Junior High Students Earn Positions in District Honor Bands

Congratulations to the following students who were named to the 2022-2023 Junior High NBDA All-District Honor Band roster!

7th GRade Members

Carsyn Berg
Bryse Boyle
Genesis Cruz De Jesus
Andrew Fuller
Agustin Garcia Sandoval
Dallas Garner
Darwin Gonzalez Calderon
Layden Gray
Paul Hernandez Aguilar
Jaylen Marshall
Riley McQuitty
David Rodriguez
Andrea Ronquillo-Mendoza
Murhaf Salha
Nevaeh Sims
Andrew Strum
Olivia Tran
Karin Tran
April Young

7th GradeAlternates

Caleb Blakey
|Kensington Blakney
Kaisley Galchik
Guillermo Gaytan
Orin Goodyear
Leeann Kinsey
Madeline Le
Tristin Miller
Christopher Perez Gutierrez

8th Grade Alternates

Ever Caliz
Keyonne Dryer
Alex Duvall
Daynon Geer
Payton Lawrence
Ava Lester
Benjamin Long
Joseph Moua
Carlos Saucedo

8th GRade Members

Cooper Andrew
Alijah Bickham
Tori Bravo
Cameron Bresciano
Keenan Brown
Parker Brown
Lucas Crow
Tucker Davis
Gustavo Duran
Alejandro Escalera
Ava Feemster
Owen Flaherty
Morriah Foster
Isaac Fuller
AnaSophia Gomez
Jonathan Jandebeur
Joanne Lhing
Bailey Nguyen Tang
Dominick Piacenti
Raghav Rajaperumal
Derek Silva
Jaraett Sims
Bulut Snear
Leila Yang

9th Grade Alternates

Axel Ayala Lara
Edwin Chen
Jace Cole
Angelica Diaz
Lilly Jarrett
Jarrett Kamande
Jakob Stout
Audrey Ziegenbein

9th GRade Members

Michael Ronquillo-Mendoza
Gil Ascencio Matias
Elizabeth Chancler
Jacob Coulter
Braden Fleming
Emma Foster
Jordan Hitchye
Katie Kern
Claire Mitsdarfer
Tyler O'laughlin
J'shon Pope
Shawn Trice
Nat Vasquez Vargas
Cooper Williams

Indoor Percussion & Winter Guard Pancake Breakfast

Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain

About the Program:

 As Oklahoma’s Official School of the Arts, OSAI is the state's premier program for high school students wishing to further their skills in the literary, visual and performing arts. We are a nonprofit, partially funded by the State Department of Education. OSAI participants are accepted through a statewide audition process aimed at identifying Oklahoma's most talented young artists. During this intensive two-week residency program, students study with renowned artist-educators in one of several disciplines: acting, chorus, creative writing, dance, drawing & painting, film & video, orchestra or photography. All accepted students automatically receive a full scholarship, thereby ensuring that all students can attend, regardless of financial means.

OSAI 2023 will be held June 10-25 at Quartz Mountain State Park & Lodge in Southwest Oklahoma. Auditions begin in January.

How to Apply:

Students must first complete an online application. Next, each discipline has very specific audition and work sample requirements and students will need to prepare their application materials according to these guidelines listed on our website: acting, chorus, creative writing, dance, drawing & painting, film & video, orchestra, and photography. 

Applicants in acting, chorus, dance, and orchestra must schedule and participate in an in-person audition.

Please view the Audition Schedule for all dates, Zoom interviews, and locations.

Audition Dates & Location

Tulsa Ballet (dance only)
January 28, 2023
1:30-8:30pm

Will Rogers High School (acting, chorus, and orchestra)
January 28, 2023
10am-5pm

Owasso High School (chorus and orchestra)
February 9, 2023
3:15-8pm

University of Tulsa (chorus and orchestra)
Lorton Performance Hall
February 12, 2023
5:15-8:45pm