Carson City School Board honors All-State Band students at recent meeting
The Carson City School Board took time to recognize band students from Carson High School in their Jan. 23 meeting. Freshman Jacob Blandford, French Horn; Senior Drea Cabral, Clarinet; Senior Nathan Parsons, Trumpet; and Senior Tessa Payan, Percussion, all earned a spot in All-State Band, which comprises the top band students from across the state of Nevada. Additionally, Parsons and Cabral are both celebrating their sixth consecutive year being selected for an all-state ensemble.
The four All-State Band students will represent Carson High and the Carson City School District at the All-State Music Festival in Reno today through Saturday, Feb. 1-3, 2024. The concert is at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Nightingale Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. Click here to purchase tickets.
In addition to these four, other Carson High band students earned top honors as auditions were held for the Northern Zone Nevada Music Educators Association (NZNMEA) Honor Band. More than half of all Honor Band students from northern Nevada selected were from Carson High. Fact, out of the 62 total students selected across seven counties in northern Nevada, 33 of them were from Carson High School.
The Honor Band and All-State students will participate in regional Northern Zone Honor Band February 15-16, 2024, with the Northern Zone Honor Band concert being held Friday, February 16, at 7 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center. Admission is free.
The Carson High NZNMEA Honor Band students include the following, alphabetically, by last name (*Section Leader):
Lilly Barker, alto saxophone
Lizzy Barker, trumpet
*Jacob Blandford, horn
Cate Blankenship, clarinet
Chase Boholst, horn
Alexandrea Brady, bassoon
*Drea Cabral, clarinet
*Zachary Carpenter, tuba
*Olivia Croft, flute
Jimena Del Toro, percussion
Scarlett Esquivel, horn
Christian Galvez, clarinet
Dom Gambol, clarinet
Corey Garcia Galvez, flute
*David Gutierrez-DeJesus, euphonium/baritone
Tuesday Huston, percussion
Zeke Keechler, trombone
Jacob Kennedy, trumpet
Thomas Lance, trumpet
*Morgan Malen, alto saxophone
Adrian Martinez, flute
Olivia Monson, flute
Nate Parsons, trumpet
Tessa Payan, percussion
Kenzie Ramirez, trumpet
*Ian Ramos Vazquez, percussion
*Orrin Ronk, bass clarinet
Sophia Rotoli, flute
*Ariel Salas, tenor saxophone
Kevin Segura, trumpet
Christina Sosa, baritone saxophone
Nathan Torres, percussion
Jaden Wright, trombone