25 Granbury High School band members selected for All-Region Band

Twenty-five Granbury High School band members were selected for the All-Region Band during tryouts on December 9, 2023 at Keller Timber Creek High School.  The Texas Music Educators Association’s Region 30 tryouts featured hundreds of students from schools around Fort Worth, mainly in Ellis, Johnson, Hood, Parker, Palo Pinto, Somervell, and Tarrant counties.  

Three students are leading the contingent advancing to the area round for an opportunity to join one of the Texas All-State ensembles. Those students are listed below, and tryouts will be on January 6, 2024, at Coppell High School. 

Flute- Layla Escatel -1st Chair-12th Grade- 5A Symphonic Band- AREA Qualifier

Oboe- Abby Stone – 1st Chair -12th grade- 5A Symphonic Band- AREA Qualifier

Bb Clarinet- Ivan Perez  3rd Chair -11th grade- 5A Symphonic Band- AREA Qualifier

Qualifying for the high school region band were:

Flute

1^st Chair- 5A Symphonic Band (Area Qualifier) Layla Escatel 12^th grade

9^th Chair -5A Concert Band- Grace Jimenez 11^th grade

Clarinets

3^rd Chair -5A Symphonic Band (Area Qualifier) Ivan Perez 12^th grade

12^th Chair- 5A Concert Band- Silas Hughes 12^th grade

13^th Chair-5A Concert Band- Anna Sommerfeld 12^th grade

Bassoons

5^TH Chair- 5A Concert Band-   Braelyn Desormeaux 10^th grade

6^th Chair-5A Concert Band- Brooke Wilson 11^th grade

Oboe

1^st Chair- 5A Symphonic Band (Area Qualifier)- Abby Stone 12^th grade

Trumpet

9^th Chair- 5A Symphonic Band- Katelyn Mauldin 12^th grade

5^th Chair- 5A Concert Band- Ethan Mayes 12^th grade

Euphonium

4^th Chair 5A- Concert Band- Dallas Peck -9^th grade

5^th Chair 5A-Concert Band- Trevor Jackson 11^th grade

Tuba

3^rd Chair-5A Symphonic Band – Nathan Walters-10^th grade

4^th Chair-5A- Symphonic Band- Santiago Lumbreras 9^th grade

6^th Chair -5A Concert Band- Cristian Gonzales 12^th grade

Percussion

5A- Concert Band - Lucas Hyde 12^th grade

TMEA 9^TH GRADE Band

Flute-Carment Wright

Oboe- Rebecca Blair

Bassoon- River Dunn

Clarinet-Hutson Sims, Skylee Smith

Bass Cl-Brinley Sulak

Trumpet-Beckham Richie

Euphonium-Nikolas Maddux

Percussion -Lelan Brown