Greenhill Musicians Earn Superior Ratings at TPSMEA Festival

On March 4, hundreds of Middle and High School musicians from across the north Texas area descended on Greenhill to perform a solo or ensemble for the TPSMEA North Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Greenhill band and strings members were very successful, earning 72 Superior medals. In addition to earning medals, 12 Upper School Band members and four String members qualified for the TPSMEA State Solo & Ensemble Contest in May.
 
Upper School Band
Deeya Bachani ’23 – Marimba; State qualifier
Brian Chao ’26 – Snare Drum
Kyra Crawford ’24 – Tuba; State qualifier
Talia Dauer ’23 – Flute/Piccolo; State qualifier
Fernando Gupta ’25 – Alto Saxophone
Kevin Han ’23 – Snare Drum; State qualifier
Rachel Jiang ’26 – Flute/Piccolo; State qualifier
Pranav Joshi ’24 – Euphonium/Baritone; State qualifier
Vincent Le ’26 – Trombone
Elizabeth Nassi ’25 – Clarinet; State qualifier
Sanay Nesargi ’26 – Bassoon; State qualifier
Miles Newman ’26 – Snare Drum
Ayne Park ’24 – Flute/Piccolo; State qualifier
Christan Park ’24 – Flute/Piccolo; State qualifier
Shreya Ram ’24 – Flute/Piccolo; State qualifier
Aditi Vikram ’25 – Clarinet; State qualifier
Chris Williams ’25 – Alto Saxophone
 
7th/8th Band
Sonia Brown ’27 – French Horn
Carys Diamond ’27 – French Horn
Charlotte Faems ’27 – Tenor Saxophone
Oliver Ferris-Rojas ’27 – Flute/Piccolo
Niam Ghelani ’27 – Trumpet
Adam Haq ’28 – Clarinet
Aanya Krishnakumar ’28 – Trombone
Ayaan Patel ’28 – Flute/Piccolo
Vikram Sampath ’27 – Snare Drum
Leo Schnabel ’27 – Trumpet
John Sewak ’27 – Trombone
Mahedhar Sunkara ’27 – Alto Saxophone
Gabe Torres ’28 – Trumpet
Evan Tsai ’28 – Clarinet
 
6th Grade Band
Daniella Antypas – Marimba
Olivia Bechtold – Clarinet
Wesley Black – Trombone
Trenton Chou – Clarinet
Josiah Chu – Clarinet
Emerson Chwerchak-White – Trumpet
Blake Clark – Tenor Saxophone
Drake Clark – Alto Saxophone
Garrett Clark – Trumpet
Emmett Considine – Trombone
Brooklyn Dean – Flute/Piccolo
Jada Fleming – Clarinet
Benedetta Gennarelli – Clarinet
Abe Glazer – Trumpet
CJ Glenn – Alto Saxophone
Gabe Gonzalez – Trumpet
Dean Greenstein – Tuba
Dylan Henshel – Bass Clarinet
Martin Hill – Trumpet
Colin Houpt – Flute/Piccolo
Oliver Huang – Clarinet
Noah Jones – Euphonium/Baritone
Baer Kelly – Trumpet
Bryan Kuang – Flute/Piccolo
Amrita Madhavanur – Flute/Piccolo
Ellen Mapes – Flute/Piccolo
Olivia Medland – Alto Saxophone
Anabelle Olvera – Flute/Piccolo
Dante Rodriguez – Flute/Piccolo
Max Rudnicki – Marimba
Noah Stinchcomb – Trumpet
Anderson Tsao – Clarinet
Evan Tu – Clarinet
Ansh Verma – Clarinet
Andrew Waldman – Marimba
Nyle Yousuf – Alto Saxophone
Yusuf Zaman – Guitar
 
Strings
Charlotte Purcell ’23 – violinist; earned 1st Division on class 1 solo and State qualifier
Varun Mukund ’25 – violinist; earned 1st Division on class 1 solo and State qualifier
Pratosh Raman ’26 – pianist; earned 1st Division on class 1 solo and State qualifier
Soraya Sachdeva ’27 – cellist; earned 1st Division on class 2 solo
Sherry Zhang ’26 – pianist; earned 1st Division on class 1 solo and State qualifier
 
Special thanks to Nick Paraskevas, Tony Lopez, Hallie Michaels, and Brian Donnell for helping with the contest hosting duties, music copying, student entries, and equipment moving. Also, to the teachers in the Upper School buildings, MPAC, debate room, dining hall, and library for offering your space for the competition.
 
Thank you to facilities, Toby Row, the technology office, and security for their professionalism and help. Finally, a huge thank you to the awesome band parents and students who volunteered many hours Saturday to help pull off another successful event.
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