On Saturday, October 5, many of Wakeland’s orchestra students participated in the TMEA Region 24 High School All-Region Orchestra auditions.

This is a highly competitive, annual event that draws nearly a thousand talented young musicians from across the entire region (Frisco, McKinney, Prosper and Little Elm). The students from public, private, and home schools compete for the limited number of spots in the three performing ensembles; two full (symphonic) groups, and one string orchestra.

Please congratulate the following musicians who qualified for a spot in one of the following All-Region Orchestras:

String Orchestra – 

*Pratyush Shukla, Violin

*Yunyeong Kang, Violin

*Fiabela Magnuson, Viola

*Trisha Ramamoorthy, Harp (alternate)

Philharmonic Orchestra – 

*Isabel Paik, Violin

*Natalie Bayles, Violin

*Ruhi Kamo, Violin

*Vedanth Chaganti, Violin

*Carson Cummings, Viola

*Hengrui Zhao, Cello

Symphony Orchestra-

*Jian Lee, Violin

*Alice Chiu, Violin

*Amanda Yin, Violin

*Felicia Huang, Violin

*Aiwen Zhang, Violin

*Coen Tsuda, Viola

*Jonathan Withrow, Cello

In addition to that, the following students qualified to participate in the Area auditions – the process that leads to the All-State Orchestra!:

*Jian Lee, Violin

*Alice Chiu, Violin

*Amanda Yin, Violin

*Coen Tsuda, Viola

*Jonathan Withrow, Cello

Finally, Jian Lee qualified as 1^st Chair., the number one violin player in the entire region and will lead the Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster at the All-Region clinics and concert on Dec. 13-14, 2024.

Come see these talented artists at the All-Region Orchestra concerts on Dec. 14, 2024, at the McKinney HS PAC.