Congratulations to the following 9th-grade students who auditioned for the Region VIII JR High All-Region Band. Auditions took place at Van Buren Freshmen Academy in Van Buren, Arkansas on December 9th, 2023.
The All-Region Concert will take place on January 27th, 2024 at the Van Buren Performing Arts Center in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Flute
1st Band 1st Chair: Delainy Del Rio FS Southside FR
1st Band 3rd Chair: Bailey Arquitt FS Southside FR
2nd Band 1st Chair: Jamie Crawford FS Northside FR
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Adriana Le FS Southside FR
2nd Band 6th Chair: Mariela Luevano FS Northside FR
2nd Band 8th Chair: Madellyn Manithong FS Southside FR
2nd Band 9th Chair: Cesia Ingles FS Northside FR
3rd Band 4th Chair: Heidi West FS Southside FR
3rd Band 7th Chair: Emilio Jack Van Bure FA
3rd Band 9th Chair: Angel Hernandez FS Northside FR
2nd Alternate: Adilyn Vick Van Buren FA
3rd Alternate: Christian Martinez FS Northside FR
Clarinet
1st Band 2nd Chair: Jake Ball Van Buren FA
1st Band 4th Chair: Alyssa Canada Charleston 9th
1st Band 7th Chair: Elia Zapata Van Buren FA
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Kaydence Driggers Van Buren FA
2nd Band 4th Chair: Grace Sims Paris 9th
2nd Band 6th Chair: Addison Martin Van Buren FA
2nd Band 7th Chair: Melanie Luevano FS Northside FR
2nd Band 12th Chair: Jazmine Figueroa FS Northside FR
2nd Band 17th Chair: Emma Hosier Van Buren FA
2nd Band 20th Chair: Gracie Bui FS Northside FR
2nd Band 21st Chair: Isabella Watkins FS Southside FR
2nd Band 23rd Chair: Lily Kennedy Van Buren FA
2nd Band 24th Chair: Frances Storms Ozark 9th
3rd Band 1st Chair: Grace Mills FS Southside FR
3rd Band 6th Chair: Abigail Iriving FS Southside FR
3rd Band 9th Chair: Marley Turner Paris 9th
3rd Band 10th Chair: Madelyn Watkins FS Southside FR
3rd Band 11th Chair: Cora Nichols Booneville 9th
3rd Band 17th Chair: Raymond Kitching Van Buren FA
3rd Band 18th Chair: Colin Truong FS Southside FR
3rd Band 21st Chair: Amy Jimenez FS Northside FR
1st Alternate: Sebastian Parga FS Northside FR
2nd Alternate:
3rd Alternate: Caleb Gomez Van Buren FA
Bass Clarinet
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Macie Hanson Van Buren FA
1st Alternate: Brandon Chaleunsack Van Buren FA
3rd Alternate: Roselyn Mendoza Van Buren FA
Alto Saxophone
1st Band 1st Chair: Halie Anderson FS Southside FR
1st Band 2nd Chair: Addison Dorey FS Southside FR
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Alessandra Castillo-Canas Van Buren FA
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Ivan Sanchez Mena 9th
2nd Band 4th Chair: Skyler Durham FS Southside FR
2nd Band 5th Chair: Gabriel Draper Booneville 9th
2nd Band 6th Chair: Cristian Benavides FS Northside FR
Tenor Saxophone
2nd Band 1st Chair: Tristan Hansen Mena 9th
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Remington Neidecker Van Buren FA
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Jaziel Hernandez FS Northside FR
3rd Band 1st Chair: Daymion Samuels FS Northside FR
3rd Alternate: Thomas Gitumbi FS Northside FR
Bari Saxophone
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Giovany Strickland Lavaca 9th
3rd Band 1st Chair: Noah Riley Cedarville 9th
Trumpet
1st Band 1st Chair: Kaylee McCoy Hackett 9th
1st band 3rd Chair: Zachary Stone FS Southside FR
2nd Band 1st Chair: Rhys Drordjevic Van Buren FA
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Carter Traywich FS Southside FR
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Cesar Benavides FS Northside FR
2nd Band 4th Chair: Anna Leding Ozark 9th
