More than 220 Rockwood Middle School Students Earn Superior Ratings at Solo and Ensemble Music Festival

A total of 228 music students from all six Rockwood School District middle schools earned the top rating -- "1" or "Superior" -- at St. Louis Suburban MMEA District 5 Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festivals held throughout March and April.

The students earned their ratings as soloists and in small groups for more than 150 different entries across musical disciplines covering band (held March 7 at Union High), choir and orchestra (held April 11 at Holman Middle).

Congratulations to these talented student musicians!

Crestview Middle

• Aadrith Ala, Jefferson Begemann, Rayan Goswami, Rishi Mital and Vihaan Vennu, String Quintet
• Zaviyar Ali, Ryan Dhar and Manit Singh, String Trio
• Evalyn Barger, Lauren Pierce and Megan Pierce, String Trio
• Vaishu Boddapati and Elsa Greco, String Duet
• Vaishu Boddapati, Violin Solo
• Naomi Cao, Jean Lee and Bria Northrup, String Trio
• Shruthi Chandran, Flute Solo
• Kyle Coelho, Akhil Ghanta, Samuel Hylton and Varun Kamesh, Saxophone Quartet
• Rhea Deo and Aileen Kaur, String Duet
• Navya Dwivedi and Manya Suman, String Duet
• Anna Garimella, Daniel Lee, George Lee and Samantha Marengo, String Quartet
• Elsa Greco, Violin Solo
• Ada Harris, Violin Solo
• Wesley Hoepner, Aarush Nadella and Vihaan Vaduka, Flute Trio
• Karthikaiy Kamal, Violin Solo
• Varun Kamesh, Alto Sax Solo
• Andrew Knoop and Ethan Lai, String Duet
• Shantanu Kumar, Violin Solo
• George Lee, Violin Solo
• Ansh Mehta, Violin Solo
• Zach Miller, Bass Solo
• Caroline Oelschlaeger, Tenor Sax Solo
• Katarina Oelschlaeger, Flute Solo
• Keya Patel, Clarinet Solo
• Nimit Pathak, Violin Solo
• Plaksha Pratihar, Snare Solo
• Sribalaji Rajamadasamy, Ronav Sawardekar and Kabir Virk, String Trio
• Sudhishna Sathi, Violin Solo
• Elle Scheiderer, Flute Solo
• Tzuf Sherman, Cello Solo
• Manit Singh, Violin Solo
• Syna Taneja, Flute Solo
• Rohan Tipparti, Bassoon Solo
• Arjun Vuskamalla, Violin Solo
• Arjun Yanamanamanda, Snare Solo
• Annie Yue, Violin Solo

LaSalle Springs Middle

• Tanner Bilbrey, Ryan Chitwood, Sam Dinino and Max Miller, Miscellaneous Brass Ensemble
• Remi Blumenfeld and Quincy Dean, Clarinet Duet
• Eddie Brown, Ethan Dohack, Cash Gianino and Noah Schoellhorn, Miscellaneous Woodwind Ensemble
• Josh Crafton, Miles Dixon, Ethan Lackman and Ben Shaji, Percussion Ensemble
• Julie Cramer, Bass Solo
• Julie Cramer, Trombone Solo
• Avery Eaker, Olivia Ostrowski and Elena Sheaver, Miscellaneous Brass Ensemble
• Nikita Ebrecht and Sophia Johnson, Flute Duet
• Sophie Green and Madison Watt, Miscellaneous Woodwind Ensemble
• Elle Holland and Josephine Keller, String Duet
• Abigail Holloway, Mya Payne, Madison Smith, Addilyn Spraggs and Callie Sullivan, Vocal Ensemble
• Banji Jusufovic, Violin Solo
• Benji Jusufovic and Theo Wilson, String Duet
• Mila Morr and Levi Perryman, Miscellaneous Brass Ensemble
• Aleah Nolen, Anna Perez, Olivia Robinson, Eden Turner and Matilda Wilson, Vocal Ensemble
• Kobe Ouattara, Reed Rogers, Drew Stevens and Colton Winkler, Trombone Quartet
• Hannah Perkins and Charlotte Rose, String Duet
• Levi Perryman, Tuba Solo
• Thomas Raley, Vocal Solo
• Michael Reiner and Gideon VanDonk, Miscellaneous Woodwind Ensemble
• Dhyana Salzman, Violin Solo
• Mabel Samnee, Violin Solo
• Eden Turner, Vocal Solo
• Matilda Wilson, Vocal Solo

