Embedded Files
2024-2025
Inaugural 6th Grade Honor OrchestraViolin-Tabitha GrellaNicholas GriffithHannah Prothro
Viola-Kassidy KerecmanCharlotte Smith
Cello- Xiwen Hou
Bass-Paul Egwuenu
Inaugural All-District Orchestra Members
Violin-Alice ShiPruthav SaralayaWilliam GriffithSanjay Satish Kumar
Bass-Ella Madl
Harp-Carys Arthur
All-Region Orchestra Members Violin-Alice Shi - Chamber Orchestra - (Rank 7 out of 200+)
Harp-Carys Arthur - Concert & Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsAdkins & Blanton 5th Grade Orchestra - TBD!Felix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Superior on Stage & Excellent overall - Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes! and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!
Solo & Ensemble Contest
April 2025 166 Entries. Highest out of all DISD middle schools. 3 students received a 1+ Honors award, 129 Superior ratings, and 34 Excellent ratings.
2023-2024All-Region Orchestra Members
Violin-Alice Shi - Chamber Orchestra - (Rank 30 out of 201)
Viola- Lena Kim - Chamber Orchestra - 3rd Chair (Ranked #3 overall out of all auditioners!)Alida Zavala - 1st Alternate
Cello-Caleb Chang - Chamber Orchestra - 11th Chair
Bass-Marcelo Palma - Concert Orchestra - 3rd ChairCharles Balmos - Concert Orchestra - 8th Chair
Harp-Carys Arthur - 1st Alternate
Orchestra Contest ResultsAdkins & Blanton 5th Grade Orchestra - Superior AND Best In Class!Felix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - Epic Waters Music Festival - SuperiorClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes! and Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior
Solo & Ensemble Contest
April 2024 132 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 10 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 75 students received Superior ratings, and 47 students received Excellent ratings.
2022-2023All-Region Orchestra Members
Viola-Lena Kim - Rank 3, Chamber OrchestraSasha Wong - Concert Orchestra
Cello-Caleb Chang - Rank 4, Chamber Orchestra
Bass-Victoria Bond - Rank 5, Chamber OrchestraMarcelo Palma - Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - NRH2O Music Festival - SuperiorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Overall "Excellent" and all "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Epic Waters Music Festival - SuperiorClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (A perfect score!) and Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior
Solo & Ensemble ContestApril 2023 - 119 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 8 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 64 students received Superior ratings, and 34 students received Excellent ratings.
The following students were 1+ Honors Recipients: #1 Alexis Gray (6th Grade) – Violin Solo (on her own composition!)#2 Alice Shi (6th Grade) – Violin Solo#3 Caleb Chang (7th Grade) – Cello Solo with piano accompaniment#4 Lena Kim (7th Grade) – Viola Solo with piano accompaniment #5 Marcelo Palma (7th Grade) – Bass Solo#6 & #7 Victoria Bond and Grayson Koonce (8th Grade) - Double Bass Duet#8 Emma Gajdalo (8th Grade) – Violin Solo
2021-2022All-Region Orchestra Members Violin- Erin Kim - Chamber Orchestra Aiden Lee - Chamber Orchestra Sarvajeeth Haricharan - Concert OrchestraViolaLena Kim - Chamber OrchestraCelloChristiopher Rodriguez - Rank 1, Placement - Chamber Orchestra Hyunjoon Shin - Chamber OrchestraBassMaria Olaya-Arroyo - Chamber OrchestraVictoria Bond - Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - NRH2O Music Festival -SuperiorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Overall "Excellent" and all "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBDClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD
Solo & Ensemble ContestApril 2022 - 85 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 9 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 57 students received Superior ratings, and 19 students received Excellent ratings.
Inaugural 6th Grade Honor OrchestraViolin-Tabitha GrellaNicholas GriffithHannah Prothro
Viola-Kassidy KerecmanCharlotte Smith
Cello- Xiwen Hou
Bass-Paul Egwuenu
Inaugural All-District Orchestra Members
Violin-Alice ShiPruthav SaralayaWilliam GriffithSanjay Satish Kumar
Bass-Ella Madl
Harp-Carys Arthur
All-Region Orchestra Members Violin-Alice Shi - Chamber Orchestra - (Rank 7 out of 200+)
Harp-Carys Arthur - Concert & Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsAdkins & Blanton 5th Grade Orchestra - TBD!Felix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Superior on Stage & Excellent overall - Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes! and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD!
