Students from all 12 FISD high school bands auditioned for placement in a Region 24 All-Region Band or Jazz Ensemble. Region 24 is comprised of Frisco, Little Elm, Prosper and McKinney ISDs, and is considered to be one of the most competitive regions in the state.
By the numbers: It’s clear why FISD was named Best Community for Music Education six years in a row.
Ninth Grade Band - 64 musicians
Concert Band - 65 musicians
Symphonic Band - 62 musicians
Jazz Ensemble - 17 musicians
Wind Symphony - 67 musicians
Wind Ensemble - 42 musicians
Students in All-Region Band or All-Region Jazz - 301 musicians
Advancing to Area - 71 musicians
Students began working on selected etudes and/or jazz improvisation solos with guidance from the directors back in August. The top ranked students on each instrument advance to the Area round of auditions in early January.
Those who will compete in the Area auditions are working toward placement into one of the prestigious Texas All-State ensembles and are designated with an asterisk in the list below. Congratulations to all of these students and their incredible directors!
Wind Ensemble
*Anuj Aedavelli, Contra-alto Clarinet - Centennial
*Josh Jung, Oboe - Centennial
*Omkar Magi, Clarinet - Centennial
*Veda Udtha, Flute - Centennial
*Rohan Doshi, Eb Clarinet - Frisco
*Namrata Boggaram, Flute - Heritage
*Zoe Roush, English Horn - Heritage
*Gaurav Sarangi, Saxophone - Heritage
*Andrew Hildinger, Bass Trombone - Independence
*Pranav Kalaiselvan, Baritone Saxophone - Independence
*Nicholas Richa, Tenor Trombone - Independence
*Sahishnu Sathish, Tenor Saxophone - Independence
Gene Adam Anareta, Trumpet (Advanced to All-State Jazz Band) - Lebanon Trail
*Sofia Chaho, Horn - Lebanon Trail
*Wyatt Dunham, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Gwen Milette, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Swayamshu Mohanty, Oboe - Lebanon Trail
*Bar Natan, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
*Or Natan, Horn - Lebanon Trail
*Olivia Thomas, Piccolo - Lebanon Trail
*Elaine Xiao, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
*Adam Zhu, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
*Subina Baiju, Clarinet - Liberty
*Eujin Chung, Flute - Liberty
*Grayson Farese, Bass Clarinet - Liberty
*Joshua Graves, Horn - Liberty
*Madison Gray, Horn - Liberty
Salyan Karki, Percussion - Liberty
*Nicole Johnson, Clarinet - Liberty
Hannah Lee, Flute - Liberty
Lauren Maher, Clarinet - Liberty
*Andrey Pridgen, Horn - Liberty
*River Aquino, Bassoon - Lone Star
*Rhys Bulham, Tuba - Lone Star
*Logan Hunt, Tenor Trombone - Lone Star
*Landon Murr, Bassoon - Lone Star
*Ethan Gopez, Percussion - Memorial
Luke Welch, Percussion - Memorial
*Emelie Wu, Clarinet - Memorial
*Ryan Kim, Clarinet - Reedy
*Simeon Varghese, Percussion - Reedy
Jonathan Ye, Percussion - Reedy
Wind Symphony
*Carson Gentry, Tuba - Centennial
Allen Lin, Bass Clarinet - Centennial
Benson Lin, Clarinet - Centennial
Jasmine Lu, Flute - Centennial
John Robert Russell, Euphonium - Centennial
Matthew Vasquez, Tenor Saxophone - Centennial
Andrew Wang, Clarinet - Centennial
Polina Maltseva, Clarinet - Emerson
*Jayden McCall, Euphonium - Emerson
Kristian Ng, Flute - Emerson
*Chloe Rogers, Trumpet - Emerson
*Kaela Senerpida, Flute - Emerson
*Tyler Trahan, Euphonium - Emerson
*Tyler Hermann, Percussion - Frisco
Haneef Ibrahim, Euphonium - Frisco
Evan Kiley, Percussion - Frisco
*Minah Kim, Clarinet - Frisco
