High school orchestra students across Frisco ISD recently auditioned for seats on the Texas Music Educators Association's Region 24 All-Region ensembles, with 170 earning a spot.

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. 12 at 4 p.m. at McKinney High School.

Wind and percussion students who qualify through their own All-Region process in early December will also perform in All-Region orchestras.

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

Symphony Orchestra

Micah Anderson, cello - Panther Creek

Zhou Andrew, cello - Emerson

Aditi Battiprolu, harp - Centennial

Saahas Bhari, harp - Independence

Kedar Bhaskara, viola - Independence

Pradyot Bhat, cello - Independence

Madelyn Carreon, cello - Heritage

Ishita Challa, violin - Independence

Alice Chiu, violin - Wakeland

Vaibhav Dharmasoth, viola - Heritage

Ojas Dharwada, cello - Heritage

Kevin Dong, violin - Centennial

Ryan Dugan, viola - Lebanon Trail

Rebecca Feng, violin - Liberty

Tanya Fu, violin - Liberty

Amaan Ghalib, cello - Heritage

Yuna Hanaki, violin - Reedy

Felicia Huang, violin - Wakeland

Eugene Jang, violin - Emerson

Junehyuk Jang, cello - Reedy

Jayden Jeong, violin - Panther Creek

Jennie Jo, violin - Lebanon Trail

Aiden Joo, cello - Heritage

Seung-hyun Jung, violin - Liberty

Trisha Kholay, viola - Centennial

Eunho Kim, violin - Liberty

Hamin Kim, violin - Centennial

Jimin Kim, violin - Lebanon Trail

Jiwoo Kim, violin - Lebanon Trail

Skylar Kim, viola - Lebanon Trail

Yeshwin Kothamasu, viola - Heritage

Justin Kwok, viola - Lebanon Trail

Victoria Lau, viola - Centennial

Jason Li, cello - Emerson

Thomas Liew, viola - Independence

Edward Lu, violin - Emerson

Sophie Markov, violin - Heritage

Jonathan Mich, viola - Reedy

Sahana Narasimhan, viola - Emerson

Isabelle Njoku, bass - Liberty

Isabel Paik, violin - Wakeland

Joseph Paik, cello - Wakeland

Oviya Rasu, violin - Lebanon Trail

Sofia Schulz, bass - Lone Star

Claire Seo, violin - Centennial

Justin Sheu, violin - Liberty

Claire Shin, violin - Lebanon Trail

Natalie Shin, violin - Lebanon Trail

Vaghul Srivallaban, viola - Independence

Rishab Srivatsan, viola - Liberty

Frederick Tak, viola - Panther Creek

Emile Tiagunov, cello - Independence

Katelyn Vu, violin - Panther Creek

Koen Wang, string bass - Heritage

Kevin Xu, violin - Liberty

Mia Yamashita, violin - Liberty

Amanda Yin, violin - Wakeland

Angela Yin, cello - Reedy

Nathan Zhang, cello - Liberty

Hengrui Zhao, cello - Wakeland

Philharmonic Orchestra

Keerthana Aduri, violin - Heritage

Akhil Aluru, harp - Centennial

Keerti Arun, viola - Reedy

Michael Benny, violin - Liberty

Kyle Chen, violin - Lebanon Trail

Cathy Cheng, cello - Lebanon Trail

Christopher Chiu, cello - Wakeland

Haneul Cho, violin - Panther Creek

Young Joon Cho, violin - Reedy

Aadee Doshi, violin - Centennial

Jason Eom, violin - Heritage

Kaustubh Gorla, violin - Heritage

Varish Goshike, string bass - Reedy

Armaan Gupta, viola - Centennial

Eugene Han, viola - Liberty

Dhruv Hari Prasad, violin - Emerson

Brandon Hoang, violin - Independence

Alina Ji, cello - Liberty

