In a fantastic accomplishment, more than 200 students representing all 17 FISD middle school band programs competed and were placed into one of four Region 24 All-Region Bands.
This highly competitive process began in August when students began to prepare scales and etudes for performance in a live audition.
By the numbers: 214 FISD middle school musicians were invited to join the All-Region Band.
55 Concert Band
56 Honors Band
5 Percussion Ensemble
56 Symphonic Band
42 Wind Ensemble
Congratulations to all who participated in the audition process, including those listed below who earned a placement in these esteemed honor groups.
Concert Band
Sriram Alla, Flute - Nelson
Adhvaith Ananth, Alto Sax - Lawler
Soi Baek, Flute - Griffin
Humza Baig, Tuba - Pioneer Heritage
Texas Bailey, Trombone - Wester
Kayla Barton, French Horn - Hunt
Braden Blalock, Euphonium - Stafford
Maddy Camasura, Bb Clarinet - Nelson
Evan Castellino, Trombone - Pioneer Heritage
Caleb Choi, Percussion - Staley
Harrison Coneway, Bassoon - Stafford
Angelica Eshun-Kieme, Bb Clarinet - Nelson
Jasmine Fang, Flute - Pioneer Heritage
Eden Floyd, Trumpet - Cobb
Tenley Fuston, Flute - Clark
Nathan Goldberg, Trumpet - Nelson
Jacob Graves, Trombone - Fowler
Sakura Hatsushiba, Trumpet - Fowler
Hayden Huff, Flute - Pioneer Heritage
Akshay Jagan, Bb Clarinet - Vandeventer
Nithilan Karthik, Bass Clarinet - Fowler
Hayden Kim, Alto Sax - Pearson
Abirami Koteeswaran, Flute - Roach
Gavin Liu, Bb Clarinet - Vandeventer
Rithika Manoharan, Trombone - Maus
Isaiah Morris, Trumpet - Griffin
Katelyn Moyle, Bb Clarinet - Pioneer Heritage
Yohan Nguimfack, Bassoon - Pioneer Heritage
Quinn Norton, Tuba - Nelson
Sahas Nuti, Alto Sax - Pioneer Heritage
Waka Okamoto, Percussion - Vandeventer
Anish Paduchuri, Bb Clarinet - Scoggins
Raghav Pillai, Oboe - Fowler
Joshua Richards, Tenor Sax - Clark
Aryan Roy, Percussion - Vandeventer
Caleb Ryu, Alto Sax - Hunt
Emerson Sabulsky, Bass Clarinet - Wester
Ankh Samdaria, Alto Sax - Fowler
Amelia Saucedo, Bb Clarinet - Wester
Sribika Senthilkumar, Bb Clarinet - Lawler
Abhay Singh, Tuba - Griffin
Adya Singh, Trombone - Fowler
Jinwoo Sok, Oboe - Wester
Meg Sugie, Flute - Wester
Collin Sun, Bassoon - Fowler
Aubri Tarver, French Horn - Griffin
Om Thandapani, Euphonium - Maus
Omya Tomar, French Horn - Maus
Caitlyn Uria, Trombone - Stafford
Srihitha Vutukuri, Trumpet - Stafford
Garrett Wells, French Horn - Stafford
Yiyang Xu, Flute - Pearson
Leela Yampalla, Euphonium - Cobb
Ava Yarbrough, Tenor Sax - Trent
Siri Yigalapati, Alto Sax - Pearson
Honors Band
Mack Altman, French Horn - Wester
Rohin Arol, Trombone - Maus
Joshua Ball, Alto Sax - Clark
Erik Barnett, Bassoon - Stafford
Rhett Bassham, Trombone - Maus
