Congratulations to the hundreds of band students who earned a place in a prestigious TMEA All-Region ensemble.
Over 290 Frisco ISD high school band students have earned a place in TMEA All-Region bands or jazz ensembles.
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. Amid a busy marching band season and 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.
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.
By the numbers
Ninth Grade Band - 40 musicians
Concert Band - 63 musicians
Symphonic Band - 64 musicians
Jazz Ensembles - 20 musicians
Wind Symphony - 70 musicians
Wind Ensemble - 43 musicians
Percussion Ensemble - 6 musicians
Performed in an All-Region Orchestra - 62 musicians
Students in All-Region Band or All-Region Jazz - 296
Advancing to Area - 74 musicians
Congratulations to these incredible musicians and their directors!
*Advancing to Area
^Made an All-Region Orchestra
Wind Ensemble
*Subina Baiju, Bb clarinet - Liberty
*^Claire Beaird, trumpet - Wakeland
*Ziyad Chunawala, alto saxophone - Reedy
*^Austin Crouch, trumpet - Emerson
*^Aiden Dellos, Bb clarinet - Heritage
*^Wyatt Dunham, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*^Angie Fei, flute - Liberty
*^Noah Freeman, French horn - Lone Star
*^Aaron Gambs, Bb clarinet - Lone Star
*^Vidyuth Ganesh, bass trombone - Panther Creek
^Noah Hewitt, trumpet - Lone Star
Oscar Ibanez, percussion - Heritage
*^Akshay Iyer, tuba - Heritage
*Jack Johnson, euphonium - Reedy
Nathan Jones, Bb clarinet - Memorial
*Shritan Khammamkar, bass clarinet - Independence
*Ethan Kim, euphonium - Liberty
^Jayden Kim, Bb clarinet, Independence
*^Nicholas Koepp, Bb clarinet - Centennial
*^Zeynep Kurt, piccolo - Emerson
*^Serena Leng, French horn - Independence
*^Garyn Marshall, French horn - Lone Star
*^Jake McCoy, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
*^Anna McPeek, Bb clarinet - Reedy
*Brianna Mihelich, Eb clarinet - Frisco
*^Swayamshu Mohanty, oboe - Lebanon Trail
*^Jake Montee, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
*^Anish Paduchuri, bass clarinet - Emerson
*Adarsh Patil, tuba - Memorial
*^Hayden Ratermann, oboe - Wakeland
Brianna Rausch, Bb clarinet - Memorial
^Suhaib Sabir, trumpet - Liberty
*^Robert Schettler, French horn - Wakeland
*^Darshan Senthil Kumar, bassoon - Independence
*^Vivaan Sharma, tenor trombone - Heritage
*^Eden Shin, Bb clarinet - Emerson
*^Chase Skender, percussion - Lebanon Trail
*^Navdeep Suresh Kumar, bassoon - Liberty
*^David Timpani, French horn - Lebanon Trail
*^Scarlett Whitsell, trumpet - Wakeland
*^Simeon Varghese, percussion - Reedy
*^Rachael Ye, flute - Independence
*Huanzhi Zhou, contra-bass clarinet - Centennial
Percussion Ensemble
Jude Andrion, percussion - Reedy
Lucas Goode, percussion - Wakeland
Ireland Jackson, percussion - Wakeland
Owen Larkin, percussion - Memorial
Arya Mohan, percussion - Centennial
Yves Shkolnikov, percussion - Memorial
Wind Symphony
^Josiah Alexander, French horn - Panther Creek
*Benjamin Alldredge, euphonium - Wakeland
Zariah Amilcar, flute - Emerson
Samrat Baiju, alto saxophone - Liberty
Noel Benny, baritone saxophone - Liberty
^Datta Bulusu, percussion - Frisco
Nicole Burnett, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Santiago Castano Bello, tenor saxophone - Heritage
*Carlos Castro, percussion - Panther Creek
*^Andrew Despain, bassoon - Emerson
^Wes Dunford, percussion - Lebanon Trail
^Sam Farquhar, tenor trombone - Reedy
