MEET THE 2026-27 BOARD
VICTOR SUN
President
Year: Third Year
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Major: Biomolecular Engineering
Instrument: Piano, Bass Guitar
Hobby: Collecting hats
Favorite Part of SSFMP: Exchanging favorite music pieces with my students!
Email: qcvs@uchicago.edu
AMBA BEATTIE
Vice President + Communications Director
Year: Third Year
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Major: Art History & French
Instrument: Voice
Hobby: Woodworking
Favorite Part of SSFMP: Watching students grow over the years as musicians and people!
Email: ambabeattie@uchicago.edu
Ashley Gonzales Rojas
Finance Director
Year: Third Year
Major: Business Economics
Instrument: Violin
Hobby: Reading
Favorite Part of SSFMP: Watching how much our students grow at the spring recital!
Email: arojas@uchicago.edu
ANDREW THOMPSON
Recruitment Director
Year: Second Year
Hometown: Skokie, IL
Major: Molecular Engineering
Instrument: Piano
Hobby: Reading & learning languages
Favorite Part of SSFMP: Getting to see students grow and enjoy making music
Email: andthompson@uchicago.edu
ELLA LI
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Year: Second Year
Hometown: Orange County, CA
Major: Psychology
Instrument: Piano
Hobby: Lifting & running
Favorite Part of SSFMP: The amazing community!
Email: ellali@uchicago.edu
SIDNEY MAGNUS
Events Director
Year: Third Year
Hometown: Concord, NH
Major: History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine (HIPS)
Instrument: Piano
Hobby: Baking new recipes
Favorite Part of SSFMP: The spring recital and getting to see all of the student's hard work pay off
Email: smagnus@uchicago.edu
JASON NEWMAN
Educational Programming Director
Year: Third Year
Hometown: Wenatchee, WA
Major: Public Policy
Instrument: Piano
Hobby: Running (I'm on XC and track team at UChicago)
Favorite Part of SSFMP: Lessons with my students!
Email: jpnewman@uchicago.edu