Scales of Justice 2006-2007 included sopranos Rachel Boynton (President), Modessa Jacobs, Brook Roper, Cassie Welch; altos Wen Bu (Treasurer), Sarah Carlson (Business Manager), Amanda Kim (fall only), Andrea Saenz; tenors David Kargman, Thomas Diehn (Fall Only); basses Jesse Grauman, Joseph Perkins, Chris Taggart; Ryan Trinkle.

Scales of Justice 2005-2006 included sopranos Cassie Welch (President), Rachel Boynton, Brook Roper; altos Wen Bu, Andrea Saenz, Hillary Gould, Elise Logemann (fall only); tenors Joseph Perkins (Treasurer/Business Manager), David Kargman, Andrew Moin (fall only), Cliff Cheung (fall only); Basses Jesse Grauman, Vonn Christenson (spring only).

Scales of Justice 2004-2005 included sopranos Ellen Ginsberg, Cassie Welch, Shelly Astle; altos Tanya Stankunas, Hillary Gould (President), Yanyan Lam (fall only); baritones Matt Astle (Music Director), Jeremy Blachman, Joseph Perkins, David Stankiewicz (Treasurer/Business Manager); basses Vonn Christenson, Jimmy Gao (fall only).

Scales 2003-04 included Maria Meginnes (president), Matt Astle (musical director), Shelly Astle, Jeremy Blachman, Vonn Christenson, Ellen Ginsberg, Hillary Gould, Matt Smith, David Stankiewicz, Tanya Stankunas, Stephen Waller. Our repertoire included Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (Stevie Wonder), Be My Baby (Ronettes), And So It Goes (Billy Joel), Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls), California Dreamin' (Mamas and Papas), God Only Knows (Beach Boys/Manhattan Transfer), In the Still of the Night (Five Satins), Appointed Forever (Bar and Grill Singers), Like a Prayer (Madonna), Don't Call On Me, Estoppel, 8 Hour Exam, TV theme songs medley

Scales 2002-03 included Matt Astle, Jeremy Blachman, Jeremy Huff, Eric Mogelof, Jesse Tampio, Jose Struz, Rob Krummen, Ellen Ginsberg, Julie Allmayer, Caren Van Winkle, Tanya Stankunas, Ayesha Najam, Maria Meginnes. Our repertoire included I Can't Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt), One (U2), Crash (Dave Matthews), Your Body is a Wonderland (John Mayer), I Can't Get Next To You (Temptations), Possession (Sarah McLachlan), Soak Up The Sun (Sheryl Crow), Sunny Came Home (Shawn Colvin), I Want You Back (Jackson 5), Helplessly Hoping (Crosby Stills Nash), Don't Call on Me (Jeremy Blachman), You Have Jurisdiction Over Me (Jeremy Blachman), Estoppel (Scales Traditional).

Scales 2001-02 included Wendy Netter (president), Caren Van Winkle (musical director), Cathy Bong, Laurie Carr, Jeremy Huff, Rob Krummen, Al Lambert, Maria Meginnes, Eric Mogelof, Ayesha Najam, Sasha Volokh, Jessica Weinberg. Our repertoire included Smooth Operator, The Star-Spangled Banner, and more.

Scales 2000-01 included Laurie Carr (president), David Markus (musical director), Michael Scoville (musical director, Spring Term), Matej Accetto, Tara Grove, Rob Krummen, Katie Lachter, Wendy Netter, Eric Selmon, Caren Van Winkle, Sasha Volokh, Jessica Weinberg. Our repertoire included Africa (Toto), Carol of the Bells, Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls), Closing Time, Contract's Unenforceable, Criminal (Fiona Apple), Ederlezi, Estoppel, Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, Stills & Nash), Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer), Like a Prayer (Madonna), Lonely at the Top, Seven Bridges Road (The Eagles), Shenandoah (traditional), Thank U (Alanis Morissette), That Lonesome Road (James Taylor), Under a C, You Had Time (Ani Difranco)

Scales 1999-2000 included Patsy De Witt (president), David Markus (musical director), Mary Claire Borys, Laurie Carr, Tara Grove, Kevin Polke, Eric Selmon, Sasha Volokh, Jessica Weinberg, Mari Zellner-Sawyer. Our repertoire included All for You (Sister Hazel), Always Be My Baby (Mariah Carey), Carol of the Bells, Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls), Contract's Unenforceable, Estoppel, Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, Stills & Nash), Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, Like a Prayer (Madonna), Nes Gadol, Oh Come Emmanuel, Rubber Duckie, Seven Bridges Road (The Eagles), Shenandoah (traditional), Spontaneous Human Combustion (The Bobs), Time After Time (author unknown -- not the Cyndi Lauper song), Under a C.

