Congratulations to all our students who auditioned for the All-District Bands! McLean High School, once again, has the most number of students in All-District and the highest number of students eligible to audition for All-Virginia.

These students will be participating in the event January 30 - February 1 at Oakton High School and working with some of the best guest conductors in the United States. Dr. Kevin Sedatole from Michigan State University will be conducting the Wind Ensemble. Dr. Chris Cicconi from James Madison University will be conducting the Symphonic Band. William Owens, composer and conductor, will be conducting the Middle School Band.

Congrats to all!  

Here are the results for McLean:

*denotes All-VA eligible

^denotes 1^st chair principal player

Piccolo:

Aneek Mandall – Symphonic Band^

Flute:

Michael Lee – Wind Ensemble*

Dassine Aknine – Symphonic Band

Kaylee Newgen – Alternate

Oboe:

Sue Lee – Wind Ensemble*

Vivienne Holly – Wind Ensemble

Nora Yang – Symphonic Band

Aleena Lan – Symphonic Band

Bassoon:

Muyang Zhang – Wind Ensemble*^

Lilia Vallo – Symphonic Band*^

Karen Sim – Symphonic Band

Enrico Guertin – Symphonic Band

Emma Harmon – Alternate

Bb Clarinet:

Tyler Jeong – Wind Ensemble*^

Trevor Newgen – Wind Ensemble*

Jamie Hosken – Symphonic Band^

Anah Pho – Symphonic Band

Claire Lee – Symphonic Band

Kaitlin McWilliams – Symphonic Band

Lisa Swers – Symphonic Band

Alexa Krystopolski – Symphonic Band

Isabel Christensen – Symphonic Band

Luanne Zhang – Alternate

Nicholas Whiteree - Alternate

Bass Clarinet:

Kaitlin McWilliams – Wind Ensemble*^

Will Vedder – Wind Ensemble*

Ginevra Saunders – Symphonic Band^

Gia Ayers – Symphonic Band

Alto Saxophone:

Luke Callanen – Wind Ensemble^*

Natalie Maraist – Symphonic Band

Tenor Saxophone:

Hayden Schweikert – Wind Ensemble*^

Evie Davison – Symphonic Band

Baritone Saxophone:

Victoria Wauters – Symphonic Band

Horn:

Blake Powell – Wind Ensemble*

Britt Holly – Symphonic Band

Trumpet:

Marco Femia – Wind Ensemble*

Alvin Chen – Wind Ensemble*

Michael Chung – Symphonic Band

Joshua Lee – Symphonic Band

Tenor Trombone:

Kyle Li – Symphonic Band

Claire Baiyang – Symphonic Band

Benjamin Zeng – Alternate

Bass Trombone:

Jason Lin – Symphonic Band

Euphonium: 

Andy Wu – Wind Ensemble*

Andrew Foster – Symphonic Band

Matthew LaPointe – Symphonic Band

Dylan Branton – Symphonic Band

Tuba:

Rishi Vinod – Symphonic Band

Aditya Hathi – Symphonic Band

Agathiya Ramalingam – Symphonic Band

String Bass:

Anna Sargent – Wind Ensemble*^

Percussion:

Jonathan Leong – Wind Ensemble^*

Fintan Murphy – Wind Ensemble*

John Farrell – Symphonic Band^