78 middle, high school students selected to District Honor Band

WEST COLUMBIA, SC – Seventy-eight middle and high school students have been selected for the 2024-2025 Lexington Two District Honor Band.

 

Both middle and high school students will spend 10 hours of rehearsal learning new music and working with master educators, with middle school musicians working with Jocquin Fuller and high school students with master educator Roger Simpson.

 

Members of the Lexington Two District Honor Band will give a free concert, open to the public, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 7. The event will be held at the district’s Performing Arts Center.

 

Here’s a list of students selected to this year’s District Honor Band:

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

Flute

Fynley Coker, Fulmer Middle School

Akyra Williams, Pine Ridge Middle School

Diana Garcia Santos, Fulmer Middle School

 

Clarinet

Antwan Mitchell, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Ashlyn Wilson, Fulmer Middle School

Samantha Harris, Fulmer Middle School

Makaila Redmond, Fulmer Middle School

Bryanna Diaz-Montalvo, Fulmer Middle School

Marcos Soriano Cruz, Northside Middle School

 

Bass Clarinet

Jacob Shealy, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Alto Saxophone

Jayden Goldwire, Pine Ridge Middle School

Ariana D'Elia, Fulmer Middle School

Cristian Ramirez, Pine Ridge Middle School

 

Tenor Saxophone

TC Webb, Northside Middle School

 

Trumpet 

Elaine Broadus, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Eli Self-Vasquez, Pine Ridge Middle School

Kamren Calhoun, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Tahlia Redd, Pine Ridge Middle School

Giuliano Canestrano, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Eli Koon, Fulmer Middle School

 

Trombone

Jeremy Saucedo-Hernandez, Pine Ridge Middle School

Brice Trimnal, Fulmer Middle School

Joshua Ellisor, Northside Middle School 

Avery Allen, Pine Ridge Middle School 

Jack Fenech, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Baritone

Bryan Rimer, Pine Ridge Middle School

Jamie Stone, Fulmer Middle School

Mia Farley, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Tuba

Maziah Battle, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Mallet Percussion 

Kelsi Summers, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

David Muncy, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

David Gonzalez Avila, Fulmer Middle School

Christopher Washington, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Snare Drum

Abram Salley, Pine Ridge Middle School

Kai Turner, Pine Ridge Middle School

Claytron Cokely, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

HIGH SCHOOL

Flute

Andrew Roberts, Brookland-Cayce High School

Madison Tackman, Airport High School

Jade Jackson, Airport High School

Caelyn Sligh, Airport High School

Melana Tempro, Airport High School

 

Clarinet 

Abigail Murillo, Airport High School

McKenzie Beamer, Airport High School

Maria De La Cruz-Lopez, Brookland-Cayce High School

Joshua Rojas, Airport High School

Arwyn Simmons, Brookland-Cayce High School

Haley Petaja, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

Bass Clarinet

Emily Crawford, Airport High School

Gavin Pareja, Airport High School

James Rougeau, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

Alto Saxophone

Vanessa Belleton, Brookland-Cayce High School

Ryan Knight, Brookland-Cayce High School

Mackenzie Burns, Airport High School

Ray Carpenter, Airport High School

Mackenna Maddox, Brookland-Cayce High School

Rose Prasavath, Airport High School

 

Tenor Saxohpone

Donovan Norris, Brookland-Cayce High School

Ashton Dawkins, Airport High School

Christopher Webb, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

Baritone Saxophone

Carlos Daniels, Airport High School

Preston Hamlet, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

French Horn

Aubrey Kibitlewski, Airport High School

Amber Rayfield, Airport High School

 

Trumpet

Frank Harrison, Airport High School

Serentiy Robbins, Airport High School

 

Trombone

Sonia Robinson-Riley, Airport High School

 

Baritone

Hailey Osbourne, Airport High School

Trey Anderson, Airport High School

Kenniah Tucker, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

Tuba

Jonathan Ramirez-Bautista, Airport High School

Brezlin Smith, Airport High School

 

Mallet Percussion

Melody Goodman, Airport High School

Chris Gallardo, Airport High School

 

Snare

Mike Slocum, Airport High School

John Wingard, Airport High School

Givyn Dyer, Airport High School

 

Timpani

Jikoui Brown, Airport High School

Bryce Loughery, Brookland-Cayce High School

 

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Fourteen students selected to Region 2 Honor Band Clinic

Fourteen Lexington Two students have been selected to the 2025 South Carolina Band Director Association Region 2 Honor Band Clinic. Students auditioned with musicians from the following counties: Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, and Saluda, as well as Lexington County students from districts Lexington 1-4 and Lexington/Richland 5, 

 

Students will rehearse at Lexington High School on February 21-22 with concerts starting at 2 p.m. at the Lexington High School Fine Arts Center. 

 

Region 2 Alternate Band (6th-12th Grade)

Antwan Mitchell - Clarinet, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Donovan Norris - Tenor Saxophone, Brookland Cayce High School

Elaine Broadus - Trumpet, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

Bryan Rimer- Euphonium, Pine Ridge Middle School

Kenniah Tucker - Euphonium, Brookland Cayce High School

Maziah Battle - Tuba, Busbee Creative Arts Academy

 

Clinic Band (9th-10th Grade)

McKenzie Beamer - Clarinet, Airport High School  (All-State Callback)

Arwyn Simmons - Clarinet, Brookland Cayce High School

Abigail Murillo - Clarinet, Airport High School

Haley Peteja - Clarinet, Brookland Cayce High School

Carlos Daniels - Baritone Sax, Airport High School

 

Senior Band (11th-12th Grade)

Andrew Roberts - Senior Flute

Ryan Knight - Senior Alto Saxophone (All-State Callback)

Jonathan Ramirez Bautista - Senior Clinic Tuba