The state of Texas is full of vibrant, young talent. Last weekend was a chance to hear students perform from various middle schools and high schools not only from Houston, but also Alvin, Austin, Freeport, Harlingen and Waller. We hope that students and directors alike enjoyed their experience and were able to gain some helpful information from the clinics of Mr. Noe Marmolejo and our panel of judges: Joel Fulgham, Bobby Guess and Dr. Woody Witt. If you attended the free afternoon master class with trombone great Andy Martin, then you’ll understand why we put this event on each year. The joy and excitement of making music is something that we try and spread throughout the younger jazz community and it’s encouraging to see such a wonderful response from this audience to such a masterful artist as Mr. Martin.
Thanks to all the schools and directors for participating in this year’s festival. We cannot do this without you. We hope to see you all (and many more) next year!
Outstanding High School of the Festival
Katy High School Jazz Band
Outstanding Middle School of the Festival
Lake Olympia Middle School
Outstanding Soloist of the Festival
Paige Fenderson, Seven Lakes High School
Outstanding High School of Friday
Katy High School Jazz Band
Outstanding Middle School of Friday
Freeport Intermediate
Outstanding Soloist of Friday
Paige Fenderson, Seven Lakes High School
Outstanding High School of Saturday
Anderson High School, Austin, TX
Outstanding Middle School of Saturday
Memorial Middle School I, Harlingen, TX
Outstanding Soloist of Saturday
Willie Britten III, Kashmere High School
All-Star Awards
Alvin High School, dir. Ryan Demkovich
Matthew Mondragon
Wyatt Sustaita
Anderson High School, dir. Adam Wiencken
Patrick Brinkman
Rebecca Teng
Hastings High School, dir. Erich Sonnier & Paul Brodt
Jordan Addison
Hope Atina
Kevin Le
Jamill Montoya
Courtland Stewart
Hightower High School, dir. Eduardo Tito Hernandez
Davonte Jackson
Daniel Ward
HSPVA, dir. Warren Sneed
Jalon Archie
Paul Cornish
John Guttman
Jyron Walls
James E. Taylor High School, dir. Bruce Melville
Juan Perez
Daniel Silliman
Thomas Zak
Kashmere High School, dir. Claude Robinson
Willie Britton III
Joshua Stiegall
Justin Williams
Katy High School, dir. Terence Gorton & Andrew Lee
Blake Meynig
Mickey Angel
Lake Olympia Middle School, dir. Ray Hundl
Erin Kier
Devin Monroe
Steven Taylor
Memorial Middle School, dir. James Keltner & Julissa Garcia
Miguel Aguilar
Stephen Flores
Myles Rosenbaum
Adrian Vitello
Cecilia Pena
Quail Valley Middle School, dir. Kenny Borak
Fabian Romo
Pasadena High School, dir. Jacob Faske
Fernando Zuniga
Seven Lakes High School, dir. Geroge Archer & Jonathan Yoo
Paige Fenderson
Karen Wylie
Spring High School, dir. Joe Clark
Jacob Cullen
Taji Henley
Jonathan Jones
Theo Meadough
Amber Orosco
Austin Weil
Spring Woods High School, dir. Jeffrey Munger
Kierra Dotson
Waltrip High School, dir. Charlie Stephens & Jesse Espinoza
Daniel Covarrubias
Mike Pyankovsky
Harold Sedano
Greg Vega