COPPERAS COVE, Texas – When the All-Region Band concert happened for area junior high bands on a recent Saturday afternoon, it was loaded with Copperas Cove students.
A combined 89 band students from both Copperas Cove and S.C. Lee Junior Highs in Cove qualified for the 2023 All-Region Band.
Of those 89, 24 were selected to the region’s Wind Ensemble, 26 to the region’s Symphonic Band and 27 to the Concert Band, with another 12 students serving as regional alternates.
From Cove Junior High, 49 students were on the Chaparral High School stage in Killeen:
Wind Ensemble
Jude Allen, 3rd-chair Flute
Xavier Eclaveo, 4th-chair Flute
Dylan Peacock, 1st-chair Tenor Saxophone
Emply Pack, 2nd-chair French Horn
Joseph Sharbeno-Bockting, 1st-chair Trombone
Avery Outin, 3rd-chair Trombone
Joseph Ruppart, 4th-chair Trombone
Wayne Weilbacher, 2nd-chair Tuba
Angel Gonzalez Burgos, 3rd-chair Tuba
Symphonic Band
Annabelle Ruppard, 1st-chair Flute
Justyce Taylor, 7th-chair Flute
Sierra Wells, 2nd-chair Oboe
Jana Moris, 2nd-chair Clarinet
Brian Brennan, 5th-chair Clarinet
Heston Cardoza, 7th-chair Clarinet
David McCommas, 12th-chair Clarinet
Jacob Hyslop, 3rd-chair Alto Saxophone
Kris Baker, 1st-chair Baritone Saxophone
Landon Serfass, 2nd-chair Trumpet
Vontae Gaines, 3rd-chair Trumpet
Julian Aguilar, 8th-chair Trumpet
Julia Larkin, 1st-chair French Horn
Jocelyn Warren, 3rd-chair French Horn
Allison Brosky, 4th-chair French Horn
Cody Bell, 2nd-chair Euphonium
Concert Band
Amalyha Brandenburg, 1st-chair Oboe
Fabian Arevalo, 1st-chair Bassoon
Addisyn Csicsak, 2nd-chair Clarinet
Shaelie Fitzpatrick, 12th-chair Clarinet
Hayden Newman, 13th-chair Clarinet
Phoebe Smith, 14th-chair Clarinet
Antonio O’Neill, 3rd-chair Trumpet
Kira Morey, 4th-chair Trumpet
Christopher Crane, 7th-chair Trumpet
Nathan Gonzalez, 10th-chair Trumpet
Jennifer Kinne, 6th-chair French Horn
CJ Subillie, 2nd-chair Trombone
Reid Hammontree, 1st-chair Euphonium
Colton Bates, 3rd-chair Euphonium
Lyle Rosales, 5th-chair Percussion
Alternates
Andrea Pullin, Flute
Harmony Martinez, Clarinet
Isabella Wren, Bassoon
Lilah Castillo, Bassoon
Kamrynn Hayes, Alto Saxophone
Katie Gorman, Trumpet
Abdiel Colon Torres, Tuba
Solomon Lalani, Percussion
Sophie Gonzales, Percussion
Additionally, there were 40 students from S.C. Lee Junior High representing CCISD during the concert:
Wind Ensemble
Mia Gorgo, 1st-chair Flute
Cadence Minus, 2nd-chair Flute
Kathleen Chapin, 1st-chair Clarinet
Mai Anna Murphy, 3rd-chair Clarinet
Cori McCaskill, 5th-chair Clarinet
Santiago Bautista, 6th-chair Clarinet
Hugo Rosas, 7th-chair Clarinet
Aydria Scales, 8th-chair Clarinet
Maxwell Holland, 3rd-chair Trumpet
Jenna Ballard, 5th-chair Trumpet
Hannah Sanders, 6th-chair Trumpet
Grace Powell, 4th-chair French Horn
Malani Henderson, 5th-chair French Horn
Zion Darnell, 1st-chair Euphonium
Khai Nguyen, 3rd-chair Percussion
Symphonic Band
Elizabeth Orta, 4th-chair Flute
Dante Viera Paton, 6th-chair Clarinet
Cassidee Tuiasosopo – 8th-chair Clarinet
Noah Eggleston, 1st-chair Bass Clarinet
Eli Kenney, 1st-chair Tenor Saxophone
Robert Burton, 1st-chair Trumpet
Timothy Tran, 1st-chair Trombone
Anastasia Hansen, 1st-chair Euphonium
Antonio Gonzalez, 3rd-chair Tuba
Khang Nguyen, 1st-chair Percussion
Concert Band
Ava Ancheta, 2nd-chair Flute
Ruben Medina, 4th-chair Flute
Janell Gray, 1st-chair Clarinet
Crue Zickel, 7th-chair Clarinet
Jaeden Gonzalez, 8th-chair Clarinet
Romella Spitzer, 3rd-chair Alto Saxophone
Carson Caldwell, 4th-chair Alto Saxophone
Cullen Adams, 1st-chair Concert Band
Gabriel Sanchez, 3rd-chair French Horn
Isaiah Jackson, 1st-chair Trombone
Jasai Walwyn, 2nd-chair Euphonium
Ahanthony Reese, 2nd-chair Tuba
Alternates
Landon Lee, Flute
Dixie Bartram, Alto Saxophone
Franklin Landers, French Horn
Copperas Cove ISD congratulates these students for an outstanding accomplishment and earning the right to perform on Nov. 10th.