West Side Story: What is your musical background?
Tina Hong ’25: So I started playing violin when I was seven, I think. And I’ve just like, been playing.
WSS: How did you get involved in Cadenza?
T.H.: Basically freshman year, I heard [from] my friends that there’s a classical music club. I just wanted to join it because I played violin.
WSS: What plans/events are you most excited about this year?
T.H.: Definitely the concerts we have every year, and then we’re also looking into like, playing for maybe retirement homes and stuff.
WSS: What’s your current favorite song?
T.H.: My favorite song is either “I Wish You Love” by Laufey or “The Way Things Go” by Beabadoobee.
WSS: If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past, and why?
T.H.: I would travel to the future and then come back and show everyone how cool it is.
WSS: What is your musical background?
Anna Song ’25: I’ve played violin since I was like six, so almost 11 years.
WSS: How did you get involved in Cadenza?
A.S.: I joined freshman year because it looked like it was really fun. So I guess I stuck with it.
WSS: What plans/events are you most excited about this year?
A.S.: I’m excited for our fall concert that we have with Chamber Orchestra.
WSS: What is your current favorite song?
A.S.: Anything from Laufey’s “Witch” album’s good. My favorite is probably like “While You Were Sleeping.”
WSS: If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past, and why?
A.S.: The future, so I can see what I’m going to miss out on.
WSS: So what is your musical background?
Anjali Lodh ’25: I’ve been playing violin since I was about five. And I started playing trumpet in fifth grade. Recently I’ve been dabbling in other instruments as well like piano, recorder, etc.
WSS: How did you get involved in Cadenza?
A.L.: I remember seeing Cadenza at the club fair, Liam and Jonathan, two of the founders of Cadenza and they convinced me to join. I went to the meetings every week and it was really fun. So [then] I was interested in taking a leadership position.
WSS: What plans or events are you most excited about this year?
A.L.: Mr. Welch mentioned about doing our usual autumn festival. So it’d be nice to not just have it in the cafeteria, like always, maybe have a more fancier venue. We’re also looking forward to, none of the details of this have been finalized yet, but we were thinking about doing a tour of some of the elementary schools or maybe even Children’s Hospital.
WSS: What is your current favorite song?
A.L.: My favorite song of all time is “Invisible String” by Taylor Swift.
WSS: If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past, and why?
A.L.: I think the future because if I went to the past I might mess some things up. You know, like time continuum-wise. So if I go the future, I can kind of see how things might pan out and I might change a few things.
WSS: What is your musical background?
Sabrina Du ’25: I’ve been playing violin for 11 years. I’ve played in numerous orchestras, and I’ve been a member of [West’s] Symphony for two years.
WSS: How did you get involved in Cadenza?
S.D.: I joined as a freshman, and I just thought it was super fun and interesting, so I just kept going to meeitngs.
WSS: What plans/events are you most excited about this year?
S.D.: I’m really excited about the annual fall concert because I know it’s one that people always look forward to and we always have a lot of fun putting it on. And I’m also excited for a couple new things that we have planned for this year that we’re hoping to implement in the spring.
WSS: What is your current favorite song?
S.D.: My favorite song is “Mona Lisa” from the Spiderman movie.
WSS: If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past, and why?
S.D.: I would travel to the past because I think it would be cool to see stuff that you learn about in history class come to life and I think it would be fun to leave the future for a surprise.
WSS: What is your musical background?
Claire Hahn ’25: I started playing oboe in fifth grade. And that’s when I first started taking lessons with my private instructor. So I’ve been playing for about six years now.
WSS: How did you get involved in Cadenza?
C.H.: I just went to the club fair in freshman year and I saw them set up and it interested me so I joined.
WWW: What plans/events are you most excited about this year?
C.H.: I’m most excited for our retirement home tour and introducing new concerts, like performing at the Children’s Hospital potentially.
WSS: What is your current favorite song?
C.H.: My current favorite song is “Promise” by Laufey.
WSS: If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past, and why?
C.H.: I would travel to the future so that I can just see what I’m doing.
