Staff Bios

Jacobo Ospina

Meet the audacious music fanatic from Ithaca who’s injecting a healthy dose of snark into the realm of music journalism. With an appetite for diverse sounds, he’s on a mission to roast, dissect, and critique music with a razor-sharp wit. Inside the classroom, he is crafting reviews that blend humor and insight. Beyond academia, he’s often spotted at local gigs, digging through record store crates on a quest to uncover the authentic sounds of music’s past. He aims to be your no-holds-barred guide to the world of tunes, always ready to serve up his unapologetic opinions with a side of irreverence.

Lindsey Manos

Lindsey is an avid music lover and is known for frequenting concerts around the Ithaca area. They’ve been involved in the Cornell Concert Commission since their first semester at Cornell, having served as both the Finance and Administrative Director. This past summer, they began an internship with DSP Shows and will work with them as a Hospitality Coordinator this fall. They will be graduating this upcoming December and are looking to work in the music industry.

SarahElizabeth Lee

SarahElizabeth Lee is a senior at Cornell University majoring in Literatures in English with a minor in Music. In addition to writing for “Ezra’s Ear”, Lee is a part of various writing clubs across campus, including Claritas and Cornell Fan Works Club. She has experience in creative and fictional narrative writing, but her journalism career is just beginning. She listens to a myriad of musical genres, from film scores to rap. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lee enjoys sipping smoothies at the beach with a good book in hand. During her free time, she can be found doing hot yoga or curling up alongside her cat.

aidang

knuckles cracking, right leg bouncing in purple pants setting up a diy concert, listening to a new or vintage album that could be called oblique, maybe writing a new poem. these are only a few of the ways in which you might experience aidan goldberg; the motions with which he tries to find himself. escaped from northern new jersey, never to return (permanently). aidan studies literatures in english at cornell focusing in poetry – he’s not sure what kind yet. he’s unsure of a lot of things. he’s trying to write about music.

Tanum Nelson

Tanum Nelson grew up in Duxbury, Vermont, although she lived in the Netherlands for the first four years of her life. She is an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts in Sciences, leaning towards majoring in English and minoring in Film. If she is not cozied up on the couch watching movies or reading a book, you can find her on the soccer field as she is a member of the Cornell Women’s Soccer team. From the Women’s Soccer locker room in Bartels Hall to the kitchen of her Townhouse, Tanum is always listening to music whether it be through her earbuds or the speaker that her mother gave her for her nineteenth birthday (which was a game changer). Her musical taste is diverse, but she enjoys jazz, folk music, soul, and classic rock.

Amara Chiedu

If you see Amara on campus, there’s a likelihood she’s tapping her fingers at her sides to match the beat of whatever strange but smooth melody that’s blaring through her Airpods. From discussing the likelihood of success of an up-and-coming new musical artist to speaking on how Black people created and currently dominate every single musical genre, Amara’s the one to chat with. A final year sociology major with a creative writing minor, she aims to write about music in a way that is accessible yet still piques a diverse audience’s interest. Her favorite artists range from Solange to Gum.mp3 and her current obsession is house music (she’s very adamant about telling you it originated in Chicago) and she aspires to learn how to DJ.

Omeed Moini

Hailing from Bellevue, WA, Omeed is a junior majoring in Human Development with minors in music and inequality studies. Omeed plays the trumpet in the Cornell Symphonic Orchestra, but his music taste is far broader than the classical landscape. Unofficially deemed by his exasperated friends as a ‘drain-scholar,’ Omeed listens to rock (new wave, post-rock, prog, etc.), electronica, jazz, and alternative rap. As a classical minimalist connoisseur, Omeed’s first foray into music analysis was with John Adams’ subversive and propelling Chairman Dances. Hoping to further hone his critical ear, Omeed is excited to contribute to Ezra’s Ear and share his contentious opinions!

daniella garcia-loos almeida

dani (she/her) is currently a junior double majoring in physics and english, combining the two in the form of science communication. she was born in venezuela and grew up in the lone star state chasing armadillos and scissor-tailed flycatchers. her musical interests span across the map, from midwest emo to argentinean rock, as long as its got a guitar she’ll be content.

Salomée Levy

Salomée Levy is a senior studying Industrial and Labor Relations. She was born in Paris and became a fashion enthusiast by reading Vogue France and watching her mom’s friends facilitate photo shoots. She lived in France during her childhood summers and observed her environment to find new outfit inspirations for class. She now calls home in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is proud of never attending Burning Man. Her admiration for music evolved when she discovered different artists that she never heard about in France. When Salomée is not studying or catching up on her lack of sleep, she likes to surf and write about mental health, travel, beauty, fashion, and food.

Born in India, Aryaman has lived and loved cities around the world, from Mumbai to Singapore. Aryaman is a junior at Cornell, majoring in Operations Research and Information Engineering with minors in Music, Business and Data Science. Aryaman was first introduced to the piano through Western Art Music in high school, but quickly fell in love with analysing any music, since then he’s taken several more courses in highschool and continues to at Cornell (from conducting to deixa sambar). An experimentalist at core, he loves music; new or old, hurried or restorative, fleeting or permanent. He’s always looking for something (or someone) to listen to. An amateur journalist, Aryaman is excited to contribute to Ezra’s Ear.

Delia Ferry

Delia is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She’s currently majoring in psychology, cognitive science, and music. She’s an avid fan of every genre from classical to country and enjoys studying music history in her free time. Delia is also deeply interested in music cognition and has previously worked in NYU’s Music and Audio Research Lab. When she’s not studying or listening to her favorite songs, you can find her cooking in the Risley kitchens or buying up Michael’s crochet supplies.