2nd Band 7th Chair: Sean Pennington Booneville 9th
2nd Band 8th Chair: Kyle Burton FS Southside FR
2nd Band 9th Chair: Noah Patterson Van Buren FA
2nd Band 10th Chair: Carson Carter FS Southside FR
2nd Band 11th Chair: Noah Agans Van Buren FA
2nd Band 12th Chair: Marely Diaz FS Northside FR
2nd Band 13th Chair: Kizer Ree Van Buren FA
3rd Band 1st Chair: Christian Waessil Van Buren FA
3rd Band 2nd Chair: Maddison Young Van Buren FA
3rd Band 6th Chair: Katelyn Orellana Van Buren FA
3rd Band 11th Chair: Allison Monterroza Van Buren FA
3rd Band 12th Chair: Ethan Millican FS Southside FR
1st Alternate: Cameron Humphries FS Southside FR
French Horn
1st Band 2nd Chair: Joseph Tedder FS Southside FR
1st Band 5th Chair: Jaxon Hadley Mena 9th
2nd Band 4th Chair: Angle Lopez Van Buren FA
3rd Band 1st Chair: Grant Olds Van Buren FA
3rd Band 2nd Chair: Eli Caruthers FS Southside FR
3rd Band 3rd Chair: Abraham Guerrero FS Northside FR
3rd Band 4th Chair: Mackenzie McShan FS Southside FR
3rd Band 5th Chair: Rorry Marrow FS Southside FR
1st Alternate: Beckett Wilhelmi Clarksville FR
Trombone
1st Band 1st Chair: Molly Carrier FS Southside FR
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Gabby Lopez Ozark 9th
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Jaron Hadley Mena 9th
2nd Band 4th Chair: Devin Vilayvanh FS Northside FR
2nd Band 5th Chair: Osvaldo Resendiz FS Southside FR
2nd Band 9th Chair: Chloe Kuper Van Buren FA
3rd Band 1st Chair: Adrian Rivas FS Northside FR
3rd Band 2nd Chair: Jose Raymundo FS Northside FR
3rd Band 3rd Chair: Clayton Keeter Cedarville 9th
3rd Band 5th Chair: Ember Sandoval Paris 9th
3rd Band 9th Chair: Synister Goodman Van Buren FA
1st Alternate: Katie Green Van Buren FA
2nd Alternate: Tomas Ruiz Hackett 9th
Euphonium
1st Band 1st Chair: Evie Hyman FS Southside FR
1st Band 2nd Chair: Caylee Pike FS Northside FR
2nd Band 2nd Chair: Diego Hernandez FS Southside FR
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Emily Stockton Waldron 9th
2nd Band 4th Chair: Eduardo Cordova Van Buren FA
2nd Band 6th Chair: Hailey Goodwin FS Southside FR
3rd Band 3rd Chair: Isaiah Lopez Van Buren FA
3rd Band 6th Chair: Jerry Watson Van Buren FA
1st Alternate: Paola Alarcon Ramirez FS Southside FR
Tuba
1st Band 1st Chair: Joey Dubina FS Southside FR
1st Band 2nd Chair: Jordan Skaggs Paris 9th
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Reid Lawrence FS Southside FR
2nd Band 7th Chair: Elijio Mejia FS Southside FR
3rd Band 1st Chair: Jayden Whitesis FS Northside FR
3rd Band 2nd Chair: Gavin Fiser Greenwood FR
3rd Band 4th Chair: Lilith Price Van Buren FA
3rd Band 5th Chair: Seth Simpson FS Southside FR
3rd Band 8th Chair: Jayden Gushing FS Northside FR
1st Alternate: Silas Gordon Van Buren FA
Percussion
1st Band 1st Chair: Jayden Simmons Van Buren FA
1st Band 2nd Chair: Ben Ostrander FS Southside FR
1st Band 4th Chair: Malcolm Harper FS Southside FR
1st Band 7th Chair: Will Braeden Van Buren FA
2nd Band 1st Chair: Timothy Carrier FS Southside FR
2nd Band 3rd Chair: Caylee Johnson FS Southside FR
2nd Band 4th Chair: Josue Guerra Van Buren FA
2nd Band 5th Chair: Eric Dusang Van Buren FA
2nd Band 8th Chair: Kevin Rosa FS Northside FR
2nd Band 9th Chair: Ryle Gomez Galindez FS Southside FR
2nd Band 11th Chair: Braxton Clifford Van Buren FA
3rd Band 2nd Chair: Elias Claros FS Northside FR
3rd Band 4th Chair: Damian Rivas FS Northside FR
3rd Band 7th Chair: Jayden Brown Van Buren FA
3rd Band 10th Chair: Maylee Skacel Greenwood FR
3rd Band 11th Chair: Rilee Hays Van Buren FA
2nd Alternate: Ezra Keller Alma FR
3rd Alternate: Ethan Shumate Greenwood FR