Matthew Biggs, Tuba - Clark
Aditya Bolledula, Bassoon - Lawler
Mahir Bozdag, Trombone - Pioneer Heritage
Ziyad Chunawala, Bari Sax - Pioneer Heritage
Speranza Coyle-Cross, Trumpet - Pearson
Claire Durham, French Horn - Stafford
Zaid Essayed, Euphonium - Wester
Jordan Ferreira, Trombone - Hunt
Anthony Gasperini, Euphonium - Maus
Chris Ghandour, Trombone - Maus
Samprithi Guruvikram, Flute - Fowler
Jonathan Hermosillo, Tenor Sax - Maus
Sofia Hernandez, Flute - Pioneer Heritage
Jackson Hill, Trumpet - Trent
Adeline Huang, Flute - Fowler
Erin Kim, Flute - Wester
Yuuta Kurniawan, Bassoon - Trent
Austin Kwon, Tuba - Cobb
Christopher Lanza, Trumpet - Pioneer Heritage
Addison Lee, Flute - Hunt
Andrew Lehman, Trumpet - Stafford
Leo Li, Alto Sax - Lawler
Nicholas Manzanares, Bb Clarinet - Pearson
Arya Mohan, Percussion - Lawler
Alex Montiel-Janik, Trumpet - Clark
Julian Rivera Morales, Trombone - Trent
Kyra Nakagaki, French Horn - Pearson
Abhignya Nanchala, Flute - Trent
Adaeze Ozuah, Bb Clarinet - Maus
Hayden Pilgrim, French Horn - Clark
Ishanvi Pillai, Percussion - Roach
Danush Raj, Percussion - Lawler
Rohan Ravulapelli, Bb Clarinet - Lawler
Truman Noguchi Royal, Trumpet - Scoggins
Kamal Satheesh, Euphonium - Trent
Tarunesh Sathish, Bb Clarinet - Fowler
Ryan Schnelle, French Horn - Griffin
Siddhant Setti, Bb Clarinet - Vandeventer
Advaith Sirisanagandla, Tuba - Stafford
Wesley Smittle, Euphonium - Pioneer Heritage
Landon Stamper, Bb Clarinet - Pearson
Jude Statham, Bb Clarinet - Pioneer Heritage
Mihir Tare, Flute - Lawler
Gavin Tran, Bb Clarinet - Fowler
Kria Turimella, Oboe - Maus
Lincoln Upshaw, Trumpet - Trent
Benjamin Vasilkovsky, Tenor Sax - Fowler
Will Vetkoetter, Alto Sax - Griffin
Aiden West, Percussion - Roach
Harry Whitsell, Trumpet - Cobb
Binal Wickramasinghe, Euphonium - Maus
Otto Wilcock, Tuba - Wester
Percussion Ensemble
Mateo Fernandez, Percussion - Maus
Ronald Larson, Percussion - Lawler
Ansh Pathak, Percussion - Maus
Yashas Saride, Percussion - Lawler
Krish Vadivel, Percussion - Lawler
Symphonic Band
Manya Ayodhiramanujan, Percussion - Fowler
Chloe Bak, Flute - Clark
Mahathi Baskar, Flute - Scoggins
Paige Behunin, Tenor Sax - Pearson
Abigail Belknap, Bb Clarinet - Pioneer Heritage
Kate Bell, Trumpet - Pioneer Heritage
Macey Black, French Horn - Wester
Srikar Bonala, Tuba - Lawler
Bethany Bulham, Alto Sax - Trent
Siena Cable, French Horn - Clark
Jacob Campos, Trumpet - Clark
Kathy Chen, Bb Clarinet - Fowler
Grace Clark, Bb Clarinet - Cobb
Landon Coats, Euphonium - Maus
Nitin Deivasigamani, French Horn - Trent
Kaylie Franklin, French Horn - Clark
Nathan French, Euphonium - Cobb
Carson Guziec, Trombone - Trent
Rhea Jhaveri, Flute - Maus
