38 qualify for state band solo and ensemble

Playing for state--
Junior Daniel Rodriguez tries out for solo and ensemble at Coronado High School in Lubbock on Feb. 20. Rodriguez was one of 38 band students who qualified for state competition at the end of May.

courtesy Adam Bodine

Playing for state– Junior Daniel Rodriguez tries out for solo and ensemble at Coronado High School in Lubbock on Feb. 20. Rodriguez was one of 38 band students who qualified for state competition at the end of May.

The band qualified 38 members for UIL state solo and ensemble competition at region contest on Feb. 20 in Lubbock. Division I performances advanced. They will perform at state in Austin at the end of May.

Division I solos included:
Sophomore Jessica Callaway on tenor saxophone, freshman Amy Schultz on trumpet, senior Katelin Reed on trumpet, junior Layne Alvarado on trumpet, junior Sarah Smith on percussion, sophomore Kami Luettgen on percussion, junior Daniel Rodriguez on percussion and freshman Jude Gomez on percussion

Division I ensembles included:
Flute trio of senior Michelle Guevara Gonzalez, junior Yesenia Olivas and junior Grecia Hermosillo Ortiz; clarinet choir of junior Rebecca Rempel, sophomore Celestia Wilkey, senior Sarah Sumpter, freshman Kaitlin Harrison, freshman Melissa Moore and freshman Karina Leyva; saxophone quartet of freshman Abigail Avitia Lopez, junior Adriana Romero, freshman Amy Segura and freshman Alondra Alderete; saxophone quartet of junior Alejandra Salcido, junior Micaela Regalado, Callaway and junior Krystal Oviedo; brass quartet of senior Neal Froese, junior Bradey Fehr, junior Max Wiebe and sophomore Cheyenne Munguia; brass sextet of Alvarado, junior Nick Acosta, senior Jordan Lashaway, freshman Adriana Vejar, Froese and  Munguia; brass sextet of  Reed, sophomore Julio Torres, junior Steven Weeks, senior Kaitlyn Daniels,  Fehr and Wiebe; woodwind and percussion large ensemble of  Guevara Gonzalez, Romero, Rempel, Wilkey, Sumpter, Harrison,  Moore,  Salcido, Regalado,  Segura,  Oviedo,  Gomez, Rodriguez,  Luettgen and Smith

Division II solo included:

Yesenia Olivas on flute