180 Young Musicians Perform in Middle School Honor Band

Cherokee County School District young musicians recently performed together for the district’s second annual Middle School Honor Band program.

The more than 180 outstanding sixth- and seventh-grade band students represented all seven CCSD middle schools.  As part of the program, students rehearsed by grade level and then performed a concert at Dean Rusk Middle School.  

The Sixth Grade Honor Band was conducted by Kirk Stroud, band director at Webb Bridge Middle School in Fulton County.  The Seventh Grade Honor Band was conducted by Tara Melvin, band director at Awtrey Middle School in Cobb County.

Congratulations CCSD Middle School Honor Band members:

Creekland MS: sixth grade, Leah Childers, Tristan Flahardy, Aneesh Gandhari, Walker Hammond, Paxton Holloway, Emma Loeding, Lil McAndrew, Yamini Raya, Abby Schaefer, Alden Sparks, Sophia Tatarski and Austin Wilkerson; seventh grade, Morgan Adams, Nicole Arcondo, McKenna Dooley, Abbey Goldie, Lillie Jape, Ian Kudla, Alden Lenhart, Charlotte Murry, Julianna Perez, Anna Peterson, Avery Shepp and Kelly Shiver.  The school’s band director is Krista Berezo.

Dean Rusk MS: sixth grade, Shane Armstrong, Devin Ayral, Declan Clark, Stafford Connor, Liliana Davidson, Logan Dructor, Ashley Duarte, Ella Echols, Isaac Gheith, Prabhnoor Kour, Zoe Longoria, Tessa Paliotta, Logan Smith, Jackson Tranor and Annie White; seventh grade, Andy Aaron, Alysson Armas, Brandon Campbell, Grayson Gerber, Tristan Hartung, Brody Hennessy, Evelyn Hentshel, Luke Hilliard, Benjamin Leljedal, Jacob Lenezyn, Alyssa Lowe, Olivia Smith, Avery Sycks, Liam Wilson and Rachel Wright.  The school’s band director is C. Lloyd McDonald.

E.T. Booth MS: sixth grade, Tommy Alvarado, Abigail Baker, Cherno Cham, Paul Champion, Noah Davis, Solaiman Dudley, Miller Inthirathvongsy, Beau Jones, Autumn Kelly, Rijo Raja, Lyric Reed, Kyler Sealock, Senithu Senanayake and Kara Shervington; seventh grade, Lyliana Barnabe, Samantha Bickford, Hakshara Bisetty, Eli Boehman, Dillon Brown, Maggie Coates, Ahana Das, Aaliyah Ferguson, Eric Grimes, Thomas Joyce, Ada Korf, Asa Pryor, Isabelly Santos and Josephine Shanken.  The school’s band director is Cary Johnson.

Freedom MS: sixth grade, Jillian Austin, Ian Bishop, Willow Crews, Olivia Dailey, Charlotte Edwards, Niesha Edwards, Sarah Fielder, Maria Guerrero, London Kimbro, Josephine Matthews, Andrea Ruiz, EliJai Ryan and Isabella Satterfield; seventh grade, Lily Bean, Brayden Burleson, Haskel Cate, Logan Cedor, Gabriel Gill, Emma Hitzeman, Lyla Hobday, Julia Hrisak, Landon Oulette, Mateo Poole and Shawn Roberts.  The school’s band director is Jonathan Bishop.

Mill Creek MS: Austin Armstrong, Atticus Campbell, Rachel Cho, Michael Fanimokun, Celine Kartasurya, Noah Larkin, Riley Miller, Emmett Pfaff, Harrison Reynolds, Joshua Selly, Caleb Turner and Catherine Ugolick; seventh grade, Holly Brown, Sophia Buchholz, Nathaniel Haywood, Micah Kampman, Aiden Labrecque, Jude Lloyd, Chandler Mahr, Caleb Miles, Alex Poley, Daniela Sivira, Luke Summers, Ayaz Syed, Olivia Thomas and Emery Thompson.  The school’s band director is Ryan LeQuier.

Teasley MS: sixth grade, Eldar Aliyev, Josiah Bowman, Maggie Burgess, Andrew Dyckowski, Kade Martin, Rodney Perez, Delylah Reney, Kalynn Richard, Roman Scarborough and Genesis  Stolte; seventh grade, Lorelai Bird, Matthew Boone, Christian Cruz Lopez, Trinity Cummings, Gavin Hall, Janteena Lovett, Kira McDowell, Olivia Nash, Savanna Nash, Adam Parker, Molly Presley, Benjamin Rojas, Blake Smith and Nicholas Stark.  The school’s band directors are Sean Furilla and Andrew Harwood.

Woodstock MS: sixth grade, Sebastian Aguilar-Franco, Victoria Bonilla-Flores, Alice Feng, Asher Hornsby, Liam Kasmar, Samuel Manchester, Giancarlo Meza-Callejas, Kyle Nguyen, Anna Powell, Amari Sheats, Molly Sherrill, Kaelyn Sparks and Jamie Tittle; seventh grade, Sean Gabot, Ariana Graziano, Brent Hammond, Morgan Hector, Joel Hulsey, Brian Lin, Ava McEowen, Peyton McIntosh, Mila Newberry, Charlotte Stanton and Andrew Terrado.  The school’s band directors are Justin Norton and Melissa Willingham.

CCSD Middle School Honor Band - Sixth Grade

CCSD Middle School Honor Band - Seventh Grade

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