These talented musicians will perform in concert Dec. 13, as they advance in the TMEA All-State audition process.

By Rachel McReynolds

High school orchestra students across Frisco ISD recently auditioned for seats on the Texas Music Educators Association's Region 24 All-Region ensembles, with 175 earning a spot and three others moving straight to state auditions.

These young performers prepared their pieces for months in anticipation of the audition, in the first step of several on the road to All-State recognition. Thanks to the District’s student opportunity model, hundreds of students audition for TMEA ensembles as part of expanded access to fine arts extracurriculars.

Students will perform as part of three All-Region orchestra ensembles Dec. 13 at McKinney High School.

Also performing in All-Region orchestras will be wind and percussion students who qualify as part of their own All-Region process in early December.

The District celebrates these students’ hard work and dedication to their craft. Congratulations!

Symphony Orchestra

Micah Anderson, cello - Panther Creek
Ananya Balakrishnan, harp - Heritage
Aditi Battiprolu, harp - Centennial
Charlize Bui, viola - Lebanon Trail
Katherine Bustetter, violin - Centennial
Brie Cai, violin - Frisco
Jeremy Cha, violin - Independence
Alice Chiu, violin - Wakeland
Alayna Cho, cello - Frisco
Steve Cho, violin - Reedy
Carson Cummings, viola - Wakeland
Vaibhav Dharmasoth, viola - Heritage
Akshith Doddi, violin - Memorial
Ryan Dugan, viola - Lebanon Trail
Hongbo Fang, violin - Centennial
Sophie Fu, violin - Reedy
Tanya Fu, violin - Liberty
Yuna Hanaki, violin - Reedy
Megan Hou, violin - Liberty
Felicia Huang, violin - Wakeland
Junehyuk Jang, cello - Reedy
Ellen Jeong, cello - Panther Creek
Ignatius Kang, violin - Liberty
Andrew Kim, violin - Liberty
Anna Kim, violin - Lebanon Trail
Jimin Kim, violin - Lebanon Trail
Skylar Kim, viola - Lebanon Trail
Abhinav Kulkarni, cello - Heritage
Justin Kwok, viola - Lebanon Trail
Victoria Lau, viola - Centennial
Jian Lee, violin - Wakeland
Chuming Li, viola - Centennial
Jason Li, cello - Emerson
Thomas Liew, viola - Independence
Edward Lu, violin - Emerson
Ted Ma, violin - Lone Star
Jonathan Mich, viola - Reedy
Nathan Minn, violin - Lebanon Trail
Elizabeth Mullican, bass - Liberty
Sahana Narasimhan, violin - Emerson
Karley Oh, bass - Frisco
Joseph Paik, cello - Wakeland
Jiyu Park, viola - Emerson
Laksh Pilla, bass - Heritage
Omare Pittman, violin - Independence
Claire Seo, violin - Centennial
Gabriela Servigna, bass - Heritage
Claire Shin, violin - Lebanon Trail
Natalie Shin, violin - Lebanon Trail
Aditya Sivakumar, cello - Centennial
Junhyuk Song, cello - Liberty
Vaghul Srivallaban, viola - Independence
Rishab Srivatsan, viola - Liberty
Andrew Sun, cello - Lebanon Trail
Sathvik Surisetty, bass - Reedy
Frederick Tak, violin - Panther Creek
Michelle Tang, cello - Liberty
Pranav Thoppay, violin - Frisco
Coen Tsuda, viola - Wakeland
Katelyn Vu, violin - Panther Creek
Emily Wang, violin - Reedy
Koen Wang, bass - Heritage
Aiden Wi, violin - Lebanon Trail
Jonathan Withrow, cello - Wakeland
Mathias Wong, violin - Liberty
Kevin Xu, violin - Liberty
Daniel Yi, cello - Reedy
Callie Yim, violin - Liberty
Tori Yim, violin - Liberty
Amanda Yin, violin - Wakeland

