Congratulations to
our band members who performed at the UIL Texas State Solo & Ensemble
Contest on May 26 in Austin. We are
extremely proud of all who went. The following students received a Division 1 “Superior”
or Division 2 “Excellent” rating. At state, the ratings are extremely
competitive and a 1 or 2 is an incredible accomplishment.
Division
1 – Superior
• Percussion
Ensemble: Fabian Casillas, Salvador Onofre, Drake Truan, Zach Coursey,
Jordan Munson, Garrett Weber, Adarsh Patel
• Trombone
Quartet: Eli Canales, Timmy “Twizzler” Lutz, Preston Payne, Aiden
Sutherland
• Clarinet
Choir: Rika Hagino, Sarah Harvey, Daniel Estrada, Brenna Mitchell,
Keilena Marcos, Melody Piazzi, Tracy Le, Alex “Rain Drop” Rheney, Braeden
Laird, Emma Stoddard, Isabel Montez, Madison Peck, Emily Edgar, Karla Flores
• Percussion
Solo: Isaac LaVigne (11)
• English
Horn Solo: Ian Compton (11)
• Trumpet
Solo: Kadence Koehl (9)
Division
2 – Excellent
• Percussion
Quartet: Kayla Baird, Sharon Smith, Noa Raimond, Nathan Rogers
• Percussion
Ensemble: Isaac LaVigne, Sean Stuller, Russell Watson, Daniel Bertetti,
Miriam Listiak
• Percussion
Solo: Alex Keener (11)
• Percussion
Solo: Daniel Bertetti (12)
• Percussion
Solo: Kayla Baird (9)
• Percussion
Solo: Noa Raimond (10)
• Percussion
Solo: Russell Watson (11)
• Percussion
Solo: Sean Stuller (10)
• Percussion
Solo: Dylan Castellanos (9)
• Oboe
Solo: Zakery Sifuentez (11)
2018 UIL District Solo & Ensemble Results
Claudia Taylor Johnson had 17 soloists and seven
ensembles — a total of 54 band members — advance to the state level of competition after earning
Superior/1 ratings at the UIL District Solo & Ensemble competition
held February 24 at James Madison High School. The UIL State Solo
& Ensemble competition will be held May 26-28 at the University of
Texas at Austin's Butler School of Music. In all, a total of 69
CTJ soloists and eight ensembles earned Superior/1 ratings.
Congratulations to the following 17 band members who
advanced to UIL STATE Solo & Ensemble by memorizing a Class 1 or
playing a solo off the no-memory list, and earning a Superior/1 rating:
• Kayla Baird (9)
• Daniel Bertetti (12)
• Dylan Castellanos (9)
• Ian Compton (11)
• Shoko Kawada (12)
• Alex Keener (11)
• Kadence Koehl (9)
• Isaac LaVigne (11)
• Quinn Murphey (12)
• Noa Raimond (10)
• Jireh Robinson (12)
• Zakery Sifuentez (11)
• Sharon Smith (11)
• Sean Stuller (10)
• Haley Walkingstick (12)
• Russell Watson (11), twice
Congratulations
to the following xx band members who advanced to UIL STATE Solo &
Ensemble by earning a Superior/1 rating on their class 1 ensemble:
• Percussion Quartet: Kayla Baird (9), Sharon Smith (11), Noa Raimond, (10), Nathan Rogers (9)
• Trombone Quartet: Eli Canales (10), Timmy Lutz (11), Preston Payne (9), Aiden Sutherland (11)
• Fabian Casillas (10), Salvador Onofre (10), Drake Truan (9), Zach Coursey (9), Jordan Munson (9), Garrett Weber (12), Adarsh Patel (11)
• Jessica Gooch (10), Micah Johnson (11), Adin Dorf (12), Brendan Listiak (9)
• Clarinet Choir: Rika Hagino (12), Sarah Harvey (10), Daniel Estrada (10), Paige Hoelzer (9), Brenna Mitchell (9), Keilena Marcos (9), Melody Piazzi (9), Tracey Le (11), Alex Rheney (10), Braeden Laird (12), Emma Stoddard (10), Isabel Montez (9), Madison Peck (10), Emily Edgar (11), Karla Flores (12)
• Percussion Quintet: Isaac LaVigne (11), Sean Stuller (10), Russell Watson (11), Daniel Bertetti (12), Miriam Listiak (11)
• Tyson Whitaker (10), Lizzy Holzman (11), Jacob Lowe (11)
Congratulations to the following 52 band members who earned a Superior/1 rating:
• Adam Angelico (9)
• Jake Arlington (11)
• Matthew Belcher (12)
• Evan Bernal (11)
• Allie Byrd (12)
• Eli Canales (10)
• Calvin Carpenter (9)
• Derek Carreon (12)
• Zane Cobb (12)
• Mallory Condra (11)
• Brenden Coursey (10)
• Zach Coursey (9)
• Marvin Domingo (9)
• Will Donoghue (11)
• Nadia Fiscal (9)
• Emma Fischer (9)
• Antonio Flores III (10)
• Ewan Gomes (10)
• Nick Hall (9)
• Adam Halldorsson (11)
• Matthew Hamann (11)
• Sam Heikkenen (10)
• Carson Holland (11)
• Lindsey Huggins (9)
• Ashley Humphries (11)
• Allison Lamm (10)
• Collin Lawrence (11)
• Tracy Le (11)
• Christian Limon (12)
• Brendan Listiak (9)
• Jessica Long (10)
• Jacob Lowe (11)
• Anna Mason (11)
• Fernando Morales (10)
• Robert Mullen (9)
• Nathan Nguyen (11)
• Joey Olsson (10)
• Eric Packard (12)
• Parker Payne (11)
• Ethan Porter (10)
• Jacob Quintero (10)
• Matthew Rheney (11)
• Isabelle Rivera-Vega (11)
• Moses Roberts (11)
• Alejandro San Miguel (9)
• Melody Sanchez (12)
• Emma Stoddard (10)
• Caitlin Stoops (11)
• Aiden Sutherland (11)
• Eric Venglar (11)
• Tyson Whitaker (10)
• Carter Wilson (12)
Congratulations to the following three band members who earned a Superior/1 rating in their ensemble:
• Trombone Trio: Trevor Kearns (11), Allie Byrd (12), Aiden Sutherland (11)