Band Honor Ensembles
All National
All National Jazz Honors Ensemble
Fred Larson, Trombone
Carrboro High School
Teacher, Casey Spillman
About Fred
Fred has been an active member of the Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble during his four years at Carrboro HS. He has consistently auditioned for and been seated in the All-District and All-State Bands, as well as the All-Region and All-State Jazz Bands. In the summer of 2018, he attended the NC Governor's School for instrumental music. Most recently, Fred earned a spot in the National Association for Music Education, All-National Jazz Honors Ensemble. Fred is also a recipient of the 2019 YoungArts Award, a nationally recognized award for student musicians. He will be attending Harvard University and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
NC Central District
All District Middle School Honor Band
Music Honor Ensembles
Participation in honor ensembles is an intense and competitive process that takes course over several months. Students prepare music and audition for placement in honors ensembles. If selected, they participate in a multi-day clinic conducted by a master clinician and conductor. After many more hours of rehearsal, the experience culminates with a public performance.
NOTE:
The All State Honor Band Clinics were cancelled this year.
High School
All State Band Honor Band
Ewan Jones
Carrboro High School
Clarinet
Avery Loeb
Chapel Hill High School
Flute
Derek Yao
Chapel Hill High School
Trombone
Sam Fitzenrider
Chapel Hill High School
French Horn
NC Central District Honor Band
We had 31 students, representing all three high schools, selected for the NC Central District Honor Band.
Carrboro High School
Charlie Zoetmulder
Maria Beisser
Trinity Byfield
Sam Grant
Benita Johnson
Ewan Jones
Sam Webster
Chapel Hill High School
Sam Fitzenrider
Ben Fitzenrider
Andrew Cardona
Adam Cardona
Derek Yao
Aidan Murphy
Avery Loeb
Ellie Crone
Leo Paz
East Chapel Hill High School
Albert He
Janani Krishnakumar
Aidan Yung
Amanda Zhang
Kevin Chen
Wade Buchheit
Richard Li
Dylan Aubrey
Graham Nicholson
Allison Ng
Xavier Woodley
Iris Reed
Megan Talikoff
Liam Mullen
Ben Huang
NC Central District Honor Jazz Ensemble
We had three students from Carrboro High School selected for the NC Central District Honor Jazz Ensemble.
Carrboro High School
Sam Webster
Nathan Adair
Sam Grant
Middle School
All State Band Honor Band
Liam Dunne
Smith Middle School
Clarinet
Eric Ma
Smith Middle School
Clarinet
Andy Lee
Smith Middle School
Clarinet
Ava Ramsey
Phillips Middle School
Horn
NC Central District Honor Band
We had 17 students, representing three schools, selected for the NC Central District Honor Band.
Culbreth Middle School
Clara Mast
Joseph Lee
Crosby Adair
Zadie Taylor
Phillips Middle School
Orion Song
Katie Hauser
George Wang
Michael Kang
Malcolm Meyn
Ava Ramsey
Raghav Singh
Ian Madriaga
Smith Middle School
Liam Dunne
Surya Krishnamurthy
Andy Lee
Eric Ma
Lily Shang
NC Central District Honor Jazz Ensemble
We had two students from Culbreth Middle School selected for the NC Central District Honor Jazz Ensemble.
Culbreth Middle School
Clara Mast
Noah Hirsch