OUR board

Julia Segal (18) is a freshman at Stanford University. She is a classically trained pianist and a member of the iSing Silicon Valley Girlchoir. Her passion, however, has always been in writing songs. She is the lead singer and songwriter of a Palo Alto-based indie pop band, Reverie (reverie-band-official.com), with whom she performed at various gigs in the Bay Area. She has spent much of her childhood and teenage years tutoring her younger sister. Besides music, she serves as the Co-President for her school's Jewish Student Union. She is looking forward to being able to share her passion and love for music with children around the world.

Julia segal

Founder, Former Chief Executive Officer

Lisa Kopelnik (18) is a freshman at University of Virginia. She is a classically trained pianist who began playing the piano in first grade, and recently completed the most advanced level of the Certificate of Merit with Honors. Outside of music, her passions include politics, debate, and tennis. She is her school’s K-12 All School Co-President and co-leads her school’s Women’s Affinity Group and the Jewish Student Union. She co-leads the middle school debate program at her school and is a captain of her school’s debate team. She is thrilled and honored to help your children develop a love for music, and to maintain human connection during such a distant time.

lisa kopelnik

Co-founder, Former Chief Operations Officer

Erin Kim (17) is a soprano singer with twelve years of experience who loves to sing a variety of genres, ranging from choral to classical and musical theater. She currently sings in the Youth Chorale of the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) Preparatory School, and she has been singing in her district chorus for four years. Most recently, Erin has performed a solo at the National Youth Chorale Festival. She also enjoys playing the flute and is part of the NEC Prep Baroque Ensemble. Erin loves interacting with children and cherishes the opportunity to share her passion for music through QuaranTunes. As Chief Communications Officer, Erin looks forward to fostering a strong sense of connection and community between students, parents, and teachers. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, running, and visiting art museums.

Erin Kim

Chief Executive Officer

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Catherine Wang is a senior at Aragon High School and has been classically trained in the piano for a decade. After stopping music lessons during the pandemic, she found her passion for teaching and meeting new people through QuaranTunes in early 2021 after becoming a volunteer teacher. As someone who also loves interviewing and storytelling, Catherine became a blog author for the organization to feature its diverse community. Now, as COO, she is excited to help carry out a new chapter for QuaranTunes and further expand beyond its online reach to make music education accessible. In her free time, she loves swimming, learning Kpop choreography, and binging YouTube.

Catherine Wang

Chief Operations Officer

My name is Sneha Ahuja, the Chief Creative Arts Officer! Starting off as an eager teacher at Quarantunes, I was excited to be a part of the Creative Arts program. After being a teacher, I wanted to expand my role by becoming a part of the Creative Arts Committee as the Head Recruitment officer. I learned about integral parts of our program, and I understood what it takes to expand our community. I hope to apply those skills as the Chief of the program and allow the program to reach more students then ever before!

Sneha Ahuja

Chief Creative Arts Coordinator

Adithi Nythruva is a senior at Perry High School in Gilbert Arizona. She first started off as a Voice Teacher her junior year, and taught students for over a year in voice. She has been playing piano since around 5, and has played ukelele since Covid. She is also trained on both western classical and Indian Carnatic music. Some fun facts are that she is the current president of her school’s Jazz Choir and is the current president of her school’s Tri-M music honors society.

Adithi Nythruva

Chief Marketing Officer

Bio coming soon!

Akshara krishna

Chief Teacher Coordinator & Chief Finance Officer

My name is Erica and I’m a first year student at UCSB. I’m from Southern California and I’ve been with QuaranTunes since 2020 teaching piano and voice and being part of the outreach team. I’ve played piano since I was 6 years old and singing since age 10. I love music (obviously), painting, science, and sharing my passion with others.

Erica Contreras

Chief Outreach Officer

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Sami is a current junior at California High School and has been singing for 11 years. She is an aspiring actress and has been a part of multiple short films. She was part of Reeder Music Academy's annual recitals and also 'Doo-a-little Singing Academy Youth' Open Mics as a child and middle schooler. She was lead and backup singer in various 'School of Rock' shows. In school, she is an avid member of her high school’s choir. She is a part of chamber choir, choir council, and a board member of choir club. In addition, she is the president of her school’s film club, and is an active member of the Cal High Drama program. Furthermore, she has participated in several singing competitions, some of which are the 'NATS' competition (Honorable mention winner in the NATS Classical and Musical Theatre categories) and the "Broadway World Next on Stage" competition. Outside of school, she is the Event Coordinator and does Social Media for the Tri-Valley Youth Music Group. Along with this, she has been teaching with Quarantunes since the beginning of 2021, and now as a Chief Publicity Officer, she wants to spread the word about this amazing community digitally!