Ishana Krishnan, Flute - Frisco
Sarah Paul, Oboe - Frisco
*Olivia Ross, Trumpet - Frisco
*Aidan Yamashiro, Clarinet - Frisco
Anna Adcox, Saxophone - Heritage
Ian Cardenas, Bass Trombone - Heritage
Akshay Iyer, Tuba - Heritage
Aditya Kotaru, Horn - Heritage
Harshitha Mageshkumar, Clarinet - Heritage
Vivaan Sharma, Trombone - Heritage
*Samuel Brooks, Cornet/Trumpet - Independence
Amelia Friedman, Flute - Independence
*Shritan Khammamkar, Bass Clarinet - Independence
Angelina Leng, Clarinet - Independence
Vaishali Sathiyachalam, Piccolo - Independence
Pari Deshpande, Flute - Lebanon Trail
*Harsha Gadiraju, Horn - Lebanon Trail
Varsha Gupta, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
Rohit Katuri, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
Michael Knepler, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
Ethan Mathews, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Claire Nelson, Horn - Lebanon Trail
Bao Nguyen, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
Gianni Pesiri, Bari Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
*Jacob Roco, Percussion - Lebanon Trail
*Karan Sharma, Euphonium - Lebanon Trail
*Bridgette Thomas, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Ellison Zhu, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
*Edward Zhuang, Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Samuel Kim, Flute - Liberty
Kelvin Nguyen, Tenor Trombone - Liberty
Peter Peev, Horn - Liberty
Mia Wright, Tuba - Liberty
Jon DeAnda, Euphonium - Lone Star
Kody Grayson, Tuba - Lone Star
Mithun Mahesh, English Horn - Lone Star
*James Mangusing, Oboe - Lone Star
Garyn Marshall, Horn - Lone Star
Evan Phan, Bass Clarinet - Lone Star
Jeremiah Saguil, Tenor Trombone - Lone Star
Nathan Jones, Clarinet - Memorial
Seth Rugg, Clarinet - Panther Creek
*Caleb Brogren, Bassoon - Reedy
Bryce Freeman, Trombone - Reedy
*Riya Mane, Bassoon - Reedy
*Wyatt Soper, Percussion - Reedy
Sadie Bridge, Flute - Wakeland
*Cooper Hill, Saxophone - Wakeland
*Ella Park, Oboe - Wakeland
Cole Schettler, Horn - Wakeland
Jazz Ensemble
*Armaan Bahl, Baritone Saxophone - Centennial
Madhav Ravikiran, Trumpet - Frisco
Miguel Silguero, Tenor Saxophone - Frisco
Ishaan Thakur, Saxophone - Frisco
Gaurav Sarangi, Saxophone - Heritage
*Gene Adam Anareta, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Andrew Chen, Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Stanley Chuang, Vibes - Lebanon Trail
*Bhargav Dinesh, Tenor Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Bharath Guntaka, Bass Trombone - Lebanon Trail
Jacob Roco, Drums - Lebanon Trail
Karan Sharma, Tenor Trombone - Lebanon Trail
*Bridgette Thomas, Trumpet - LebanonTrail
Justin Chen, Trumpet - Liberty
*Mihir Potdar, Jazz Piano - Liberty
*Ethan An, Bass Trombone - Lone Star
*RIver Aquino, Jazz Piano - Lone Star
Symphonic Band
Brady Hughes, Bass Trombone - Centennial
Tyler Keeton, Trumpet - Centennial
Nick Koepp, Clarinet - Centennial
Rishi Padhy, Clarinet - Centennial
Sanjana Putta, Flute - Centennial
*Caroline Sanders, Bassoon - Centennial
Vedanshi Sreeramoju, Flute - Centennial
Jacob Weber, Bass Trombone - Centennial
Rayan Mirza, Trombone - Emerson
Mason White, Euphonium - Emerson
*Mananya Gupta, Piccolo - Frisco
Riley Huff, Flute - Frisco
Samant Lingala, Bass Clarinet - Frisco
Brianna Mihelich, Clarinet - Frisco
Faith Ryu, Clarinet - Frisco
Dhyani Shah, Flute - Frisco
Brandon Andrzejewski, Trumpet - Heritage
