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