A bit of Scales history. (Thanks to Marc Channick, Tara Koslov, Ellen Chubin, Robin Springberg Parry. Special thanks to Sasha Volokh for collecting this)
Foundation: Scales of Justice was founded in October 1991 by Ellen Chubin '93 and Gail Javitt '93 (sopranos). Many of the founding members were in the HLS Drama Society's production of Guys and Dolls at the time. The motto was "Because justice is blind... not deaf." The other founding members were sopranos Tara Koslov '94 (1991-94) and Funmi Arewa '94; altos Julie Lythcott-Haims '94 (1991-94) and Robin Springberg '94 (1991-94); tenor Marc Channick '94 (1991-94); bass Jamie Bouldin '94 (1991-94); Joel McKuin '?? (??), Ed Ducayet '93 (??), and one other woman.

The first year (1991-92): The first Scales concert was on Thursday, March 5, 1992, at 8:30 p.m. in the Hark (before L.A. Law) together with Harvard Medical School's Countway Basies. The Record ran an article about the upcoming concert on February 28, 1992, including a photo of the group. The program of the March 5, 1992 debut concert was the following: Gail Javitt, conductor; Up the Ladder to the Roof (Tara Koslov solo); Stand by Me (Jamie Bouldin and Funmi Arewa '94 solos); Estoppel, an original song by Ellen Chubin and Gail Javitt (Ellen Chubin solo); The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Julie Lythcott-Haims solo); Only You (Yaz) (Marc Channick solo); Kiss Him Goodbye (Jamie Bouldin solo). The April 29, 1992 concert during the HLS Drama Society Talent Show consisted of For the Longest Time (Joel McKuin solo, Tara Koslov conducting); The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Julie Lythcott-Haims solo); And So It Goes (Ed Ducayet and Gail Javitt solos, Ellen Chubin conducting), and Up the Ladder (Tara Koslov solo). The group also performed for HLS alums, and did a lunchtime serenade for Admitted Students' Day.

The second year (1992-93): The members in the second year were: sopranos Ellen Chubin (co-president), Gail Javitt (co-president), Tara Koslov, and Funmi Arewa (librarian); altos Kendy Hess '93, Julie Lythcott-Haims (financial officer), and Robin Springberg; tenors Marc Channick, Bill Lebeau '95, and Anthony Pergola '95; and basses Jamie Bouldin and Andrew Dietderich '95. In its second year, Scales performed on October 22, 1992, in the Hark, before the premiere of L.A. Law; on a Wednesday in December 1992 with the Academia Nuts from the Kennedy School; on Thursday, December 3, 1992, at 8:30 p.m. in the Hark with the Harvard Business School's She-E-Os; at the HLS Alumni Reunions in April 1993; at the Drama Society Talent Show on April 29, 1993; and on Saturday, May 1, 1993, at 8:30 p.m., in the Ames Courtroom with Yale Law School's Habeas Chorus. The December 1992 concert at the Kennedy School with the Academia Nuts consisted of: For the Longest Time (Billy Joel) (arranged by Tara Koslov), Only You, Our House (Is a Very Very Very Fine House), Under a C (composed by Bill Lebeau as his Scales audition piece in Fall 1992, and incorporated into the Scales repertoire), Cecilia, Up the Ladder, and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. At the December 3, 1992 concert with the She-E-Os, the group sang: For the Longest Time, Only You, and others. At the May 1, 1993 concert with Habeas Chorus, the group sang: For the Longest Time (Anthony Pergola solo), Estoppel (Ellen Chubin solo), The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Julie Lythcott-Haims solo), Only You (Marc Channick solo), Our House (Kendy Hess solo), (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Human League) (arranged by Ph.D. candidate Peter Alexander), Under a C (Bill LeBeau solo), The Constitution (from Schoolhouse Rock) (Tara Koslov, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Robin Springberg), I Fought the Law (and the Law Won) (Andy Dietderich solo), Kiss Him Goodbye (Jamie Bouldin solo), and the encore was Up the Ladder (Tara Koslov solo).

More Scales of Justice history is available on our history page.


Thanks to Sasha Volokh '02 (Scales member 1999-2002) for collecting almost all of this information.