called the Apollo
Chorus, and is the frontwoman for a rockin' cover band called Wingman.
Melissa's Greek name means love, and she has many - some of which are:
Easy
Cheese, American Idol, sushi, Chimay,
Nip/Tuck, Sudoku, a certain man who's never cold, her iPhone, and Chandler
Bing.
Jason Sperling
Jason is an actor/singer/improviser around town. Theatres he has worked
with locally include Marriott, Drury Lane Water Tower, Theatre at the
Center, Noble Fool, Apple Tree Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Northlight,
and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Jason is a proud original company member
of Barrel of
Monkeys, a children's writing and theatre program, and he also tours
the country with Wavelength,
a company that does comedy for educators. Jason teaches kids acting, improv
and writing, and he directs youth theatre. Did I mention he also does
freelance copywriting (including, apparently, switching narrative mode
mid-sentence)? He has been with Jive since April of 1995, when he had
more hair and no beard, and sings bass. He tends to bounce when he sings,
especially doing vocal percussion. No really, watch for it. Jason really
likes the Buffalo
Bills, Chicago
Cubs, pop culture, and crossword puzzles, and he loves GCH.
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