Rockwood South Middle

• Eliza Brockmeyer, Trumpet Solo
• Fiona Carlson, French Horn Solo
• Gianna Catalano and Connor Lurkins, Brass Duet
• Nathan Claar, Tuba Solo
• Samer Elaneed, Violin Solo
• Ruth French, French Horn Solo
• Marijo Gan, Keyboard Mallet Solo
• Xavier Gassner and Ayden Hilecher, Brass Duet
• Caemon Goldberg, Liam Hirata and Christian Stoff, Miscellaneous Woodwind Ensemble
• Giulia Mattina and Cecelia Winham, Saxophone Duet
• Raven Guenzler, Trumpet Solo
• Holt Mitchell and Tristan Robeck, Miscellaneous Brass Ensemble
• Michael Morrow, Baritone Solo
• Lucy Mueller, Clarinet Solo
• Tristan Robeck, Cello Solo
• Annabelle Spencer and Ally White, Flute Duet
• Makenna Swanick, Keyboard Mallet Solo
• Cami Weber, Tenor Sax Solo
• Ian Wisniewski, Trombone Solo

Rockwood Valley Middle

• Barrett Alexander, Cello Solo
• Arit Bhatnagar, Krishay Shah and Arnav Visveswaran, String Trio
• Carly Bleeker, Cello Solo
• Carly Bleeker and River Moran, String Duet
• Maddie Bleeker, Violin Solo
• Reagan Carn, Clarinet Solo
• Mason Farber, Violin Solo
• Jonathan Lehmann, Violin Solo
• Anish Medepalli, Trumpet Solo
• Ryan Palmquist, Flute Solo
• Wynn Roman, Vocal Solo
• Arnav Visveswaran, Violin Solo
• Rambert Xu, Oboe Solo
• Tong Zhou, Tenor Saxophone Solo

Selvidge Middle

• Molly Anicich, Violet Browne, Brooke Clark and Bennett Schwartz, String Quartet
• Aarav Balan, Shreyas Gadm and Sreyansh Yalamuri, Mixed Trio
• Liz Baniak and Saumya Janakiram, Flute Duet
• Liz Baniak, Amelia French and Kaelyn Greeno, Woodwind Trio
• Ulysses Bartmess, Eva Bergmann and Alenah Howard, Mixed Trio
• Helena Battles, Trombone Solo
• Sam Bene, Clarinet Solo
• Catherine Binoy and Clora Bononi, String Duet
• Catherine Binoy and Tejasvi Gudimalla, String Duet
• Deeya Bollineni and Aashrita Mannava, String Duet
• Evan Brinker, Alto Sax Solo
• Lucas Browne and Zech Crosby, String Duet
• Hari Chebrolu, Jack Wellman and Louis Zhao, Woodwind Trio
• Eliana Cornell and Arden Elkins, Vocal Duet
• Aashna Das, Violin Solo
• Aashna Das and Max Oliva, String Duet
• Aashna Das, Kushal Kola and Akshaya Suthanthirakumar Kasirajan, String Trio
• Catherine DiGiulio and Addison Gierer, String Duet
• Lasya Doddapaneni, Flute Solo
• Aarush Dubey, Trumpet Solo
• Ryalin Frillman, Trombone Solo
• Shreyas Gaddam, Clarinet Solo
• Addison Gierer, Trombone Solo
• Kaelyn Greeno, Alto Sax Solo
• Kaelyn Greeno, Saumya Janakiram and Mydhili Menon, Mixed Trio
• Stella Halbower and Kyndel Hall, Flute Duet
• Max Heidmann and David Yoo, String Duet
• Gabe Ikpe, Trombone Solo
• Jagruth Jasthi and Einstein Noble, Mixed Duet
• Dhanasri Kavuri, Viola Solo
• Emily Kim and Akshara Ramesh Babu, String Duet
• Kushal Kola, Violin Solo
• Gavin Kremer, Vocal Solo
• Ashby Lingafelter, Vocal Solo
• Grace McCoy, Vocal Solo
• Mydhili Menon, French Horn Solo
• Pranav Mohan Singh, Violin Solo
• Max Oliva, Violin Solo
• Riley Pierce, Vocal Solo
• Henry Pitts, Trombone Solo
• Abby Sedlak and Raelyn Sell, String Duet
• Nathan Sedlak, Cello Solo
• Akshaya Suthanthirakumar Kasirajan, Violin Solo
• Casey Union, Snare Solo
• Mason Young, Trumpet Solo
• Louis Zhao, Clarinet Solo

Wildwood Middle

• Zoe Budd, Bass Solo
• Zoe Budd, Lily Colter, Sophie Mall, Nora Reuss and Abigail Zinovchik, String Quintet
• Zoe Budd, Shriya Dharavat, Nora Reuss, Cora Thai and Elizabeth Wasman, String Quintet
• Emmitt Copeland, Hudson Kealen, Asher Tadrick and Landon West, Band Quartet
• Shriya Dharavat and Elizabeth Wasman, String Duet
• Ronika Ghorbani and Shruti Thammineni, String Duet
• Amaad Jamali, Leo Rolling and James Shuburte, Band Trio
• Hudson Kealen, Baritone Sax Solo
• Harsha Konakandla, Trombone Solo
• Clayton Nyberg, Trombone Solo
• Maizy Ruzicka, Alaina Scuito and Jordan Tempelmeier, Woodwind Trio
• Maya Steele, Cello Solo
• Abigail Tarr, Keyboard Mallet Solo