*William Folkmann, tenor trombone - Memorial
Liam Greene, tuba - Lebanon Trail
*^Mananya Gupta, piccolo - Frisco
Saket Gurrapu, French horn - Centennial
^Ronald Hayes III, French horn - Wakeland
Claire Hill, euphonium - Wakeland
Yejun Kang, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Doyun Kim, Bb clarinet - Emerson
*Minah Kim, Bb clarinet - Frisco
*^Shiloh Kim, oboe - Lebanon Trail
Taehee Kim, piccolo - Lebanon Trail
Aditya Kotaru, French horn - Heritage
Amrutha Kothakota, flute - Independence
^Andrew Lehman, trumpet - Lone Star
Samant Lingala, bass clarinet - Frisco
^Rocky Lozano, French horn - Wakeland
^Chetan Mandadapu, euphonium - Centennial
Nicholas Manzanares, Bb clarinet - Reedy
^Ryan Martin, tenor trombone - Lone Star
Danila Melnikov, euphonium - Liberty
*^Benjamin Miller, bassoon - Wakeland
^Makayla Montee, French horn - Lebanon Trail
^Lochlain Morris, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Seth Myrick, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Somy Nagda, bass clarinet - Liberty
Mariana Nakano, Bb clarinet - Emerson
^Kristian Ng, flute - Emerson
*^Yohan Nguimfack, bassoon - Reedy
*Kelvin Nguyen, tenor trombone - Liberty
*^Peter Peev, French horn - Liberty
*Gianni Pesiri, baritone saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Sri Prabhav Dulla, contra-bass clarinet - Heritage
Sasha Reddoch, percussion - Reedy
*Matthew Rutter, percussion - Lone Star
Samantha Salinas, flute - Lone Star
*Ankh Samdaria, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Paula Sanchez Albornoz, Bb clarinet - Liberty
Ishaan Satija, Bb clarinet - Reedy
Sid Setti, Bb clarinet - Liberty
*Dhyani Shah, flute - Frisco
*Maaz Shamim, alto saxophone - Wakeland
^Keshika Sharma, flute - Emerson
Tucker Shepard, Bb clarinet - Centennial
Abhin Sivakumar, tuba - Emerson
Kingston Solecki, trumpet - Lone Star
Rohit Sullia, percussion - Heritage
^Dylan Taruc, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
Teena Thomas, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Gavin Tran, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
*Kellen Trice, flute - Frisco
*Deetya Verma, flute - Independence
*^Drew Walton, bass trombone - Memorial
Jacob Weber, bass trombone - Centennial
Harry Whitsell, trumpet - Wakeland
Otto Wilcock, tuba - Centennial
Benjamin Wolfe, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
*^Andrew Xiao, French horn - Lebanon Trail
^Brandon Yeh, tenor trombone - Reedy
Symphonic Band
Chita Ashida, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Texas Bailey, tenor trombone - Centennial
Mahir Bozdag, tenor trombone - Wakeland
Alex Brown, oboe - Lone Star
Hasini Chapa, tenor trombone - Panther Creek
*^Rosemary Chen, bassoon - Lebanon Trail
Chase Christensen, bass trombone - Independence
Gilan Codrington, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Mateo Cortez, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Ryan Cotton, French horn - Emerson
Speranza Coyle-Cross, trumpet - Reedy
Aidan Crooks, flute - Heritage
Zaid Essayed, euphonium - Centennial
*Anthony Green, French horn - Memorial
David Hyatt, tuba - Lone Star
Yennah Jeon, flute - Emerson
Hayden Kaiser, Bb clarinet - Lone Star
Benjamin Kallus, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
Parsa Kazemi, Bb clarinet - Memorial
^Adriana Khaleghi, French horn - Reedy
^Brian Kim, oboe - Centennial
