Performer: Jonas Lee and Richard Smith
Singing: “Take the A Train” by Duke Ellington
Composed by Billy Strayhorn
Performer: Emily Cavalluzzi
Singing: “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Nancy Sinatra
Composed by Sonny Bono
- Emily is a freshman at Channel Islands and is studying Psychology. She loves to make music with friends.
Performer: Shannon Morris
Singing: “Love on the Brain” by Rihanna
Composed by Fred Ball, Joseph Angel, Fenty
Accompanied by Jonas Lee on guitar
- Shannon grew up in Missoula, Montana in a household with a headstrong passion for music. She has always wished it had been something she continued throughout her childhood. Although she enjoys singing and engages herself occasionally, she had to choose which passion to focus on when she came to college, and music was just one of the many. She played flute in middle school and periodically played the piano, but mainly focused on vocals.
Performer(s): Andrea Mendez-Bye and Kathryn Hicks
Singing: Taylor Swift mash-up “Blank Space/ Style”
Composed by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback, Ali Payami
- Andrea is a Biology major and minor in Performing Arts and Kathryn is a Music major. They met Fall 2015 in guitar class where they both learned they share the same passion of singing and songwriting. Their inspirations are The Beatles, Ingrid Michaelson, and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.
Performer(s): Kiki Reyes (vocals) and Robert Lozano (vocals and guitar)
Singing: “American Boy” by Estelle
Composed by William Adams, Estelle Swaray, John Stephens, Kanye West, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, Keith Harris
- Kiki is an English Major/ Chicano Studies Minor from Santa Barbara, CA who will be graduating this spring. She is the secretary of the Mariachi club. Robert is a Computer Science Major from Stockton, CA. He has been playing guitar for eight years. Kiki and Robert met at Mariachi practice and soon began playing at the Student Union together. Their music style is a combination of Jazz, R&B, and Reggae.