This record number of qualifiers illustrates the hard work being done in band programs amid an already busy fall marching season.
A record number of FISD high school band students have earned a seat on TMEA All-Region ensembles, showing a dedication to their craft amid an already busy fall marching season.
Each year, over a thousand FISD high schoolers try out for All-Region bands in the Texas Music Educators Association’s Region 24, which also includes McKinney, Prosper and Little Elm ISDs. With the support of their dedicated directors, these students study their All-Region etudes and/or jazz improvisation solos in one of the most competitive regions in the state.
As a result of this hard work, a total of 362 Frisco ISD high schoolers made a TMEA band or jazz ensemble this month.
These outstanding high school All-Region band accomplishments are just the latest in a series — from middle school band All-Region, to choir, to orchestra in both high school and middle school, as well as an award-winning marching season — that builds on a fine arts foundation set down in elementary school. Learn more about elementary fine arts instruction in Frisco ISD.
The top-ranked students on each instrument advance to the Area round of auditions in early January, working toward the prestigious All-State ensembles. Based on their All-Region band auditions, some of these students are also named to All-Region orchestras, which performed Dec. 13 at Reedy High School.
By the numbers
Ninth Grade Band - 60
Concert Bands 1 & 2 - 123
Symphonic Band - 57
Jazz Ensembles - 19
Wind Symphony - 62
Wind Ensemble - 47
Percussion Ensemble - 4
Performed in an All-Region Orchestra - 9
Students in All-Region Band or All-Region Jazz - 362
Advancing to Area - 79
Congratulations to these hard-working musicians and their directors!
*Advancing to Area
^Made an All-Region Orchestra
Wind Ensemble
^Jude Andrion, percussion - Reedy
*Samrat Baiju, alto Saxophone - Liberty
*Alex Brown, oboe - Lone Star
*Ziyad Chunawala, alto saxophone - Reedy
*^Austin Crouch, trumpet - Emerson
*^Aiden Dellos, clarinet - Heritage
*Zaid Essayed, euphonium - Centennial
*^Sam Farquhar, trombone - Reedy
*^Will Folkmann, trombone - Memorial
*^Aaron Gambs, clarinet - Lone Star
*^Trip Hayes III, horn - Wakeland
*^Eeston Howard, tuba - Reedy
*^Akshay Iyer, tuba - Heritage
*^Ormi Jinka, flute - Emerson
*Jack Johnson, euphonium - Reedy
*^Aditya Kotaru, horn - Heritage
*^Abirami Koteeswaran, piccolo - Heritage
*^Yuuta Kurniawan, contra bassoon - Lone Star
*^Andrew Lehman, trumpet - Lone Star
*^Serena Leng, horn - Independence
*^Tanner Lozano, horn - Wakeland
^Nicholas Manzanares, clarinet - Reedy
*^Garyn Marshall, horn - Lone Star
*Brianna Mihelich, Eb clarinet - Frisco
*Somy Nagda, bass Clarinet - Liberty
*^Mariana Nakano, clarinet - Emerson
*^Yohan Nguimfack, bassoon - Reedy
*Adaeze Ozuah, bass clarinet - Memorial
*^Anish Paduchuri\, bass clarinet - Emerson
*Adarsh Patil, tuba - Memorial
*^Sasha Reddoch, percussion - Reedy
^Aryan Roy, percussion - Liberty
*^Truman Royal, trumpet - Emerson
*Emerson Sabulsky, contrabass clarinet - Centennial
*^Paula Sanchez Albornoz, clarinet - Liberty
*^Yashas Saride, percussion - Centennial
Sahishnu Sathish, tenor saxophone - Independence
*^Cole Schettler, horn - Wakeland
*^Bharat Seshadri, trumpet - Heritage
