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All District Bands and Orchestra

All-District Bands and Orchestra text with band and orchestra instrument graphics

Band and orchestra students from Park Hill and Park Hill South High Schools competed against students from schools throughout the Kansas City region to earn positions in the All-District Bands and Orchestras.

Eligible students will participate in the all-district ensembles meeting in November, December and January. Students in the All-District Concert Band, All-District Jazz Band, or alternate placement will audition for All-State in Columbia on December 2.

Park Hill High School

ALL-DISTRICT CONCERT BAND
  • Layla Nelson, sixth chair, flute 
  • James Barrie, first chair, English horn 
  • Jessica Yu, sixth chair, clarinet 
  • Meredith Bell, 12th chair, clarinet 
  • Dustin Wallace, fourth chair, bass clarinet  
  • Elisha-Daniel Agbor, fourth chair, alto saxophone
  • West McElhany, second chair, tenor saxophone
  • Miranda Grantham, first chair, bari saxophone 
  • Erik Mason, seventh chair, horn 
  • Ethan Hurd, third chair, baritone 
  • James Price, third chair, trombone  
HONORABLE MENTION CONCERT BAND:
  • Peter Oetting, second chair, B-flat clarinet  
  • Lucy Gase, fifth chair, clarinet 
  • Ufuoma Egon, sixth chair, clarinet 
  • Madilynn Timmer, eighth chair, clarinet 
  • Emma O'Dell, first chair, bass clarinet
  • Hayden Nelson, second chair, alto saxophone
  • Gabriel Epps, first chair, trumpet 
  • Joshua Yu, ninth chair, trumpet 
  • Brian Lisec, third chair, horn 
  • Baylee Asher, seventh chair, horn 
  • Elsie McDonald, ninth chair, trombone 
  • Dylan House, second chair, baritone
  • Braden McDonald, third chair, tuba 
ALL-DISTRICT JAZZ BAND:
  • Ethan Howell, first chair, guitar 
  • Braylon Epps, first chair, vibes
  • West McElhany, first alternate, tenor saxophone
  • Hayden Nelson, second alternate, alto saxophone
ALL-DISTRICT JAZZ BAND HONORABLE MENTION
  • Liam Funk, first honorable mention, trumpet 
  • Elsie McDonald, second honorable mention, trombone 
  • Lucy Gase, first honorable mention, piano 

Director of Bands is Ky Hascall

 
ALL-DISTRICT FULL ORCHESTRA
  • Yosep Maeng, first chair, first violin - concertmaster
  • Nathan Chen, first chair, second violin - principal second violin 
  • Elise Bolyard, 15th chair, first violin
  • Jacob O'Toole, first  chair,  bass - principal bass 
ALL-DISTRICT STRING ORCHESTRA      
  • Ava Ciccio, first chair, second violin - principal second violin 
  • Jadon Kao, eighth chair, first violin
  • Kai Wen Soo, 10th chair, first violin
  • William Barker, first alternate viola 
  • Lander Thompson, fourth alternate bass 

Orchestra Director is Suzannah Smith

 

Park Hill South High School

ALL-DISTRICT CONCERT BAND
  • Sylvia Nguyen, first chair, flute 
  • Bea Olasz, second chair, flute 
  • Claire Richardson, first chair, oboe
  • Noah Floyd, 10th chair, clarinet
  • Jaelyn Woodley, 22nd chair, clarinet
  • Hailey Parsons, first chair, contra alto clarinet 
  • Megan Sheehan, second, chair trumpet
  • Connor Thompson, ninth, chair trumpet
  • Violet Cooper, fourth chair, euphonium
ALL-DISTRICT CONCERT BAND ALTERNATES:
  • Charlie Dalrymple, tenor saxophone
  • Alex Hornsby, trumpet
  • Lauren Redding, horn
  • Brady Rouse, general percussion
  • Brady Rouse, timpani
ALL-DISTRICT HONORABLE MENTION CONCERT BAND:
  • Kara Fitzpatrick, eighth chair, flute
  • Annabel Porter, seventh chair, clarinet
  • Ella Palermo, 14th chair, clarinet
  • Andrew Dickens, 17th chair, clarinet
  • Nick Duane, fourth chair, alto saxophone 
  • Temperance Lowe, sixth chair, alto saxophone
  • Charlie Dalrymple, second chair, tenor saxophone
  • Alex Hornsby, second chair, trumpet
  • Katelyn Gimple, third chair, trumpet
  • Lauren Redding, first chair, horn
  • Amelia Mesa, eighth chair, horn
  • Ian Hladik, third chair, euphonium
  • Gavin Miller, fourth chair, tuba
  • Jacob Hicks, fifth chair, tuba
  • Leo Wilmot, sixth chair, tuba
  • Brady Rouse, first chair, general percussion (chose timpani)
  • Avery Swanson, sixth chair, general percussion
  • Brady Rouse, first chair, timpani 
ALL-DISTRICT JAZZ BAND:
  • Connor Thompson, first chair, lead trumpet 
  • Megan Sheehan, section trumpet 
ALL-DISTRICT JAZZ BAND ALTERNATES:
  • Megan Sheehan,  lead trumpet
  • Derrick Allenbrand, trombone
ALL-DISTRICT JAZZ BAND HONORABLE MENTION:
  • Max Shepherd, bari saxophone

Band Director is Andrew Gillespie

 

ALL-DISTRICT FULL ORCHESTRA:
  • Sylvia Nguyen, flute
  • Claire Richardson, oboe
  • Megan Sheehan, trumpet 

Orchestra Director is Ariel Aguilar

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