Chandra Nikhil Kalakada, Bassoon - Lawler
Ridhima Kamath, Flute - Stafford
Caleb Kim, Trombone - Clark
Brandon Liang, Tuba - Lawler
Sean Lim, Bb Clarinet - Maus
Olivia Link, Bb Clarinet - Maus
Katalina Manzanares, Flute - Pearson
Joshua Mathew, Trombone - Scoggins
Jon Monte, Trombone - Cobb
Chloe Morrison, Flute - Trent
Joely Murphy, Flute - Pioneer Heritage
Dhyan Murthy, Trumpet - Lawler
Dhruv Nutheti, Bari Sax - Lawler
Alahna Porter, Alto Sax - Griffin
Aryan Khurana, Euphonium - Pearson
Tycen Reese, Alto Sax - Maus
Allie Roderick, Bb Clarinet - Clark
Isaac Rodriguez, Trombone - Maus
Saniel Rostro, Alto Sax - Maus
Karthik Saravanan, Alto Sax - Maus
Anvesh Shivanatri, Bb Clarinet - Pioneer Heritage
Heidi Simmons, Bassoon - Clark
Ivanka Singh, Bassoon - Maus
Antonio Smith, Percussion - Pearson
Xilai Song, Trombone - Clark
Austin Stieler Crouch, Trumpet - Scoggins
Ares Stottlemire, French Horn - Stafford
Noah Stumpf, French Horn - Maus
Evan Tenkhoff, Percussion - Griffin
Olivia Trahan, French Horn - Scoggins
Aarav Thakkar, Flute - Maus
Teddy Toma, Trumpet - Trent
Maximus Vetkoetter, Trumpet - Griffin
Ryan Villarreal, Euphonium - Clark
Rajit Viral, Alto Sax - Fowler
Paul Wang, Alto Sax - Vandeventer
Cathy Yan, Flute - Scoggins
Landon Yu, Euphonium - Lawler
Wind Ensemble
Teymur Aliyev, Trumpet - Maus
Nakul Arjarapu, Bassoon - Maus
Serena Bhandari, French Horn - Maus
Nicholas Brooks, Alto Sax - Fowler
Mateo Cortez, Trumpet - Fowler
Isaac Elisafidis, Trombone - Stafford
Sam Farquhar, Trombone - Pioneer Heritage
Tyler Fields, Bassoon - Griffin
Ava Funderburk, Flute - Maus
Eshaan Gautam, Percussion - Hunt
Liam Greene, Tuba - Clark
Saket Gurrapu, French Horn - Lawler
Jack Johnson, Euphonium - Pioneer Heritage
Ryan Johnson, Alto Sax - Pioneer Heritage
Benjamin Kallus, Trumpet - Clark
Zach Keelen, Tuba - Maus
Shiloh Kim, Oboe - Fowler
Atharva Kumar, Bari Sax - Fowler
Nitosh Kumaravel, Alto Sax - Clark
Yuuki Kurniawan, Tuba - Trent
Serena Leng, French Horn - Nelson
Grace Li, Flute - Fowler
Chetan Mandadapu, Euphonium - Wester
Jake Montee, Trombone - Fowler
Jeewon Moon, Flute - Scoggins
Mariana Nakano, Bb Clarinet - Scoggins
Elise Nelson, Trombone - Clark
Pranati Nemalikanti, Bb Clarinet - Maus
Ethan Nguyen, Trumpet - Nelson
Carli Olvera, Tuba - Wester
Ryan Oxford, Euphonium - Maus
Poornasai Panchumarthi, Oboe - Maus
Ashley Park, Flute - Vandeventer
Mikko Pasanen, Trombone - Maus
Adarsh Patil. Tuba - Maus
Daniel Puga, Trumpet - Pearson
Morgan Rohrbach, Bass Clarinet - Maus
Harrison Sabulsky, French Horn - Wester
Dennis Sharp, Alto Sax - Griffin
Tucker Shepard, Bb Clarinet - Wester
Yves Shkolnikov, Percussion - Maus
David Timpani, French Horn - Clark
Andrew Xiao, French Horn - Fowler