Pearland ISD Junior High Musicians win Seats in All-Region Band

Pearland Independent School District’s junior high band students have achieved a major milestone, securing an astounding 154 spots in the prestigious All-Region Band during the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 19 auditions held this month.

The spots were earned by talented students from all four Pearland ISD junior high schools, following an intense and highly competitive audition process.

Tom Bell, Pearland ISD Director of Fine Arts, praised the accomplishment, emphasizing the long-term effort required. "This truly is an amazing achievement for Pearland ISD and for the selected students," Bell 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 remarkable result underscores the talent and tenacity of the Pearland ISD bands, which are supported by a rigorous training program.

“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,” Bell explained. “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.”

Pearland junior high students who won spots in the all-region band include:

Berry Miller Junior High:

Amisha Aggarwal, Mason Alimeke, Reid Boehm, Rafael Bulan, Jerry Cao, Christopher Chow, Aiden Coppes, Jaxon Damian, Minh Do, Kiley Dorsey, Jack Dunn, Brynn Earl, Parker Edeker, Jackson Engel, Ethan Erskine, Ari Garcia, Ben Garoutte, Makena Gikonyo, Ko Goodin-Mayeda, Gabriella Guerrero, Adelyn Hernandez, Jennings Hurst, Nihira Kilaru, Sydney Kitur, Ishaan Kizhakke Valappil, Ki Ki Komatsu, Will Laird, Dyvitt Lara, Dylan Lira, Jackson Lo, Angelina Lu, Sean Luan, Janica Lucasan, Chloe Lynch, Esther Mathews, Finn May, Kinsleigh Miller, Ethan Minard, Griffin Morgan, Grace Nguyen, Marc Nguyen, Preston Nguyen, Westin Nguyen, Andrew Oh, Miguel Orozco, Michael Pascua, Marcello Perez, Ben Pham, Yi Qi, Vanessa Richardson, Ellyana Riley, Sofia Rivera, Emily Rodgers, Noel Salinas, Barrett Sellers, Lilly Smith, Nora Snyder, London Swoope, Templonuevo Templonuevo, Ariya Torres, Jhunnilie Velasco, Emily Wen, Kai Woliver, Grace Wu, Chris Yang, Alvin Zhang and Henry Zheng.

 

Pearland Junior High East:

Evalyn Alanis, Caleb Arriaga, Lyndall Baker, III, Clayton Bennett, Natalie Bonilla, Adam Brandt, Kayden Breaux, Aedan Breland, Jack Dickson, Ben Feifel, Brady Ferraro, Tristan Hanegan, Kate Harryman, Kayden Hernandez, Alijah Higginbotham, Andrew Hokanson, Liam Jackson, Olivia Leal, Mayreli Lopez, Abigail Mozley, Adam Nguyen, Rhilyn Owens-Stewart, Paul "Blake" Pearce, Jordyn Simmons, Jake Sowa, and Cade Williams.

 

Pearland Junior High South:

Anthony Cedilios, Emma Gonzalez, Kriselle Himel, Jameson Leatherby, Gabriel Lito, Alyssa Mondragon, Noah Mungai, Gianna Pereira, Cooper Prowell, Roberto Razo, and Benjamin Rorie.

 

Pearland Junior High West:

Nathaniel Adams, Max Aguilar, Mukund Arjun, Jackson Barton, Priya Bose, Nadia Boston, Bailey Boyd, John Briggs, Mason Brown, Matthew Bui, Kayla Chen, Langston Dai, Olivia Dorton, Johnny Gao, Wilson Gao, Grayson Garner, Jackson Garner, Crystal Ge, Ava Holguin, Clara Hong, Brandon Huynh, Sam Jimenez, David Johnson, Jenna Kim, Abirami Madhankumar, Madelin Marquez, Nicolas Martinez, Ian Mills, Mila Nguyen, Rodrigo Padilla, Jayden Parrilla, Loc Pham, Raydon Qiu, Stephen Robin, Amanda Ross, Vismay Saji, Zachary Shi, Brody Steiner, Alexander Tamez, Jennifer Thrift, Dillon Tran, Benjamin Tran, Dylan Trang, Yalissa Vielma, Moeed Wasif, Logan Wicke, Henry Wilson, Iris Yan, William Zhang, and Kaitlyn Zhou.