Grace Kang, harp - Wakeland

Ignatius Kang, violin - Liberty

Ari Kim, cello - Reedy

Bryan Kim, viola - Reedy

Haeun Kim, piano - Centennial

Hajun Kim, violin - Emerson

Audrey Le, cello - Emerson

William Leung, viola - Emerson

Anya Liu, harp - Liberty

Maxwell Millar, cello - Independence

Ella Min, viola - Centennial

Shreyans Mishra, piano - Liberty

Elly Mullican, bass - Liberty

Ryan Nguyen, violin - Liberty

Jiyu Park, viola - Emerson

Naomi Permana, violin - Liberty

Laksh Pilla, string bass - Heritage

Kavya Prasad, cello - Liberty

Aditya Rao Udupi, violin - Independence

Sounak Sen, violin - Reedy

Mark Shi, violin - Lebanon Trail

Christian Sim, violin - Centennial

Advit Singh, violin - Centennial

Pamela Song, cello - Centennial

Shakti Subramanian, cello - Centennial

Justin Thiodore, cello - Reedy

Vedant Vignesh, viola - Lebanon Trail

Aiden Wi, violin - Lebanon Trail

Zhanghe Xu, viola - Liberty

Emily Yeoh, violin - Centennial

Nysha Yerramsetti, harp - Independence

Sahana Yogesh, violin - Lebanon Trail

Aiden Yoon, cello - Wakeland

Liam Yoon, violin - Wakeland

Hyunseung Yu, cello - Liberty

Audrey Yuen, violin - Emerson

String Orchestra

Ishaan Agarwal, violin - Liberty

Sharanya Banerjee, violin - Panther Creek

Abhirath Bhagavatula, cello - Reedy

Sana Bhukke, viola - Reedy

Colin Chambers, cello - Centennial

Rebecca Cherian, cello - Centennial

Taylor Cui, violin - Lone Star

Evan Dugger, harp - Wakeland

Dhruva Essa, viola - Independence

Zori George, violin - Emerson

Aanya Gopal, harp - Centennial

Pranietha Gopinath, cello - Reedy

Maggie Gormley, cello - Centennial

Ehan Gupta, viola - Reedy

Vibhasini Jaikumar, viola - Independence

Rithvik Kamesh, violin - Liberty

Mahika Karthik, violin - Lone Star

Rishabh Kasera, cello - Centennial

Sreenidhi Kesiboyana, violin - Liberty

Ian Kim, string bass - Reedy

Drake Kwak, cello - Wakeland

Elle Kwon, viola - Wakeland

Ethan Leung, cello - Reedy

Katherine Li, violin - Lone Star

Shuchen Liu, violin - Reedy

Stephanie Lu, viola - Lebanon Trail

Emily Lu, harp - Lebanon Trail

Pranav Mageshkumar, viola - Heritage

Nicolas Martinez, violin - Centennial

Isabella Menendez, cello - Heritage

Siddharth Namuduri, violin - Heritage

Alexandra Nikolaytchev, bass - Wakeland

Prahlad Parama, viola - Independence

Rachel Paul, violin - Wakeland

Rithvik Pillai, cello - Liberty

Anika Rajpal, viola - Reedy

Averie Rissing, cello - Heritage

Yusur Robaei, violin - Reedy

Venisha Sharma, violin - Centennial

Madhumaya Shenoy, cello - Panther Creek

Gianna Shorts, violin - Heritage

Dhruv Singh, viola - Centennial

Dhruv Srinivas, violin - Heritage

Sudhiksha Sriraman, violin - Centennial

Shreeya Subramanian, violin - Centennial

Paanini Veerubhotla, viola - Heritage

Pavan Vellanki, violin - Heritage

Sumedha Vinesh, bass - Panther Creek

Aryan Vissapragada, violin - Independence

Danatra Widjaja, harp - Liberty

Jay Won, violin - Heritage

Prem Yadagiri, violin - Independence

Sri Ishaan Yedavalli, string bass - Centennial

Jessie Yu, violin - Centennial

Eric Zhou, cello - Lebanon Trail

- Rachel McReynolds