^Sidd Setti, clarinet - Liberty
*^Abigail Smitherman, clarinet - Reedy
Gavin Tran, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
*^Scarlett Whitsell, trumpet - Wakeland
*Ben Wolfe, clarinet - Wakeland
*^XinRan Yan, flute - Emerson
*^Rachael Ye, flute - Independence
Percussion Ensemble
*Wesley Dunford - Lebanon Trail
*^Nathan Hambright - Frisco
*^Daniel Kim - Emerson
Rohit Sullia - Heritage
Wind Symphony
^Josiah Alexander, horn - Panther Creek
Aditi Arun, bass clarinet - Independence
Daniel Barbarin, contrabass clarinet - Lone Star
*Cameron Benavides, euphonium - Liberty
Trent Bourdier, trumpet - Reedy
Jelena Camasura, clarinet - Independence
*^Hasini Chapa, trombone - Panther Creek
*^Rosemary Chen, bassoon - Lebanon Trail
^Speranza Coyle-Cross, trumpet - Reedy
*Aidan Crooks, flute - Heritage
Evan Crosby, percussion - Reedy
Srijan Das, clarinet - Panther Creek
*^Andrew Despain, bassoon - Emerson
Austin Fang, clarinet - Frisco
*^Vidyuth Ganesh, bass trombone - Panther Creek
*Shiva Ganeshprabu, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Advaith Goud Sirisanagandla, tuba - Lone Star
^Caelen Hemenway, percussion - Reedy
Noah Hewitt, trumpet - Lone Star
Allie Hines, tenor saxophone - Wakeland
*Nicole Holzer, euphonium - Reedy
*David Hyatt, tuba - Lone Star
Yennah Jeon, flute - Emerson
Arshia Jokar, flute - Emerson
^Kimaya Joshi, bassoon - Liberty
*Ethan Kadivi, tuba - Reedy
^Benjamin Kallus, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Aryan Khurana, euphonium - Reedy
Jayden Kim, clarinet - Independence
*^Shiloh Kim, oboe - Lebanon Trail
^Arush Kondapuli, trumpet - Memorial
Bella Kong, flute - Emerson
Busra Kurt, piccolo - Emerson
Max Larkin, flute - Memorial
^Ronald Larson, percussion - Centennial
Olivia Link, clarinet - Heritage
*Arnav Mahajan, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Chetan Mandadapu, euphonium - Centennial
Sohan Manjunath, tuba - Independence
Ryan Martin, trombone - Lone Star
Nathan McGee, clarinet - Reedy
Danila Melnikov, euphonium - Liberty
Paxton Milligan, tuba - Reedy
*Jake Montee, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Srikar Munagala, clarinet - Lone Star
*^Varsha Muthukumaraswamy, flute - Reedy
Devayani Nagabhushan, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Elise Nelson, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Avril Park, flute - Centennial
^Judson Prasifka, horn - Heritage
Sasha Pryadkin, clarinet - Emerson
*^Luke Rugg, trumpet - Panther Creek
Ishaan Satija, clarinet - Reedy
Eden Shin, clarinet - Emerson
*^David Timpani, horn - Lebanon Trail
^Olivia Trahan, horn - Emerson
Kellen Trice, flute - Frisco
Kyler Trice, percussion - Frisco
*^Lincoln Upshaw, trumpet - Lone Star
Noah Volpe, trombone - Independence
*James Walker, alto saxophone - Independence
^Andrew Xiao, horn - Lebanon Trail
Symphonic Band
Sidon Abraham, euphonium - Memorial
Sriram Alla, flute - Independence
Aamir Ansari, alto saxophone - Emerson
Samskruth Bharatha, baritone saxophone - Independence
Mahir Bozdag, trombone - Wakeland
Nicole Burnett, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Caleb Choi, percussion - Memorial
*Chase Christensen, bass trombone - Independence
Ryan Erickson, trombone - Lebanon Trail
*^Tyler Fields, bassoon - Lone Star
Liam Greene, tuba - Lebanon Trail
