More than 70 Rockwood Students Earn Spots in Middle School All-Suburban Band, Orchestra
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More than 70 Rockwood Students Earn Spots in Middle School All-Suburban Band, Orchestra
A total of 71 students representing all six Rockwood School District middle schools were recently selected to the St. Louis All-Suburban Middle School Concert Band, All-Suburban Middle School Jazz Band, All-Suburban Sixth-Grade Honor Orchestra and All-Suburban Middle School Honor Orchestra.
Students participated in auditions Monday, Oct. 21, for all ensembles except for the sixth-grade orchestra. Students are accepted to the sixth-grade orchestra based on the recommendation of their orchestra teacher. All ensembles will rehearse over the next couple of months with students from across the region. The orchestras will perform a concert at Ladue High on Jan. 11, and the bands will perform at Lindbergh High on Jan. 12.
Congratulations to these middle school student musicians and their teachers!
St. Louis All-Suburban Middle School Concert Band (Jazz Band Selections Also Included)
- Lucas Baeres, trumpet, Rockwood South Middle
- Anthony Barry, French horn, Rockwood South
- James Battles, trombone, Selvidge Middle
- Cullen Bitner, trombone, Crestview Middle (jazz band selection)
- Shruthi Chandran, flute, Crestview
- Madelyn Charleston, percussion, Rockwood South
- Paige Cloutman, clarinet, Wildwood Middle
- Casey Cote, trumpet and French horn (chose trumpet), Wildwood
- Julie Cramer, trombone, LaSalle Springs Middle
- Paul Derousse, alto saxophone, Rockwood South
- Siena Garsed, clarinet, Crestview
- Sophie Karst, flute, Rockwood South
- Sree Chaitanya Katabathuni, bass clarinet, Crestview
- Jace Long, bass, Rockwood South (jazz band selection)
- Beckett Lorenz, euphonium, Wildwood
- Jude Lu, French horn, Crestview
- Alexander McGuire, bassoon, Crestview
- Ryan Miller, baritone saxophone, LaSalle Springs
- Avery Milles, baritone, LaSalle Springs
- Michael Moore, bass clarinet, Crestview
- Yongqing Ning, clarinet, Crestview
- Levi Perryman, tuba, LaSalle Springs
- Carter Phipps, percussion, Rockwood South
- Oliver Pirrello, tenor saxophone, Crestview
- Eleanor Poertner, percussion, Rockwood South
- Sid Rao, E-flat contra alto clarinet and bass clarinet (chose contra), Wildwood
- Gianna Regnier, French horn, LaSalle Springs
- Landon Ross, baritone saxophone, LaSalle Springs
- Danny Tang, bassoon, Crestview
- Aaron Tarr, percussion, Wildwood
- Reese Walkenbach, baritone, Rockwood South
- Tong Zhou, tenor saxophone, Rockwood Valley Middle
St. Louis All-Suburban Middle School Honor Orchestra
- Carly Bleeker, cello, Rockwood Valley
- Mihir Choudhary, violin, Crestview
- Sam Crane, bass, Rockwood South
- Samer Elaneed, violin, Rockwood South
- Matteo Fernandez, viola, Crestview
- Uriah Johnson, viola, LaSalle Springs
- Jonathan Lehmann, violin, Rockwood Valley
- Charlie Murphy, viola, Crestview
- Eliana Prinzivalli, violin, Rockwood Valley
- Gianna Regnier, viola, LaSalle Springs
- Tristan Robeck, cello, Rockwood South
- Annabelle Schlotz, violin, Rockwood South
- David Yoo, violin, Selvidge
- Julia Blake, violin, Crestview - alternate
- Zoe Budd, bass, Wildwood - alternate
- Max Heidmann, viola, Selvidge - alternate
- Bryce Kaiser-Medley, bass, Selvidge - alternate
- Tanvi Maharaj, violin, Selvidge - alternate
St. Louis All-Suburban 6th-Grade Honor Orchestra
- Jefferson Begemann, bass, Crestview
- Benedict Binoy, violin, Selvidge
- Vaishu Boddapati, violin, Crestview
- Lara Elaneed, violin, Rockwood South
- Mason Farber, violin, Rockwood Valley
- Ronika Ghorbani, violin, Wildwood
- Ellie Hennessy, cello, Rockwood Valley
- Benjamin Jusufovic, violin, LaSalle Springs
- Colton Lamb, bass, Rockwood Valley
- Reaghan Lesser, violin, Rockwood South
- Ellie McDonald, cello, LaSalle Springs
- Edward Mosca, violin, LaSalle Springs
- Jonah Orr, cello, Crestview
- Olivia Pauly, bass, Selvidge
- Nathan Sedlak, cello, Selvidge
- Aubrei Smith, cello, Rockwood South
- Audrey Southwick, violin, Rockwood Valley
- Connor Spencer, cello, Wildwood
- Maya Steele, cello, Wildwood
- Shruti Thammineni, violin, Wildwood
- Charlie Weissgerber, viola, Selvidge
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