Prajwal Bhat, Percussion - Heritage
Joel Canedo Jr., Trumpet - Heritage
Marianna Delgadillo, Oboe - Heritage
*Justin Wong, Tuba - Heritage
Ayla Bourgault, Eb Clarinet - Independence
Pranav Iyer, Flute - Independence
Yaj Locsin, Bass Clarinet - Independence
Chloe Virden, Clarinet - Independence
Rachael Ye, Flute - Independence
Nicole Burnett, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Andrew Chen, Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Bhargav Dinesh, Tenor Saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Atreya Ghosh, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Kathryn McCoy, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Junhye Min, Flute - Lebanon Trail
Makayla Montee, Horn - Lebanon Trail
Jesse Shin, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Aarush Singh, Bass Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Alton Walker, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
Paula Sanchez Albornoz, Clarinet - Liberty
Sebastian Ferman, Horn - Lone Star
Vinay Gupta, Cornet/Trumpet - Lone Star
Tyler Martinez, Baritone Saxophone - Lone Star
Arhaan Nisar, Flute - Lone Star
Sibhi Rajan, Horn - Lone Star
John Seeley, Clarinet - Lone Star
Kingston Solecki, Cornet/Trumpet - Lone Star
Kris Stottlemire, Euphonium - Lone Star
Anthony Green, Horn - Memorial
Noah Philip, Saxophone - Memorial
Kaegan Rose, Horn - Memorial
Anna McPeek, Clarinet - Reedy
Aryan Rajpal, Percussion - Reedy
Priya Ramotar, Flute - Reedy
Max Roemer, Euphonium - Reedy
*Jake Roeren, Trombone - Reedy
Ethan Seibert Venable, Tuba - Reedy
Iniya Vidyashankar, Flute - Reedy
*Brandon Yeh, Trombone - Reedy
Andrew Antoun, Horn - Wakeland
Sam Arcanya, Clarinet - Wakeland
Isabelle Hay, Euphonium - Wakeland
Benjamin Miller, Bassoon - Wakeland
Hayden Ratermann, Oboe - Wakeland
Isabella Singleton, Horn - Wakeland
Concert Band
Seth Adams, Tenor Saxophone - Centennial
Gauri Agrawal, Bass Clarinet - Centennial
Armaan Bahl, Baritone Saxophone - Centennial
Vasant Balamraju, Flute - Centennial
Heetal Binwani, Flute - Centennial
Bella Howard, Flute - Centennial
Meenu Ramkumar, Bass Clarinet - Centennial
Vishal Thyagarajan, Clarinet - Centennial
Uta Ashida, Percussion - Emerson
Carter Kindla, Euphonium - Emerson
Leonie Manafa, Horn - Emerson
Eshaan Shaik, Euphonium - Emerson
Rahul Thokala, Tuba - Emerson
Laksh Gulati, Horn - Frisco
Adrian Alvarez, Clarinet - Heritage
Chapin Barnard, Trombone - Heritage
Ruby Chetty, Horn - Heritage
Chloe Lee, Piccolo - Heritage
Aiden Moulder, Percussion - Heritage
Easton Kilburn, Horn - Independence
Amrutha Kothakota, Flute - Independence
Emery Maxwell, Flute - Independence
Nethrashri Ramesh, Piccolo - Independence
Deetya Verma, Flute - Independence
Sofia Beltran, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Chelsia Che, Flute - Lebanon Trail
Morgan Cross, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Reed Davidson, Percussion - Lebanon Trail
JT Erickson, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Jake McCoy, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
Seth Myrick, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Izabelle Nasits, Flute - Lebanon Trail
Sean Park, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Erin Reidel, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
Timothy Shin, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Chase Skender, Percussion - Lebanon Trail