Philharmonic Orchestra

Meghana Aduri, violin - Heritage
Christopher An, harp - Centennial
Keerti Arun, viola - Reedy
Pradyot Bhat, cello - Independence
Jacob Brock, bass - Memorial
Bella Cai, violin - Frisco
Madelyn Carreon, cello - Heritage
Ezra Chen, viola - Centennial
Jason Eom, violin - Heritage
Rebecca Feng, violin - Liberty
Lukas Funderburk, cello - Memorial
Amaan Ghalib, cello - Heritage
Yuhan Gu, violin - Centennial
Shreyas Gudivada, violin - Reedy
Advika Harihar, viola - Reedy
Jayden Jeong, violin - Panther Creek
Alina Ji, cello - Liberty
Aiden Joo, cello - Heritage
Trisha Kholay, viola - Centennial
Bryan Kim, viola - Reedy
Haeun Kim, piano - Centennial
Hamin Kim, violin - Centennial
Julie Kim, violin - Lone Star
Aashish Koduru, violin - Independence
Amit Koduru, violin - Independence
Jayden Koid, violin - Heritage
Audrey Le, cello - Emerson
Amy Lee, viola - Reedy
Cheng Jing Lee, bass - Liberty
Noah Lee, cello - Heritage
Ethan Liu, violin - Liberty
Abhay Nampoothiri, violin - Frisco
Ryan Nguyen, violin - Liberty
Isabelle Njoku, bass - Liberty
Isabel Paik, violin - Wakeland
Naomi Permana, violin - Liberty
Aditya Pradhan, violin - Independence
Aditya Rao Udupi, violin - Independence
Sofia Schulz, bass - Lone Star
Sohan Shah, harp - Lebanon Trail
Mark Shi, violin - Lebanon Trail
Joshua Slate, bass - Emerson
Enze Wang, viola - Frisco
Aedan Wheat, bass - Frisco
Zhanghe Xu, viola - Liberty
Matthew Yap, violin - Lone Star
Cayden Yim, violin - Independence
Angela Yin, cello - Reedy
Aiden Yoon, cello - Wakeland
Stephanie Yu, harp - Centennial
Aiwen Zhang, violin - Wakeland
Hengrui Zhao, cello - Wakeland
Brian Zhou, violin - Independence

String Orchestra

Keerthana Aduri, violin - Heritage
Vahin Sriram Ashok, cello - Centennial
Saharsh Avula, violin - Memorial
Sinai Belete, violin - Heritage
Archit Bhargava, viola - Panther Creek
Andrew Cho, harp - Reedy
Ella Coburn, bass - Heritage
Alessandra Constantino, bass - Heritage
Manasvi Dasari, harp - Liberty
Ojas Dharwada, cello - Heritage
Mark Dubouski, cello - Wakeland
Jihoon Eom, violin - Heritage
Mahi Gangal, violin - Centennial
Kaustubh Gorla, violin - Heritage
Varish Goshike, bass - Reedy
Pranav Gundu, violin - Heritage
Brandon Hoang, violin - Independence
Phil Jeon, violin - Centennial
Hajoon Jung, cello - Reedy
Yohan Kallungal, violin - Wakeland
Jayden Kim, cello - Reedy
Yeshwin Kothamasu, viola - Heritage
Aaditya Kulkarni, cello - Heritage
Bao Le, violin - Memorial
Hayul Lee, viola - Emerson
Taeyoon Lee, cello - Wakeland
Sachin Madhusudhanan, bass - Emerson
Hasitha Nallan, viola - Emerson
Saket Parayil, cello - Reedy
Aarian Poddar, violin - Reedy
Ajay Prakash, violin - Emerson
Anagha Puli, violin - Independence
Arushi Puri, viola - Reedy
Matthew Quach, violin - Liberty
Francisco Quintero Garcia, violin - Reedy
Advaith Rameswamy, viola - Independence
Arjun Rameswamy, violin - Independence
Roshan Pandey, violin - Independence
Ritoja Sengupta, viola - Panther Creek
Elizabeth Sha, viola - Centennial
Eliana Shim, violin - Frisco
Sahas Shimoga, violin - Reedy
Hudson Smith, cello - Heritage
Avni Sood, violin - Lebanon Trail
Aaradhana Srinivasan, violin - Liberty
Shakti Subramanian, cello - Centennial
Hunter White, harp - Lone Star
Brielle Wright, viola - Heritage
Brandi Wu, viola - Reedy
Sahana Yogesh, violin - Lebanon Trail
Nathan Zhang, cello - Liberty

Moving straight to All-State audition

Vir Gandhi, harp - Liberty
Pranav Krishnan, harp - Independence
Mark Shi, piano - Lebanon Trail