Taewoo Kim, bass clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Erin Lee, flute - Reedy
Lucas Lyon, euphonium - Lone Star
Coral Madden, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
Estevan Magana, percussion - Memorial
Arnav Mahajan, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Sohan Manjunath, tuba - Independence
Logan McManus, tuba - Lebanon Trail
Ashlyn Michaelson, flute - Lone Star
Jacob Molnar, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Srikar Munagala, Bb clarinet - Lone Star
Joely Murphy, flute - Reedy
Devayani Nagabhushan, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Trisha Nair, flute - Lone Star
Pranati Nemalikanti, Bb clarinet - Heritage
Ethan Nguyen, trumpet - Independence
Xanth Oden, bass clarinet - Emerson
Carli Olvera, tuba - Centennial
Avril Park, flute - Centennial
Ansh Pathak, percussion - Heritage
Judson Prasifka, French horn - Heritage
Sasha Pryadkin, Bb clarinet - Emerson
*Ranjana Ram, English horn - Centennial
Nethrashri Ramesh, piccolo - Independence
Chloe Ross, percussion - Wakeland
Luke Rugg, trumpet - Panther Creek
Noah Russo, trumpet - Heritage
Caleb Ryu, alto saxophone - Frisco
Faith Ryu, Bb clarinet - Frisco
Emerson Sabulsky, bass clarinet - Centennial
^Yashas Saride, percussion - Centennial
Sahishnu Sathish, tenor saxophone - Independence
Boston-Richard Solidon, euphonium - Centennial
Om Thandapani, euphonium - Heritage
Rahul Thokala, tuba - Emerson
^Cayden Uldrich, bassoon - Wakeland
Noah Volpe, tenor trombone - Independence
Neha Vommi, trumpet - Heritage
Alex Walker, alto saxophone - Independence
Yukie Wang, flute - Liberty
Mason White, euphonium - Emerson
Adjoa Wilson, bass clarinet - Centennial
Connor Yun, baritone saxophone - Memorial
Concert Band
Sidon Abraham, euphonium - Memorial
Teymur Aliyev, trumpet - Heritage
^Rohan Bansal, percussion - Liberty
Daniel Barbarin, bass clarinet - Lone Star
Mahathi Baskar, flute - Emerson
Grayson Bell, bassoon - Centennial
Cameron Benavides, euphonium - Liberty
McKoen Black, percussion - Heritage
Marissa Bordere, Bb clarinet - Frisco
Trent Bourdier, trumpet - Reedy
Jelena Camasura, Bb clarinet - Independence
Caleb Choi, percussion - Memorial
Stephen Choy, baritone saxophone - Independence
Grace Clark, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
Isaac Elisafidis, tenor trombone - Lone Star
Zoe Elisafidis, French horn - Lone Star
Mateo Fernandez-Osorio, percussion - Memorial
Tyler Fields, bassoon - Lone Star
Ava Funderburk, flute - Memorial
Nandini Guduru, flute - Heritage
Kinsey Hardwick, piccolo - Wakeland
Eeston Howard, tuba - Reedy
Matthew Hung, Bb clarinet - Liberty
Aditya Jahagirdar, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Tyler Jensen, bass trombone - Heritage
Ethan Jin, alto saxophone - Emerson
Arshia Jokar, flute - Emerson
Aryan Khurana, euphonium - Reedy
Ye-Ri Kim, flute - Emerson
Abirami Koteeswaran, piccolo - Heritage
Max Larkin, flute - Memorial
Hank Li, trumpet - Frisco
Pranitha Mantrala, French horn - Emerson
Henry Massey, tuba - Emerson
Aiden Mathew, French horn - Frisco
Riley Mcknight, French horn - Reedy
Zachary McMahan, trumpet - Reedy
Jessie Mirike, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
Shaunak Misra, euphonium - Liberty
Varsha Muthukumaraswamy, flute - Reedy
Elise Nelson, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
Adaeze Ozuah, Bb clarinet - Memorial
Ashley Park, flute - Liberty
Sarah Paul, oboe - Frisco
Krishna Perneti, trumpet - Liberty
