Tate Band Members Receive Superior, Excellent Ratings At Bandmasters Event
February 25, 2014
Numerous members of the Tate High School band students received superior and excellent ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 1 Auxiliary Solo and Ensemble MPA event Friday night at Gulf Breeze High School. Tate was well represented, with the second most entries of any school in Northwest Florida.
Tate had 65 students earn a Superior rating, the most in several years.
Students listed below in bold type performed a Grade 5 piece or higher. Their Superior rating on this difficult music qualifies them to advance to the FBA State Solo and Ensemble MPA on March 24-25 in Gainesville.
Solos
- Angel Chu – Flute (Superior)
- Taylor Ertel – Flute (Excellent)
- Tiana Hendricks – Flute (Superior)
- Toye Johnson – Flute (Excellent)
- Toye Johnson – Piccolo (Superior)
- Madison Rondeau – Flute (Superior)
- Jordan Rynders – Flute (Excellent)
- Katie Woods – Clarinet (Superior)
- Ashton Nelson – Bassoon (Superior)
- Jacob Howard – Trumpet (Superior)
- Ethan Millet – Trumpet (Superior)
- Zach Vranich – Trumpet (Superior)
- Tristan Workman – Trumpet (Superior)
- Amber Brock – Trombone (Excellent)
- Noah Heitz – Trombone (Superior)
- Erica Earnest – Marimba (Superior)
- Honya Richbourg – Marimba (Superior)
- Kaitlin Sainata – Xylophone (Superior)
Duets/Trios/Quartets
- Victoria VanScyoc & Topanga Tucker – Flute (Excellent)
- Toye Johnson & Madison Tourney – Flute (Superior)
- Lillan Jensen & Jordan Rynders – Flute (Excellent)
- Lillian Jensen, Logan Royer, & Jordan Rynders – Flute (Excellent)
- Josh Chism, Cameron Caulder, Jacob Norre, & Brennan Infinger – Saxophone (Excellent)
- Bryce Coots, Eric Esselburn, Kendall Sainata, & Ashton Nelson – Saxophone (Superior)
Percussion Quintet (Excellent)
Landon Benson, Emily DeRise, Kyle Irps, Ethan Jensen and Will Talley
Percussion Choir (Superior)
Erica Earnest, Tristan Hacker, Madison Metcalf, Paxton Metcalf, Honya Richbourg, Kaitlin Sainata, Danae Smith and Ryan Tanton
Woodwind Choir (Superior)
Madison Rondeau, Toye Johnson, Steffany Brown, Ana Lowe, Madison Philley, Jenna Brooks, Natalie Wright, Julie Menah, Marissa Constantakos, Lexi Dixon, Stephen Cleary, Bryce Coots, Kendall Sainata, Kayla Dixon, Geoff Nagle, Eric Esselburn, Jessica Merritt, Kathryn Howard and Ashton Nelson
Brass Choir (Superior)
Jacob Howard, Zach Vranich, Mariah Constantakos, Jacob Hall, Joel Pryor, J. D. Franklin, Hannah Chism, Molly French, Chad Ratliff, Jessica Gainey, Chandler Cotton, Zach Humphries, Aaron Gavin, Jacob Charles, Matt Hardy, Darren Gulsby and Nick Krostag
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