Solo & Ensemble Contest
April 2025 166 Entries. Highest out of all DISD middle schools. 3 students received a 1+ Honors award, 129 Superior ratings, and 34 Excellent ratings.
2023-2024All-Region Orchestra Members
Violin-Alice Shi - Chamber Orchestra - (Rank 30 out of 201)
Viola- Lena Kim - Chamber Orchestra - 3rd Chair (Ranked #3 overall out of all auditioners!)Alida Zavala - 1st Alternate
Cello-Caleb Chang - Chamber Orchestra - 11th Chair
Bass-Marcelo Palma - Concert Orchestra - 3rd ChairCharles Balmos - Concert Orchestra - 8th Chair
Harp-Carys Arthur - 1st Alternate
Orchestra Contest ResultsAdkins & Blanton 5th Grade Orchestra - Superior AND Best In Class!Felix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - Epic Waters Music Festival - SuperiorClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes! and Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior
Solo & Ensemble Contest
April 2024 132 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 10 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 75 students received Superior ratings, and 47 students received Excellent ratings.
2022-2023All-Region Orchestra Members
Viola-Lena Kim - Rank 3, Chamber OrchestraSasha Wong - Concert Orchestra
Cello-Caleb Chang - Rank 4, Chamber Orchestra
Bass-Victoria Bond - Rank 5, Chamber OrchestraMarcelo Palma - Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - NRH2O Music Festival - SuperiorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Overall "Excellent" and all "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Epic Waters Music Festival - SuperiorClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (A perfect score!) and Epic Waters Music Festival - Superior
Solo & Ensemble ContestApril 2023 - 119 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 8 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 64 students received Superior ratings, and 34 students received Excellent ratings.
The following students were 1+ Honors Recipients: #1 Alexis Gray (6th Grade) – Violin Solo (on her own composition!)#2 Alice Shi (6th Grade) – Violin Solo#3 Caleb Chang (7th Grade) – Cello Solo with piano accompaniment#4 Lena Kim (7th Grade) – Viola Solo with piano accompaniment #5 Marcelo Palma (7th Grade) – Bass Solo#6 & #7 Victoria Bond and Grayson Koonce (8th Grade) - Double Bass Duet#8 Emma Gajdalo (8th Grade) – Violin Solo
2021-2022All-Region Orchestra Members Violin- Erin Kim - Chamber Orchestra Aiden Lee - Chamber Orchestra Sarvajeeth Haricharan - Concert OrchestraViolaLena Kim - Chamber OrchestraCelloChristiopher Rodriguez - Rank 1, Placement - Chamber Orchestra Hyunjoon Shin - Chamber OrchestraBassMaria Olaya-Arroyo - Chamber OrchestraVictoria Bond - Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - NRH2O Music Festival -SuperiorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Overall "Excellent" and all "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBDClaude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Epic Waters Music Festival - TBD
Solo & Ensemble ContestApril 2022 - 85 entries of solos and chamber ensembles! 9 students received the standout 1+ Honors awards, 57 students received Superior ratings, and 19 students received Excellent ratings.
2020-2021All-Region Orchestra Members Violin - Erin Kim - Rank 8, Placement - Chamber OrchestraJonathan Giron- Rank 49, Placement - Concert OrchestraAiden Lee- Rank 50, Placement - Concert OrchestraViola -Susan Pritchard- Rank 21, Placement - Concert Orchestra Cello -Gavin Sciarrino - Rank 19, Placement - Concert Orchestra Bass -Harper Robbins- Rank 5, Placement - Chamber OrchestraLilly Cupit- Rank 8, Placement - Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra Contest ResultsCancelled due to Harpool Middle School Building Closure and student displacementSolo & Ensemble ContestOver 150 entries!
