Pearland ISD Junior High Musicians win Seats in All-Region Band
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Following an intense competition, Pearland Independent School District students from all four Pearland junior high schools secured 147 spots in the all-region band during the Texas Music Educators Association Region 19 auditions this month.
“This truly is an amazing achievement for Pearland ISD and for the selected students,” Tom Bell, Pearland ISD Director of Fine Arts, said. “Instant gratification is absent from any project that takes a few months to complete, like this one. The students got to enjoy it and experience the satisfaction and reward of working on a long-term project that required discipline and dedication.”
The four Pearland ISD junior high bands not only showed that they have talent, but also tenacity. “In preparation for the competition, the students received the music at the beginning of the school year and participated in weekly after-school rehearsals at their campus. In addition to working with the directors, a specialist on every instrument also went to each school to help them develop specific skills that were related to their instrument. Students also worked with private lesson teachers to develop and perfect the skills needed to perform their region pieces,” Bell said.
The gains from participating in the all-region band auditions far exceed musical skills. “Ultimately, the student must develop grit, perseverance and discipline to practice the music on their own. This not only makes every student that participates in the process, regardless of the outcome, a better musician but also develops habits that the students can then transfer to EVERY aspect of their academic and personal lives,” Bell said.
Pearland junior high students who won spots in the all-region band include:
Berry Miller Junior High:
Aahya Karandikar
Aaron Marzan
Aashish Mahato
Abigail Hawks
Alex Hallmark
An Nguyen
Brian Zhang
Carter Winter
Esther Abraham
Esther Mathews
Ethan Minard
Ethan Nguyen
Ethan Tupue
Gabriella Guerrero
Graham Duchesne
Hayden John
James Wayne
Jaxon Damian
Jerry Packer
Jhunnilie Velasco
Kara Clinard
Katelyn Riley
London Watts
Macy Brown
Makena Gikonyo
Meha Karandikar
Michael Pascua
Miles James
Muhib Ahmad
Neusell Bolton
Nihira Kilaru
Noah Matthes
Oliva Ehiemua
Oliver Farfan-Santos
Onun Owai
Parker Edeker
Patrick Lee
Patrick Wayne
Paxton Gounah
Sean Luan
Sean Wasko
Tate Williams
Thomas Miller
Valeria Villanueva
Weyd Blohm
Wyatt Gras
Yi Qi
Pearland Junior High East:
Adam Brandt
Alex Madrigal
Brody Underwood
Carter Stice-Dean
Charlotte Bonner
Clayton Smith
Devon Kirtley
Eddie Xue
Ellie Patrick
Emerson Johnston
Jack Patrick
Jacob Frerking
Jordan Sustaita
Josie Paden
Kayden Breaux
Kayla Nolan
Kaylee Bean
Kinsley Yacuk
Liam Kamffer
Liam Medellin
Lorelei Morgan
Maleah Tankoua
Marie De La Rosa
Parker Stiers
Rhylyn Owens Stewart
Sarah Cardenas
Pearland Junior High South:
Adabella Cristino
Andrew Manzanars
Brayden Diaz
Dylan St. Andrew
Elizabeth Grace Malina
Gianna Pereria
Jaxson Haskins
Julian Cosino
Malay Williams
Nathan Trimm
Patrick Carmona
Taylor Bartlett
Tyler Beaty
Tyler Shaw
Pearland Junior High West:
Adrian Estala
Amanda Ross
Anish Anandkumar
Athena Zhou
Ava Holguin
Bradley Loftis
Chinmay Saji
Colt Schoeffler
Dillon Tran
Eli Gilbert
Emmanuel Guevara
Esteban Roa
Ethan McLean
Grei Ninh
Hannah Zhang
Helen Zhou
Henry Wilson
Hiram Garza
Holden Shead
Ivan Wei
Jackson Garner
Jerry Liu
Jinoo Kim
Jordan Lind
Joshua Meng
Julia Xu
Justin Hirsh
Kai Bonola
Katherine Chi
Katherine Doyle
Keika Loredo
Kenneth Juneau
Kyle Healy
Landon Pham
Langston Dai
Madelin Marquez
Madison Lister
Mark Zhang
Mason Gordy
Matthew Kusy
Max Aguilar
Mcgregor Murphy
Mia Pfeiffer
Mila Nguyen
Miles Kessling
Nicholas Pham
Olivia Lou
Olivia Thompson
Owen Song
Peighton Collier
Raymond Gao
Rebecca Ritchey
Sean Liu
Skyler Nguyen
Steven Ho
Sunvi Sabharwal
Timothy Poulose
Tomas Padron
Wilson Gao
Zachary Shi