Our talented GMSD artists have been winning state championships of their own over the past week, showcasing the incredible depth of talent within our schools. Our orchestra students set a new record of 54 students selected in the All-West competition. Many of these musicians were named first chairs in their respective instruments—effectively recognized as the best in the state!
Here are the names of these talented musicians:
Middle School String Orchestra
- Violin: Elizabeth Jee, Vivian Jiang, Hannah Martens, Eva Singhal
- Violin Alternate: Lara Yaligar
- Viola: Medha Gajula, Andrew Ryan, Warner Hodges
- Cello: Amelia Moyer, Kylie Dai, Juliette Medina
- Cello Alternate: Brooklyn Freeman
- Bass: Steven Anderson, Andrew McMinn
- Bass Alternate: Kennedy Henderson, Wyatt Brookshire
Riverdale School
- Violin: David Joo, Samuel Taylor, Naz Yaray
- Viola: Henry Gulner
- Bass: Chloe McKinley
Honors String Orchestra
- Violin: Yifei Ren*, Sullivan McCleary*, Juliana Delgado*, Yvonne Ge, Raymon Stanley, Rosalyn Bao, Pranay Bhat, Cole Liew, Catherine Shao, Lillian Freeman, Addison Childers, Colton Howe, Anna Moen
- Violin Alternate: Ceyda Kuscu
- Viola: Myles Martin*, Wendy Ouyang*, Ashton Caeter*, Teddy Karol, James Brantley
- Viola Alternate: Jieying Zeng
- Cello: Levi Lei*, Logan Shimko, Alan Brenneman
- Cello Alternate: Benjamin Davis, Matthew Wu
- Bass: Noah Mahintorabi*, Willis Bowman*, Ashton Echols
- Bass Alternate: Jake McMaster, Riley Osborne, Aurora Babcock
Symphony Orchestra
- Violin: Christian Park*, Lillian Jiang*, Lucy Uh, Jiaxin Zhu, Rose Ouyang, Zurielia Nyenwe, Rashi Kumar, Peyton Sanderson, Stone Dormayer
- Violin Alternate: Barrett Duesterhaus, Christian Santopuoli
- Viola: Erin McDonald*, Holland Holdsworth, Pierce Braby
- Viola Alternate: Billy Gates, Katelynn Wilson
- Cello: Zachary Randall, Christian Lloyd, Louis Ward
- Cello Alternate: Sophia Kohl, Nicholas Ibebuogu
- Bass: Aamen Kabneh, Ashton Echols
- Bass Alternate: Alexander Youngblood
(* Denotes All-State Orchestra)
We also want to give a special shoutout to the awesome woodwind quartet from The Houston Band that played for the November Chamber of Commerce meeting. Bravo to all our student artists!