Grant Stephens, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Megan Wang, Horn - Lebanon Trail
Rachel Chang, Clarinet - Liberty
Vibha Immedisetty, English Horn - Liberty
Arya Varda, Clarinet - Liberty
Ethan An, Bass Trombone - Lone Star
Preston Applegate, Tenor Trombone - Lone Star
Aubrie Fuller, Clarinet - Lone Star
Aaron Gambs, Clarinet - Lone Star
Cameron Hazzard, Cornet/Trumpet - Lone Star
Grace Leali, Tenor Trombone - Lone Star
Alice Ramirez-Garcia, Clarinet - Lone Star
Evan Sosbee, Saxophone - Lone Star
Parsa Kazemi, Clarinet - Memorial
Kate Morris, Clarinet - Memorial
Ayush Pai, Percussion - Memorial
Brianna Rausch, Clarinet - Memorial
Chase Baxter, Euphonium - Panther Creek
Archit Balabhadrapatruni, Percussion - Reedy
Sam Kim, Tuba - Reedy
Suhani Ramesh Kumar, Bassoon - Reedy
Timi Oduleye, Trumpet - Reedy
Skyler Schultze, Trombone - Reedy
Samantha Noorian, Horn - Wakeland
Evon Scheurich, Clarinet - Wakeland
Maaz Shamim, Saxophone - Wakeland
Paul Toomey, Trombone - Wakeland
Hayden Vedra, Trumpet - Wakeland
Scarlett Whitsell, Trumpet - Wakeland
Ninth Grade Band
Arianna Liu, Flute - Centennial
Chase Nelson, Trumpet - Centennial
Avril Park, Flute - Centennial
Adhit Pericherla, Bassoon - Centennial
Alicia Pulgarin, Oboe - Centennial
Adjoa Wilson, Bass Clarinet - Centennial
Andrew Despain, Bassoon - Emerson
Bella Kong, Flute - Emerson
Abhin Sivakumar, Tuba - Emerson
Steve Do, Horn - Frisco
Kellen Trice, Flute - Frisco
Ronit Bhadra, Oboe - Heritage
Adit Roy Choudhury, Trombone - Heritage
Shaan Patel, Baritone Saxophone - Heritage
Noah Russo, Trumpet - Heritage
San Vyas, Trombone - Heritage
Sumedh Aditya Kanadhibhotla, Saxophone - Independence
Mia Arroyo, Clarinet - Independence
Caroline Hinkson, Piccolo - Independence
James Walker, Saxophone - Independence
Rosemary Chen, Bassoon - Lebanon Trail
TJ Dube, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Ananya Kulkarni, Clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Logan McManus, Tuba - Lebanon Trail
Jessie Mirike, Trombone - Lebanon Trail
Ananth Muralidharan, Percussion - Lebanon Trail
Rishivel Pasupathy, Euphonium - Lebanon Trail
Caleb Roderick, Horn - Lebanon Trail
Teena Thomas, Trumpet - Lebanon Trail
James Zheng, Percussion - Lebanon Trail
Mason Bentley, Tenor Trombone - Liberty
Kanad Bhandarkar, Baritone Saxophone - Liberty
Arjun Dammalapati, Tenor Saxophone - Liberty
Danila Melnikov, Euphonium - Liberty
Somy Nagda, Bass Clarinet - Liberty
Jonathan Nguyen, Clarinet - Liberty
Daniel Barbarin, Bass Clarinet - Lone Star
Dylan Henderson, Horn - Lone Star
Noah Hewitt, Cornet/Trumpet - Lone Star
David Hyatt, Tuba - Lone Star
Hayden Keiser, Clarinet - Lone Star
Ryan Martin, Tenor Trombone - Lone Star
Marcelo Rivera, Cornet/Trumpet - Lone Star
Samantha Salinas, Flute - Lone Star
Brayden Beene, Percussion - Memorial
William Folkmann, Tenor Trombone - Memorial
Ada Olcay, Clarinet - Memorial
Reed Ratner, Euphonium - Memorial
Josiah Alexander, Horn - Panther Creek
Dhanya Casavaraju, Flute - Panther Creek
Luke Rugg, Trumpet - Panther Creek
Salvador Sanchez, Euphonium - Panther Creek
Jude Andrion, Percussion - Reedy
Ethan Kadivi, Tuba - Reedy
Madison Lam, Clarinet - Reedy
Shriya Madugula, Flute - Reedy
Kamila Reyes, Flute - Reedy
Abigail Smitherman, Clarinet - Reedy
Ishaan Satija, Clarinet - Reedy
Claire Beaird, Trumpet - Wakeland
Trip Hayes, Horn - Wakeland
Nina Kamo, Percussion - Wakeland
Mila Londono, Clarinet - Wakeland
Benjamin Wolfe, Clarinet - Wakeland