Mihir Potdar, Bb clarinet - Liberty
Zoe Price, English horn - Lone Star
Aryan Rajpal, percussion - Reedy
Guy Richey, tenor trombone - Wakeland
Truman Royal, trumpet - Emerson
Aneesh Sarda, French horn - Lebanon Trail
Ryan Schnelle, French horn - Wakeland
Abhay Singh, tuba - Wakeland
Kirsten Smith, bass clarinet - Emerson
Abigail Smitherman, Bb clarinet - Reedy
Advaith Goud Sirisanagandla, tuba - Lone Star
Janhavi Swaminathan, bassoon - Liberty
Olivia Trahan, French horn - Emerson
Ishaan Tripathi, alto saxophone - Centennial
George Washington-Hajnal, tenor trombone - Memorial
XinRan Yan, flute - Emerson
Josh Yeoh, percussion - Centennial
Landon Yu, euphonium - Centennial
Jazz Ensembles
Noel Benny, baritone saxophone - Liberty
*Nicholas Brooks, alto saxophone - Liberty
Santiago Castano-Bello, tenor saxophone - Heritage
Wyatt Dunham, trumpet - Lebanon Trail
*Mateo Fernandez-Osorio, percussion - Memorial
Shiva Ganeshprabu, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Rhys Green, bass trombone - Lone Star
Oscar Ibanez, percussion - Heritage
*Caleb Kim, jazz guitar - Lebanon Trail
Zachary Leslie, bass guitar - Lebanon Trail
Mina Merritt, jazz piano - Frisco
*Jacob Molnar, tenor saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Jake Montee, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
*Ananth Muralidharan, drums - Lebanon Trail
*Gianni Pesiri, baritone saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Noah Russo, trumpet - Heritage
*Suhaib Sabir, trumpet - Liberty
Alice Sanders, jazz guitar - Liberty
*Madeline Sanders, bass guitar - Liberty
*Garrett Sewick, jazz piano - Heritage
9th Grade All-Region Band
Aarush Annangi, Bb clarinet - Independence
Aamir Ansari, alto saxophone - Emerson
Kamlesh Bhavsar, tenor trombone - Heritage
Abby Belknap, Bb clarinet - Wakeland
Bridget Bennett, trumpet - Emerson
Matthew Biggs, tuba - Lebanon Trail
Drew Bolton, alto saxophone - Lebanon Trail
Jessica Chung, flute - Emerson
Bradley Despain, bass clarinet - Emerson
Lucas Dunn, percussion - Emerson
Jasmine Fang, flute - Reedy
Hima Guntupalli, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Lucie He, flute - Frisco
Sofia Hernandez, flute - Reedy
Abhiram Indlamuri, euphonium - Emerson
Ishaan Jaiswal, euphonium - Reedy
Ormi Jinka, flute - Emerson
Nishanth Kamal, Bb clarinet - Centennial
Kaaviya Karthikeyan, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Rory Keating, French horn - Centennial
Parker Kennedy, trumpet - Emerson
Lilly Lee, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Yeshwanth Maheshkumar, baritone saxophone - Emerson
Rithika Manoharan, tenor trombone - Heritage
Isaac Mathew, tenor trombone - Independence
Nathan McGee, Bb clarinet - Reedy
Veer Merlapaku, bass clarinet - Lone Star
Lakshmi Nenavath, flute - Lebanon Trail
Toby Okor, Bb clarinet - Lebanon Trail
Ryan Oxford, euphonium - Memorial
Maharth Patel, French horn - Independence
Carys Prentice, Bb clarinet - Emerson
Grey Richardson, trumpet - Wakeland
Aryan Roy, percussion - Liberty
Charles Russell, tuba - Centennial
Soham Shekhawat, oboe - Centennial
Adya Singh, tenor trombone - Lebanon Trail
Grant Staley, French horn - Reedy
Emilia Wilson, euphonium - Wakeland
Owen Xie, alto saxophone - Emerson
Also advanced to All-Area Audition
Erik Barnett, contra-bassoon - Lone Star
Abhiram Gutha, tenor saxophone - Emerson
Jackson Henderson, trumpet - Lone Star
Jubilee Shaw, bassoon - Wakeland