Students Perform in WCS Middle School Jazz Honor Band

Jazz Honor Band performs

  • Published April 11, 2023

    WCS middle school students are taking their talent onstage to perform in the second annual WCS Jazz Honor Band.

    Students from seven WCS middle schools formed two ensembles: the Gold Jazz Band and the Silver Jazz Band. After being split into ensembles, students participated in workshops led by several musical artists.

    "This event was supported by numerous well-known industry performers such as Dr. Eli Yamin of Jazz Power NYC/Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Academy and five-time Grammy award-winning musician Roy Wooten," said WCS Jazz Honor Band director Christopher Colalillo. "The band directors and I are so proud of the students' hard work and dedication to their craft."

    The students performed at Thompson's Station Middle School March 30-31. The students in each ensemble are listed below:

  • Gold Jazz Band

    Alto 1

    • Edison Shen, Woodland Middle
    • Aiden Huang, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Dev Gupta, Sunset Middle
    • Guhan Giri, Page Middle

    Alto 2

    • Nathan Denekas, Page Middle
    • Dalton Garner, Page Middle
    • Jacob Kash, Hillsboro School

    Alto 2/Drum Set

    • Connor Hendrickson, Thompson's Station Middle

    Tenor 1

    • Eli Smith, Page Middle

    Tenor 2

    • Leo Guier, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Lleyton Taylor, Legacy Middle

    Bari Sax

    • Jude Hartley, Page Middle
    • Sam Ekle, Thompson's Station Middle

    Trumpet 1

    • Carter Newton, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Caleb Risden, Thompson's Station Middle

    Trumpet 2

    • Nate Davis, Page Middle
    • Ben Zarring, Page Middle

    Trumpet 3

    • Reed Anderson, Thompson's Station Middle

    Trumpet 4

    • Felix Jeenpradit, Page Middle
    • Colin Sparacino, Hillsboro School

    Bone 1

    • Andrew Lien, Page Middle
    • Connor Eischen, Page MIddle

    Bone 2

    • Isaac Wright, Thompson's Station Middle

    Bone 3

    • Jack Hughes, Thompson's Station Middle

    Bone 4

    • Riley Kuykendall, Hillsboro School

    Piano

    • Violet Zimmerle, Page Middle

    Drums 2

    • Shakthi Mogan, Page Middle

    Bass Git

    • Kirk Mulkey, Legacy Middle

    Bass Git Alt

    • John Raj, Sunset Middle

    Guitar

    • Conrad Johnson, Thompson's Station Middle

    Mallets/Vibes

    • Eli Boutros, Page Middle

    Aux Percussion

    • Honoka Iwasaki, Sunset Middle

  • Silver Jazz Band

    Alto 1

    • Camryn Devlin, Page Middle
    • Skylar Baker, Page Middle
    • Lilly Biddle, Page Middle
    • Caleb Finley, Thompson's Station Middle

    Alto 2

    • Morgan Pagel, Page Middle
    • Anoushka Mohan, Page Middle
    • John Paul Kukulka, Woodland Middle

    Tenor 1

    • Quinn D'Amico, Hillsboro School
    • Noah Hindman, Hillsboro School

    Tenor 2

    • Camila Hughes, Thompson's Station Middle

    Bari Sax

    • Max Hutchins, Page Middle
    • Oliver Lau, Sunset Middle

    Trumpet 1

    • Eli Wallace, Page Middle
    • Holden Schoenborn, Page Middle

    Trumpet 2

    • Will Salkind, Page Middle
    • Britain McCaskey, Hillsboro School

    Trumpet 3

    • Quinn Brown, Hillsboro School

    Trumpet 4

    • Jacob Cash, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Jonah Stanley, Legacy Middle

    Clarinet

    • Samantha Maggi, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Ethan Johnson, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Emma Guina, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Charlotte Mabury, Thompson's Station Middle

    Bone 1

    • Jordan Meraz, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Cole Anderson, Page Middle

    Bone 2

    • Ronan Nolan, Page Middle
    • Liam Jordan, Page Middle

    Bone 3

    • Kai Lincoln, Hillsboro School

    Baritone

    • James Lawrence, Thompson's Station Middle

    Tuba

    • Euan Barr, Thompson's Station Middle
    • Jay Parmar, Page Middle

    Piano

    • Crosby St. Clair, Thompson's Station Middle

    Drums 2

    • Tyler Davis, Page Middle

    Bass Git

    • Kalli Ivey, Thompson's Station Middle

    Guitar

    • Darsh Shrivastava, Woodland Middle

    Mallets/Vibes

    • Clair Nofs, Thompson's Station Middle

    Aux Percussion

    • Gabby Walker, Page Middle