Orchestra Contest ResultsCancelled due to Harpool Middle School Building Closure and student displacementSolo & Ensemble ContestOver 150 entries!
2019-2020All-Region Orchestra Members Violin - Lauren Kim - Rank 34, Placement - Chamber Orchestra chair 34Dashiell Browne - Rank 57, Placement - Concert Orchestra chair 21Astrid Giron - Rank 41, Placement - Concert Orchestra 1st violin chair 5Trisha Kundu - Rank 48, Placement - Concert Orchestra 2nd violin chair 10Viola - Tanner Small - Rank 14, Placement - Chamber Orchestra viola chair 14 Lucas Peterson - Rank 27, Placement - Concert Orchestra viola chair 13Cello - Carter Williams - Rank 3, Placement - Chamber Orchestra cello chair 3 (Ranked 3rd overall out of 93 cellists!)Julia Kim - Rank 17, Placement - Concert Orchestra cello chair 5Gavin Sciarrino - Rank 24, Placement- Concert Orchestra cello chair 12Bass - Trevor Rizzo - Rank 1, Placement - Chamber Orchestra bass chair 1 (Ranked 1st overall out of 36 bassists!)Harper Robbins - Rank 4, Placement - Chamber Orchestra bass chair 4Lilly Cupit - Rank 7, Placement - Chamber Orchestra bass chair 7
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Pride of Texas Music Festival @ Pinstack Plano - Covid Cancelation Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - "Excellent" in Concert and "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Peak Music Festival Contest - Covid Cancelation Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Peak Contest - Covid Cancelation Solo & Ensemble Contest153 Entries - Covid Cancelation
Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Pride of Texas Music Festival @ Pinstack Plano - Covid Cancelation Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - "Excellent" in Concert and "Superior" 1st division in Sightreading and Peak Music Festival Contest - Covid Cancelation Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Peak Contest - Covid Cancelation Solo & Ensemble Contest153 Entries - Covid Cancelation
2018-2019All-Region Orchestra Members Violin - Audrey Lee - 2nd, Andrea Garcia - 29th, Antonella Echeverria - 34th, Lauren Kim - 61stViola - Sophia Gengo - 3rd, Sydney Wall - 11thCello - Julia Kim - 17th, Carter Williams - 22nd, Fiona Farr - 23rdBass - Maxime Begin - 4th, Ryan Bates - 8th, Trevor Rizzo - 12th Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Pride of Texas Music Festival @ Pinstack Plano - 1st Division "Superior" RatingWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Ovation Music Festival Contest - 1st Division Rating and Grand Champion.Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Peak Contest - 1st Division Rating for String Orchestra, 1st Division Rating for Full Orchestra, and Most Outstanding for Full Orchestra. Outstanding Section Awards from judges: Violin section, viola section, cello section, bass section. Solo & Ensemble Contest150 HMS Orchestra Entries44 2nd division "Excellent" Awards, 96 1st division "Superior" Awards, 10 1+ Honors Awards
2017-2018All-Region Orchestra MembersViolin - Hannah Kim - 2nd, Audrey Lee - 3rd, Eta Tako - 12th, Laura Avila - 4th, Hannah von Suskil - 32nd, Rachel Woods - 36thViola - Ethan Wong - 5th, Vanessa Moyo - 7th, Sophia Gengo - 19th, Olivia Watson - 29th (Alternate)Cello - Jackson Williams - 4th, Aaron McNair - 23rdDouble bass - Brendan Rieder - 7th, Sisley Stephens - 11th Orchestra Contest ResultsFelix Mendelssohn Orchestra (6th Grade) - Pride of Texas Music Festival @ IT'Z Euless - 1st Division "Superior" RatingWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra (Non-Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) and Peak Contest - 1st Division "Superior" Rating. Claude Debussy Orchestra (Varsity 7-8th) - UIL Contest - Sweepstakes (1st division in Concert and 1st division in Sightreading) Peak Contest - 1st Division "Superior" Rating and Most Outstanding OrchestraSolo & Ensemble Contest 159 HMS Orchestra Entries 29 2nd division "Excellent" Awards, 113 1st division "Superior"Awards, 17 1+ Honors Awards
Report abuse