GMSD Musicians enjoy record-breaking placements in All-West

Our talented GMSD artists have been winning state championships of their own over the past week, showcasing the incredible depth of talent within our schools. Our orchestra students set a new record of 54 students selected in the All-West competition. Many of these musicians were named first chairs in their respective instruments—effectively recognized as the best in the state!

Here are the names of these talented musicians:

Middle School String Orchestra

• Violin: Elizabeth Jee, Vivian Jiang, Hannah Martens, Eva Singhal
  • Violin Alternate: Lara Yaligar
• Viola: Medha Gajula, Andrew Ryan, Warner Hodges
• Cello: Amelia Moyer, Kylie Dai, Juliette Medina
  • Cello Alternate: Brooklyn Freeman
• Bass: Steven Anderson, Andrew McMinn
  • Bass Alternate: Kennedy Henderson, Wyatt Brookshire

Riverdale School

• Violin: David Joo, Samuel Taylor, Naz Yaray
• Viola: Henry Gulner
• Bass: Chloe McKinley

Honors String Orchestra

• Violin: Yifei Ren*, Sullivan McCleary*, Juliana Delgado*, Yvonne Ge, Raymon Stanley, Rosalyn Bao, Pranay Bhat, Cole Liew, Catherine Shao, Lillian Freeman, Addison Childers, Colton Howe, Anna Moen
  • Violin Alternate: Ceyda Kuscu
• Viola: Myles Martin*, Wendy Ouyang*, Ashton Caeter*, Teddy Karol, James Brantley
  • Viola Alternate: Jieying Zeng
• Cello: Levi Lei*, Logan Shimko, Alan Brenneman
  • Cello Alternate: Benjamin Davis, Matthew Wu
• Bass: Noah Mahintorabi*, Willis Bowman*, Ashton Echols
  • Bass Alternate: Jake McMaster, Riley Osborne, Aurora Babcock

Symphony Orchestra

• Violin: Christian Park*, Lillian Jiang*, Lucy Uh, Jiaxin Zhu, Rose Ouyang, Zurielia Nyenwe, Rashi Kumar, Peyton Sanderson, Stone Dormayer
  • Violin Alternate: Barrett Duesterhaus, Christian Santopuoli
• Viola: Erin McDonald*, Holland Holdsworth, Pierce Braby
  • Viola Alternate: Billy Gates, Katelynn Wilson
• Cello: Zachary Randall, Christian Lloyd, Louis Ward
  • Cello Alternate: Sophia Kohl, Nicholas Ibebuogu
• Bass: Aamen Kabneh, Ashton Echols
  • Bass Alternate: Alexander Youngblood

(* Denotes All-State Orchestra)

 

We also want to give a special shoutout to the awesome woodwind quartet from The Houston Band that played for the November Chamber of Commerce meeting. Bravo to all our student artists!