Thanks for creating a Commons account and joining our course site. I’m excited to read your thoughts about music in each of your blogs throughout the semester. Please comment below to briefly introduce yourself (name, year, major, and a musician/song/group/composer that you like).
For example, here’s my introduction. Hi everyone! My name is Samuel Teeple and I’ll be teaching this course. I’m a PhD student at the Graduate Center and I’m studying musicology. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Megan Thee Stallion.
My name is Liana Khayumov. I am currently a lower sophomore who is a political science major. Currently, I listen to a lot of pop songs, (artists such as Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, etc) and occasionally listen to hip hop songs (artists such as Travis Scott, Joyner Lucas, etc.)
Hi! My name is Hailey Greenberg. I am currently a sophomore, who is a planning on majoring in psychology and getting my masters in early childhood education/special education. I currently like to listen to pop, as well as country, which is one of my favorites. My favorite Pop artists are Jason Derulo, Shawn Mendes, and Lauv, while my favorite Country Artists are Chris Lane, Brett Young, Thomas Rhett, and Dan + Shay.
My name is Hunter Peltonen. I am currently a junior and a communication sciences and disorders major. I mostly listen to pop or country music. My favorite artists are Dan + Shay, John Mayer, Khalid, and Bebe Rexha.
My name is Michelle Garcia. I am currently a sophomore, who is majoring in early childhood education and with a minor in psychology. I enjoy a variety of music from artists of different genres, such as Billie Eilish, Khalid, The Police and Queen.
Hi! My name is Angelica Palma. I’m a junior majoring in Speech-Language Pathology. I enjoy many genres of music, ranging from pop, EDM, and alternative. I also love listening to classic rock bands like The Beatles and Queen!
My name is Simon Loh. I am currently a sophomore, planning to major in civil engineering. I enjoy listening to EDM, pop, and dubstep music.
Hi! My name is Joanna Rutkowska . I am currently a sophomore that is majoring in psychology. I enjoy listening to a lot of songs that go from pop, indie pop, rock, to country music. The Weeknd, Lana del Ray, Queen and Miranda Lambert are currently my favorite.
Hi! My name is Wendy. I am a senior of Accounting major and minor in Economics. I enjoy listening pop and folk music.
Hi! My name is Alejandra Mora. I am currently a sophomore, majoring in psychology and minoring in anthropology. I enjoy listening to A boogie of course. I also love Selena’s songs and lastly my absolutely favorite is Cuco who represents an alternative dimension of Latin Pop.
Hello, My name is Brandon Hannon. I am Currently a sophomore with a majoring a business finance, although I am considering changing my major. I am a big fan of older music and some of my favorite artists are Frankie Valli, Billy Joel, and Frank Sinatra.
Hi! My name is Luis Ponce. I am currently a sophomore, majoring in Account and Finance. I enjoy listening to latin trap, trap/pop music, My favorite artist are Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, A$AP Rocky Bad Bunny, and more.
Hi! My name is Joshua Hong. I am currently a sophomore that is majoring in Computer Science. I tend to listen to a lot of video game music and occasionally some songs from musicals as well.
My name is Brandon Ramsaran and I am a sophomore, majoring in Accountant. I like a variety of music from anime to rap. I enjoy lyrical rappers such as J Cole to mumble rappers such as Playboi Carti.
Hi! My name is Hardip Gaught. I am going into my sophomore year and planning on majoring in Geology and Minor in Environmental Science. I like to listen to pop, rap/trap but for the most part I enjoy listening to Punjabi/Hindi music more than English Music.
Hanji, I will play bangra at class.
Hi! My name is Sam Amiel. I am starting Sophomore year and I am still undecided as to what I am majoring in. I love to play basketball, listening to R&B (especially Kid Cudi) and playing fantasy football.
