Round Rock ISD students from Cedar Ridge, McNeil, Round Rock, Stony Point, and Westwood high schools reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by earning their place in Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State band, orchestra, or choir.
Each fall, over 70,000 high school musicians across the state audition in their TMEA Region. Individually, students perform for a panel of judges. Student musicians who rank the highest advance to compete against student musicians from other Regions in their TMEA Area. The highest-ranking student musicians at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in one of 18 Texas All-State bands, orchestras, and choirs.
The 63 Round Rock ISD student musicians who qualify will perform at the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention in San Antonio, Texas, from Feb. 8 – 11, 2023. Nationally recognized conductors at the convention direct the groups who rehearse for three days and conclude with a performance.
Cedar Ridge High School
Katie Espinosa, Bb Clarinet
Ashok Shaji, Bb Clarinet
Diego Tiessen, Percussion
Issac Arechiga, Percussion
Roger Chavez, Tenor 1
Joseph Valasagandla, Bass 1
McNeil High School
Jared Allison, Eb Clarinet
Jeremy Moon, Bb Clarinet
Brendan Shaffer, ContraBass
Isabella Thomas, Alto 1
Jenny Thomas, Violin
Allyson Chu, Violin
Teo Kim, Cello
Tate Ahmann, Harp
Minkyung Kim, Piano
Round Rock High School
Vic Ducea, Bb Clarinet
Chaitanya Dandekar, Bass Clarinet
Nilay Alwar, Bassoon
Mike Popke, Contrabass Bassoon
Andrew Vu, Alto Sax
Braden Frazer, Trumpet
Miles Walker, Tenor Trombone
Hudson Pedrotti, Bass Trombone
Marek Kania, Euphonium
Nick Hermoza, Percussion
Ava Moak, Soprano 1
Ivy Parada, Soprano 1
Jewel Pierson, Soprano 2
Maddie White, Alto 1
Adyn Meredith, Tenor 1
Adam Hyink, Tenor 2
Samantha Washecka, Violin
Matthew Quan Dau, Violin
Dhruva Orugunty, Bass
Stony Point High School
Kinsley Murray, Soprano 2
Morgan Go, Bass
Westwood High School
Neel Kotichintala, Percussion
Hagan Reithmiller, Tuba
Hudson Miller, Tenor Sax
Einez Wu, Flute
Katie Forshay, Flute
William Lei, Bassoon
Kevin Xu, Bb Clarinet
Will Bryant, Trumpet
Gabriel Paredes, Bass 1
Ashish Jacob, Bass 1
Ryan Gu, Bass 2
Natalie Ju, Violin
Peter Kim, Violin
Hyunjae Lee, Violin
Evelyn Liu, Violin
Daniel Nam, Violin
Suhaas Patil, Violin
Aimee Wang, Violin
Gloria Wu, Violin
Lerchen Zhong, Violin
Dalton Ma, Viola
Eric Yang, Viola
Jenny Yun, Viola
Adriana Cheng, Cello
Akhil Gharpurey, Cello
Noah Kim, Cello
Yochen Zhong, Cello
