GMEA District 5 Honor Band Results

Congratulations to the following 37 AHS Band members who auditioned for and have been selected to the Georgia Music Educators Association District 5 Honor Band, chair placement in (  ):  
9-10 Concert Band:  Flute:  Allison Wang (2);  Clarinet:  Daniel Cho (1), Linjay Zeng (11), Yunseol Cho (15);  Contra BCL:  Nadia Dixon (1);  Trumpet: Ben Failor (2), John Heyerdahl (13);  French Horn:  Drequor Berry (6);  Trombone:  David Wahl (2), Hormis Thaliath (4);  Tuba:  Matthew Lou (2), Ben Seletsky (5);  Percussion:  Ryan Zhang (4)
11-12 Symphonic Band:  Flute: Olivia Colburn (4), Maliha Hasan (12);  Clarinet:  Ethan Metcalf (2), Ayoub Abubaker (5), Victoria Akpan (14), Daniel Jensrud (17);  Bass CL:  Manoj Niverthi (1); Alto Sax:  Ryan Bard (3);  Trumpet:  Taewoo Kang (4), Arthur Yu (5), Nick Amundsen (7), Patrick Wahl (9), Will Ash (13), Noah Orban (14);  French Horn:  Antonina Forzese (4), Grant Thomson (6), George Porgorelov (8);  Trombone:  Ian Schwalbe (1), Justin Zandstra (7);  Euphonium:  Emma Wood (1), Marcelo Guerra (4);  Tuba:  Kaushal Gokare (2);  Percussion:  Ian Vandes (6), Billy Myslajek (10)
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!
The District Honor Band event will take place on Friday/Saturday February 1-2, 2019 at North Atlanta High School (concerts on Saturday evening Feb. 2nd beginning at 5pm).  Be sure to get the printed acceptance form and schedule from Mr. Walsh ASAP.  Placement scores are from the first round of the All State Band audition.  Honor Band is selected based on audition score and instrumentation needs.  So it is possible to earn a spot in the honor band and not have passed the first round of all state - or passed the first round of all state auditions but not made it into the honor band.