Hi guys, my name’s Justin Gardner, I’m a transfer student coming from John Jay. I’m majoring in Secondary Education and hope to teach grades 8-12. I play guitar and bass so I can really appreciate anything with guitar riffs in it whether it’s a sample or played by the artist themselves. Regardless of that I still love hip-hop and rap since that’s what most of my friends listen to. Some of my favorite artists are Playboi Carti, Black Flag or Radiohead.
Hi, my name is Ariel Singh and I’m a senior from the bridge year program at Townsend Harris High (hence the reason I don’t have a major). I enjoy listening to many different genres of music including pop, hip-hop, r&b, and afrobeat. Some of my favorite artists include Lil Tecca, Davido , and Chris Brown.
Hi! My name is Gaitree Persaud. I am a senior from the bridge year program at Townsend Harris High School, therefore I don’t have a major. I like listening to almost every genre of music, but I regularly listen to r&b, rap, pop, and Caribbean music. Some of my favorite artists include Rihanna, Lil Tjay, and Bryson Tiller.
Hi! My name is Marisol Barrera. I’m a sophomore who is currently majoring in biology secondary education. I enjoy listening to almost anything. As of right now, my favorite artists are Daughtry, Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons, and Coldplay. But my all-time favorite will always be Eminem.
Howdy! My name is Eric Reynoso. I am a freshman who is still undecided in his major. I enjoy listening to blues, rock, pop, orchestral, and even lo-fi music, country is cool too! My favorite though, is definitely between Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews Band, and even Matt Nathanson!
Hello everyone! My name is Jessica Corrales, and I am currently a lower sophomore who is planning on majoring in General Biology, but at the moment I’m still undeclared. I enjoy many different genres of music, but my favorite is rock. My all time favorite musicians include Pierce the Veil, Arctic Monkeys, Billie Eilish, and Bad Omens!
Hi! My name is Adina Markowitz and I’m a junior here at QC. I spent a year abroad in Israel in 2018. I am a poli sci major. I love country music and I love the artists Thomas Rhett and Dan+Shay.
Heyy, I am Dorian Apolo. I am a Psychology major in my sophomore year here at qc. In terms of my musical taste, it varies between hip-hop to r&b and many different genres that may represent how I may be feeling at a certain moment. My favorite artists are Mc Aese, Eminem, and Cuco.
Heyy! My name is Lourdes Rivera. I’m a sophomore and planning on majoring in biology. I like to listen to a lot of different music. My favorite artists are J Balvin, Romeo Santos, and Bruno Mars.
Hey, my name is Showrav Hossain. I am a Sophomore at Queens College majoring in Psychology. I like music, basketball, and traveling. I love hip hop. Currently I’m jamming to Mustard’s album.
Hi! my name is Raj Ghimire. I am currently a junior in accounting major. Since I am from Nepal so I used to listen to different genres of Nepali songs. In Nepal, I only heard very few English songs like Justin Bieber’s song; baby and Enriques song; hero and so on. But when I came here, then I started listening to pop music. I usually listen to Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus’s songs. So, I keep interested in learning about music.
Hi, my name is Angelica Mari I am a junior now and i transfered here from Nassau Community College. I am majoring in Early Childhood Education and I love listening to all kinds of different music for example pop, Kpop, rap, rock, etc. Some of my favorite artist are Drake, Queen, BTS, and Ariana Grande.
Hi, my name is Kevin Cuenca. I am currently a sophomore at QC. My intended major will be in psychology. Some of the artists I like are Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Smino, Popcaan and Alkaline.
Hey, my name is Michael Valenzuela. I’m a freshman that’s majoring in Computer Science. I enjoy all sorts of music but I mostly listen to hip hop/anti pop stuff. Some of my favorite artists are Tyler the Creator, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, JID, Steve Lacy, Jaden Smith, and my favorite band is Brockhampton.
Hey, my name is Farzana Azad. I’m currently a sophomore here at Queens College and I plan on majoring in Fiance. I enjoy listening to many different genres like pop, hip-hop, R&B, and rock. Lately, I have been listening to Post Malone, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, and Kodak Black.