Vandegrift band performs at Chicago’s 75th Midwest Clinic

The Vandegrift wind ensemble band traveled to Chicago last week to perform at the 75th annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference. Led by Mike Howard, VHS director of bands, Vandegrift’s performance took place on December 17. Concert repertoire included two world premiere pieces, “Caribana” by composer Omar Thomas, and “Let Me Be Frank with You” by composer John Mackey. Also For the first time in its history, the Midwest Clinic invited three schools from one district to perform in the same year. The other two Leander ISD schools were Leander High School and Stiles Middle School.

  • TRUMPETS — LARA BATTISTI, TREASA CONNORS, JOHN HILL, BEN KOLECKI, ROBERT RINKEVICH, LARSON ROBERTS, ADAM THOMPSON, LANDON VON STROH, EMILY WOKOEK
  • HORNS — CHARLOTTE ALLEN, CARINA BROWNFIELD, BLAKE FIELEKE, LILY SMITH, EMMA TYDEMAN, GRACE WHEELER
  • PICCOLO — KOUSTUBH GALGALI FLUTE — KIYAN ALROBAIRE, DEVON CHAU, NICOLE IMMING, SOFIA RAMIREZ, ETHAN SARWAR, AYUSH SINGH, NADIA VERLINSKY
  • OBOES — ETHAN CHEE, RYAN HA, EMILY MAO BASSOONS — ISABELLA LIN, TIMOTHY NORROD, JAMES PARK
  • CLARINET — ASA CARTER, CADE CASSENS, THEODORE CHAU, THOMAS COLLYER, RYAN HOGARTH, KAIRS HU, CHAEYUN LEE, KENNA SAIIDI, BROOKE STEWART BASS CLARINET — WESLEY ALABASTRO, NATHAN CONG, HAYDEN GRIER
  • SOPRANO SAXOPHONE — INBO SHIM ALTO SAXOPHONES — KASRA SAIIDI, ERIC PARMELEE TENOR SAXOPHONES — MAX LAVORATO, TAYLOR YUAN BARI SAXOPHONES — LUCAS DHAR, DANIEL WARREN
  • TRUMPETS — LARA BATTISTI, TREASA CONNORS, JOHN HILL, BEN KOLECKI, ROBERT RINKEVICH, LARSON ROBERTS, ADAM THOMPSON, LANDON VON STROH, EMILY WOKOEK
  • PERCUSSION — SARA BUSTAMI, MIHIR GYPTA, NOAH HINES, ZACHARY IACOBUCCI, ANIKA LUEHRMANN, JERRY LUO, CALLIE LUONG, JOSEPH PAINTER, NICHOLAS SACASA, JOSEPH SEKEL, BENJAMIN SPITZ