*Cristian Hayes, baritone saxophone - Emerson
Dylan Henderson, horn - Lone Star
Jackson Hill, trumpet - Lone Star
Aditya Jahagirdar, clarinet - Emerson
Chitraksh Jain, clarinet - Emerson
Hayden Kaiser, clarinet - Lone Star
*Adriana Khaleghi, horn - Reedy
Eli Kim, percussion - Liberty
Taewoo Kim, bass clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Yuuki Kurniawan, tuba - Lone Star
Jessica La, flute - Emerson
*^Andrew Lampert, oboe - Liberty
Hayden Lee, flute - Wakeland
Estevan Magana, percussion - Memorial
Natalie Marshall, piccolo - Liberty
Jake McCoy, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Jacob Molnar, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Sean Nakamura, horn - Liberty
Ivan Nakano, horn - Emerson
Chase Nelson, trumpet - Centennial
Pranati Nemalikanti, clarinet - Heritage
^Ethan Nguyen, oboe - Liberty
Jonathan Nguyen, clarinet - Liberty
Yujin Noh, horn - Liberty
Cayden Oketch, clarinet - Emerson
Ada Olcay, clarinet - Memorial
Carli Olvera, tuba - Centennial
Mikael Pasanen, trombone - Heritage
Maharth Patel, horn - Independence
Samarjai Rajeev, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Travis Reily, tuba - Heritage
Julian Rivera, trombone - Lone Star
Noah Russo, trumpet - Heritage
Shaunik Sharma, trumpet - Liberty
Boston Solidon, euphonium - Centennial
Kirsten Smith, bass clarinet - Emerson
*^Navdeep Suresh Kumar, bassoon - Liberty
*Caden Thanasriphakdeekun, clarinet - Frisco
Om Thandapani, euphonium - Heritage
Bardiya Vaghefikia, flute - Reedy
Sujan Vakalapudi, clarinet - Memorial
Arnav Vemuri, trombone - Independence
Yukie Wang, flute - Liberty
Garrett Wells, horn - Panther Creek
Adjoa Wilson, bass clarinet - Centennial
Owen Xie, alto saxophone - Emerson
Emily Yin, flute - Wakeland
Concert Band 1
Vedant Agarwal, bassoon - Independence
Teymur Aliyev, trumpet - Heritage
Nakul Arjarapu, bassoon - Heritage
Mia Arroyo, clarinet - Independence
Liam Atchison, trumpet - Wakeland
Mahathi Baskar, flute - Emerson
Kierra Belveal, horn - Centennial
Nico Blois, euphonium - Liberty
Hayden Boone, tenor saxophone - Liberty
Marissa Bordere, clarinet - Frisco
Nicholas Brooks, alto saxophone - Liberty
Bethany Bulham, alto saxophone - Lone Star
Dilara Bulut, clarinet - Wakeland
Mark Calimlim, horn - Reedy
Evan Castellino, trombone - Wakeland
Nizar Chikhaoui, tuba - Lone Star
Grace Clark, clarinet - Wakeland
Bharath Dharmalingam, trumpet - Liberty
Ryan Dugger, tuba - Wakeland
Lucas Dunn, percussion - Emerson
Isaac Elisafidis, trombone - Lone Star
Lucas Goode, percussion - Wakeland
Carson Guziec, trombone - Memorial
Aaron Hocate, horn - Lone Star
Hayden Huff, flute - Wakeland
Temiah Jamison, Eb clarinet - Lone Star
Yejun Jee, clarinet - Wakeland
Tyler Jensen, bass trombone - Heritage
Ryan Johnson, alto saxophone - Reedy
Saikarthik Kaluvalapudi, tenor saxophone - Emerson
Kaaviya Karthikeyan, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Rory Keating, horn - Centennial
Parker Kennedy, trumpet - Emerson
Caleb Kim, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Amrutha Kothakota, flute - Independence
Kristen Leigh, piccolo - Centennial
Mila Londono, clarinet - Wakeland
Pranitha Mantrala, horn - Emerson
Henry Massey, tuba - Emerson
Emma Mo, percussion - Reedy
Sadie Moerschell, horn - Wakeland
Aydin Molidor, piccolo - Panther Creek
