The Carroll Dragon Band will have a massive presence at the All-Region concert this year.
Last month, 66 Carroll Dragon musicians made it to the Texas Music Educators Association (TEMA) region 31 band and orchestra, with 13 of those musicians also qualifying for area. The wind ensemble includes David Zacharia, Carson Forkner, Fe Lau, Michelle Page, Jake Tessnow and Rylie Allen. The wind symphony is made up of Charissa Wang, Minju Kim, Dhruvi Gari, Mayli Reinke, Samuel Everett, Julia Fisk, Aleeza Virani, Sophia Kidwell, Uzair Hashmi, Khang To, Kevin Lee, Malak Almasry, Carl Langoe, Max Tessnow and Ali Guinn.
The symphonic band has the largest group of musicians that include Sonia Naidu, Ivanna Aleman, Regan Allen, Johnathan Ewaida, Avery Le, Chloe Blanchard, Andrea Villalobos, Katarina Reinke, Vedika Rao, Layla Reed, Ken Bray, Satya Menon, Maggie Kester, Preston Jezek, Ben Randall, Noah Klontz, Michael Dickheiser, Evan Mitchell, Aadi Upadhyayula, Nick Stuart, Jason Lee and Gabrielle Velasco. The concert band consists of Jiya Sharma, Pranav Basani, Sudhithi Durusoju, Anna Blanchard, Ryan Vy, Sophia Shabahang, Preston Inouye, Cole Ungar, Raiden Kawai and Ethan Hince. Meanwhile, ninth grade and includes Kayla Nguyen, Eleanor Lipperman, Bronte Le, Gabriel Opat, Angela Rao, Aydan Eke, Abhiram Kankanala, Jessie Echeazu, Molly Schwedler, Haasini Mohan and Michael Williams. The area qualifiers include David Zacharia, Carson Forkner, Regan Allen, Fe Lau, Julia Fisk, Aleeza Virani, Michelle Page, Kevin Lee, Malak Almasry, Jake Tessnow, Rylie Allen, Bryan He and Michael Blumberg.
Congratulations to all of these incredible musicians, and good luck with your upcoming auditions and performances!