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News: FJH band places at Regionals
posted: November 10, 2008

Several honors were brought home to Friendswood Junior High band students after competing in the Texas Music Educator’s Association (TMEA) Region 17 All-Region Band tryouts recently.

From FJH, 86 students competed in the tryouts.  FJH had 24 students make District Band, 31 students make Region Band.  Four students placed high enough to make one of 24 spots in the All Region Orchestra and four students made first chair overall.

The results consist of the following:

Flutes
Rikki Patrick, First Chair Symphonic and Region Orchestra
Morgan Mihovil, Fourth Chair Symphonic
Abby Livesay, Fifth Chair Symphonic
Daniel Gruber, First Chair Concert
Kessler Herd, Fourth Chair District
Brenan Regian, 21st Chair District
Marissa Burge, 24th  Chair District

Oboe
Rachel Goeken, Second Chair District

Bassoon
Jillian Strickland, Third Chair Concert

B-Flat Clarinet
Rachel Langdon, Fourth Chair Symphonic
Michael Hsu, Fifth Chair Symphonic
Joylynn Grady, Ninth Chair Concert
Savannah Fitzgerald, Tenth Chair Concert
Morgan Kennedy, First Chair District
Kristen Foster, 15th  Chair District
Missy Jesionowski, 23rd Chair District

Bass Clarinet
Brittany Cumming, Fourth Chair Concert
Peter Rodriguez, Second Chair District

Alto Sax
Joe Taylor, First Chair Symphonic
Ben Le, Second Chair Symphonic
Sam Brackett, First Chair Concert
Zach Gallagher, Second Chair Concert
Troy Richardson, Second Chair District
Cole Thompson, Third Chair District

Tenor Sax
Matthew Laitkep, First Chair District

Baritone Sax
Emily Dirksmeyer, First Chair District

Trumpet
Stephen Hahn, Fifth Chair Symphonic
Jacob Gruener, Sixth Chair Symphonic
Kathryn Beazley, Sixth Chair District
Mathew Meyer, Tenth Chair District
Mike Mayer, 17th Chair District

French Horn
Haley Long, Fifth Chair Symphonic
Jason Bass, Second Chair Concert
Helena Kaminsky, Third Chair Concert
Daniel Bradley, Fourth Chair Concert
Jordan Devera, Second Chair District

Trombone
Bryan Holcomb, Second Chair Concert
Blake Hees, Sixth Chair Concert
Shane Rothchild, Third Chair District

Euphonium
Keith Shannon, First Chair Concert
Ryann Hall, Second Chair Concert

Tuba
Zach Cocetti, First Chair Symphonic and Region Orchestra
Andrea Tovar, First Chair Concert
Aaron Holloway, Second Chair Concert
Kyle Beaman, Third Chair Concert

Percussion
Chris Speck, First Chair Symphonic and Region Orchestra
Dane Farrington, Second Chair Symphonic and Region Orchestra
Garrett Bynum, First Chair Concert
Kathleen Cain, Fifth Chair District
Ryan Bynum, Seventh Chair District
Andrew Porter, Ninth Chair District
Connor Borne, 13th  Chair District
Marissa Persaud, 15th Chair District
Bryan Markley, 16th Chair District
Philip Stevens, 17th Chair District

Band director is Robert Munoz.