Aishwarya Muthukumaran, clarinet - Heritage
Ethan Nguyen, trumpet - Independence
Arnav Rachakonda, percussion - Liberty
Reed Ratner, euphonium - Memorial
Grey Richardson, trumpet - Wakeland
Adit Roy Choudhury, trombone - Heritage
Chaitanya Rudra, flute - Liberty
Caleb Ryu, alto saxophone - Frisco
Aneesh Sarda, horn - Lebanon Trail
Kamal Satheesh, euphonium - Panther Creek
Ryan Schnelle, horn - Wakeland
Anirudhh Sesu Ashok, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Jubilee Shaw, bassoon - Wakeland
Adhvik Shetty, flute - Emerson
Abhay Singh, tuba - Wakeland
Aiden Tate, bass clarinet - Lone Star
Ishaan Tripathi, alto saxophone - Centennial
Emma Varughese, flute - Panther Creek
Elizabeth Verhagen, flute - Heritage
Ishaan Verma, euphonium - Independence
Abhinav Vijay, baritone saxophone - Heritage
Kailyn Weber, bass clarinet - Panther Creek
Rohit Yokananth, bass clarinet - Reedy
Concert Band 2
Mack Altman, horn - Lebanon Trail
Katelynn Aponte, clarinet - Lone Star
Aryan Bachu, clarinet - Independence
Texas Bailey, trombone - Centennial
Olivia Ball, flute - Memorial
Erik Barnett, bassoon - Lone Star
Grayson Bell, bassoon - Centennial
Ashlyn Black, clarinet - Frisco
Srikar Bonala, tuba - Liberty
Sawyer Buckley, percussion - Centennial
Wani Chawla, clarinet - Panther Creek
Jessica Chung, flute - Emerson
Emily Dey, bass clarinet - Wakeland
Nicholas Friesenborg, trumpet - Frisco
Pakapon Gibbons, oboe - Emerson
Armaan Gupta, oboe - Emerson
Samprithi Guruvikram, flute - Lebanon Trail
Artin Golnabi, percussion - Reedy
Mihir Inamdar, tenor saxophone - Reedy
Annelise Jordan, alto saxophone - Wakeland
Ruhaan Kanda, clarinet - Liberty
Camden Karami, clarinet - Panther Creek
Ethan Katzman, alto saxophone - Frisco
Ishaan Kaveeshwar, bass clarinet - Memorial
Ananya Kulkarni, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Julianne Locsin, bass clarinet - Emerson
Rithika Machani, Eb clarinet - Independence
Coral Madden, clarinet - Wakeland
Dharmik Madisetti, tuba - Emerson
Yeshwanth Maheshkumar, baritone saxophone - Emerson
Isaac Mathew, trombone - Independence
Logan McManus, tuba - Lebanon Trail
Evan Meza, alto saxophone - Memorial
Jessie Mirike, trombone - Lebanon Trail
Daniyal Mirza, trombone - Centennial
Arya Mohan, percussion - Centennial
Joely Murphy, flute - Reedy
Hayden Pilgrim, horn - Lebanon Trail
Preksha Prejith, flute - Liberty
Isaac Rodriguez, trombone - Memorial
Ankh Samdaria, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Salvador Sanchez, euphonium - Panther Creek
Riti Sankhe, clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Rahul Senthil Kumar Ketharidevi, flute - Liberty
Swetha Senthil Kumar, clarinet - Independence
Aditya Sharma, euphonium - Panther Creek
Aryan Shome, horn - Reedy
*Cami Smith, English horn - Wakeland
Hari Sundara, flute - Lebanon Trail
Harsha Suram, horn - Emerson
William Tessier, horn - Emerson
Teena Thomas, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Omya Tomar, horn - Heritage
Joseph Truong, bass trombone - Memorial
CJ Uldrich, bassoon - Wakeland
Sanket Vyas, trombone - Heritage
Kodai Yamaguchi, flute - Lebanon Trail
Landon Yu, euphonium - Centennial
Jazz Ensembles
*Noel Benny, baritone saxophone - Liberty
Trent Bourdier, trumpet - Reedy
*Nicholas Brooks, alto saxophone - Liberty
