Meet Ryan Canuto. This native New Yorker will win you over with his amazing voice and great sense of humor!
Name: Ryan Canuto
Hometown: New York, NY
Year: Second
Program: Linguistics and Music
Single or taken? Single
Are you involved with any clubs on campus? Chromatomes: A Cappella!
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Song that describes you: “I’ll Cover You” from Rent
Where will I find you on Saturday night? If I’m not on a couch binge-watching television shows, I’d either be relaxing at a hip bar with friends or dancing it up.
Favorite place to study: I am very anti-library, so any cool café will do!
Favorite celebrity: Neil Patrick Harris
Favorite show: Good Eats – it’s the nerdiest cooking show that ever existed!
Weird Obsession: I don’t know if this counts as “weird,” but currently I am pretty much exclusively listening to Pentatonix’s Christmas music.
What’s the most attractive quality someone can have? Passion
Favorite quote: My high school yearbook quote was “Laughing brains are more absorbent,” said by Alton Brown (The host of Good Eats).
Hobbies: Baking, cooking, singing, arranging music, painting, watching television, hanging with friends, discovering new cafés/bars/clubs.
Horoscope: Capricorn
Morning person or night owl? Night owl
Dream job: Pastry chef
Dream travel destination: The south of France
Favorite memory from McGill: Every single potluck my friend group had in rez first year.
Twitter or Instagram? Neither!
What’s the next concert you’ll be attending? Sam Smith in January
Do you have any collections? A small, yet growing collection of cookbooks.
What are your plans for break? [I’ll be] back home in New York, visiting family and high school friends!
Images contributed by the interviewee.