Dragon Band Success
This past Friday and Saturday, 170 of our Dragon Band students competed in the TMEA Region 26 Band Auditions held at Cedar Ridge High School. 48 students earned a chair in one of the two region bands, and 11 students advanced to the area level, to be held in January, with an opportunity to make All State!
The top region band is called Symphonic Band and the second group is called Concert Band. Students coming close to making a region band but missing it by a bit earn the District designation. Only the top several chairs in the top band – Symphonic Band – advance to area.
Please congratulate these students on their terrific work when you get a chance!
- Aidan Smoot, 1st Chair Piccolo Symphonic – Area
- Sienna Loats, Piccolo District
- Mia Rodriguez, 12th Chair Flute Symphonic
- Olivia Crawford, 11th Chair Flute Concert
- Gunjan Malik, 12th Chair Flute Concert
- Charlie Bass, 2nd Chair Oboe Symphonic – Area
- Jeffrey Chang, Oboe District
- Siddharth Iyer, 2nd Chair Clarinet Symphonic – Area
- Julian Harrison, 14th Chair Clarinet Symphonic
- Matthew Gee, 15th Chair Clarinet Symphonic
- Aliyah Gamble, 17th Chair Clarinet Symphonic
- Emilie Budjaja, 1st Chair Clarinet Concert
- Varun Vattikonda, 10th Chair Clarinet Concert
- Noah Stone, 16th Chair Clarinet Concert
- Siyaa Arora, 17th Chair Clarinet Concert
- Nihar Harkare, Clarinet District
- Miles Harrison, Clarinet District
- Madison Riley, Clarinet District
- Cosme Mascareans, 1st Chair Alto Clarinet Symphonic – Area
- Ethan Ortiz, 2nd Chair Bass Clarinet Symphonic – Area
- Kathryn Giordano, 3rd Chair Bass Clarinet Symphonic
- Darren Chen, 3rd Chair Bass Clarinet Concert
- Devin Gonzales, 1st Chair Contra Bass Clarinet Symphonic – Area
- Nilay Anwar, 4th Chair Bassoon Concert
- Drew Mudgett, Bassoon District
- Joshua Bintz, Bassoon District
- Connor Yesh, 1st Chair Contra Bassoon Symphonic – Area
- Parker Bell 2nd Chair Alto Sax Concert
- Jake Brown, 3rd Chair Alto Sax Concert
- Meredith Mattei, 1st Chair Tenor Sax Concert
- Abbey Todd, Tenor Sax District
- Parker Morriss, Tenor Sax District
- Gavin Hatcher, 10th Chair Trumpet Symphonic
- Melanie Ricks, 2nd Chair Trumpet Concert
- Braden Frazer, 9th Chair Trumpet Concert
- Dylan Wallis, 10th Chair Trumpet Concert
- Seth Larkin, Trumpet District
- Morgan Shetter, Trumpet District
- Dane Moak, 1st Chair French Horn Symphonic – Area
- Jacob Duffer, 2nd Chair French Horn Symphonic – Area
- Molly Mishler, 6th Chair French Horn Concert
- Pranav Nandula, French Horn District
- Kirti Ganesh, French Horn District
- Parker Gritzmacher, French Horn District
- Daniel Snover, 6th Chair Tenor Trombone Symphonic – Area
- Ben Chafin, 7th Chair Tenor Trombone Symphonic
- Miles Walker, 6th Chair Tenor Trombone Concert
- Pranav Govin, Tenor Trombone District
- Kaden Steele, 2nd Chair Bass Trombone Symphonic
- Anthony Faulkner, 3rd Chair Euphonium Symphonic
- Jackson Welsh, 2nd Chair Euphonium Concert
- Greg Tittel, 3rd Chair Euphonium Concert
- Chase Drake, 4th Chair Euphonium Concert
- Isaac Villanueva, 5th Chair Euphonium Concert
- Alex Lopez, 6th Chair Euphonium Concert
- Brindley Gable, Euphonium District
- Miles Bintz, 5th Chair Tuba Symphonic
- Brandon Thomas, 1st Chair Tuba Concert
- Owen DesBles, 4th Chair Tuba Concert
- Katelynn Blando, 5th Chair Tuba Concert
- Andrew Avery, 4th Chair Percussion Symphonic – Area
- Parker Meek, 6th Chair Percussion Symphonic
- Christian Aceves, 7th Chair Percussion Symphonic
- Somesh Yatham, 7th Chair Percussion Concert
- Joel Carter, Percussion District
- Elliot Lee, Percussion, District
- Nathan Stansbury, Percussion District
- Adarsh Ashok, Percussion District