*Mateo Cortez, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Austin Crouch, trumpet - Emerson
Wesley Dunford, vibes - Lebanon Trail
*Mateo Fernandez-Osorio, drums - Memorial
Shiva Ganeshprabu, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Arnav Mahajan, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
*Jacob Molnar, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
*Ananth Muralidharan, drums - Lebanon Trail
Josiah Patton, tenor saxophone - Memorial
Paasha Rahimi, drums - Lebanon Trail
Ankh Samdaria, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
*Garrett Sewick, jazz piano - Heritage
*Madeline Sanders, bass guitar - Liberty
*Om Thandapani, jazz guitar - Heritage
Stephen Timpani, drums - Lebanon Trail
Owen Xie, alto saxophone - Emerson
9th Grade All-Region Band
Ryo Amemiya, percussion - Liberty
Malia Areba, tuba - Lone Star
Ansh Bains, tenor trombone - Liberty
Manasvi Barade, flute - Centennial
David Barbarin, bass clarinet - Lone Star
Abhinav Bhaskar, cornet/trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Travis Chevalier, tenor trombone - Panther Creek
Rebecca Denis, cornet/trumpet - Centennial
Debaditya Dey, Bb clarinet - Independence
Arnav Dhole, alto saxophone - Heritage
Jaxon Digby, bassoon - Memorial
Varisht Dixit, flute - Emerson
Dennis Du, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Rithwik Duggineni, euphonium - Heritage
Camila Echeverri, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Tanesha Ganesh, oboe - Memorial
Nithya Gatamaneni, flute - Reedy
Yuvan Girish, flute - Emerson
Mikayla Hellman, horn - Lebanon Trail
Parsa Hessami, percussion - Frisco
Madison Hindman, alto saxophone - Lone Star
Daxton Holland, flute - Panther Creek
Aanya Iyer, Bb clarinet - Memorial
Sabeen Jamali, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
Dennis Johnson, tuba - Reedy
Gabrielle Jones, euphonium - Lone Star
Aayan Jussa, tuba - Centennial
Subodh Kanigicharla, horn - Heritage
Jayant Katuri, tuba - Lebanon Trail
Aashi Kaveeshwar, horn - Memorial
Aanav Khandelwal, tenor saxophone - Emerson
Claire Liang, flute - Lebanon Trail
Brandon Lucherini, cornet/trumpet - Panther Creek
Soham Mahodaya, tenor trombone - Emerson
Matias Mendoza-Sanchez, horn - Reedy
Thomas Myslak, bassoon - Independence
Vidyut Nahar, bass trombone - Centennial
Mark Netherland, horn - Independence
Austin Nordquist, horn - Reedy
Isabella Park, Bb clarinet - Frisco
Jiin Park, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Vivaan Pattanashettar, baritone saxophone - Liberty
Yaalini Rajasekar, horn - Heritage
Garrett Rogers, tenor trombone - Reedy
Drake Pistorius, tenor trombone - Wakeland
Kiara Saxena, Bb clarinet - Heritage
Carson Schettler, cornet/trumpet - Wakeland
Reese Simmons, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
Olivia Snyder, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
Yuvan Stephen, tenor trombone - Memorial
Vaishnavi Talla, flute - Liberty
Sathyndhira Thirumal, flute - Panther Creek
Israel Vazquez, cornet/trumpet - Wakeland
Sai Samarth Vempati, piccolo - Memorial
Krishna Venkatesh, euphonium - Centennial
Erleen Victor, cornet/trumpet - Emerson
Joshua Villegas, tuba - Memorial
Jude Vu, cornet/trumpet - Panther Creek
Skyler Wetsel, euphonium - Reedy
Kolin Williams, baritone saxophone - Lone Star
- Rachel McReynolds