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RE musicians win national, state recognition

Connor Munroe '21 achieved two national-level and two state-level recognitions in November that highlighted an award-winning stretch for RE musicians. Ian Barnett '23 achieved national distinction when his full orchestral composition was named a winner in the National Young Composer's Challenge Competition.
Barnett's "Assembly of Summer Voices" will be performed by professional members of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, on April 19, 2020.
 
Munroe, a tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, performed with the National Jazz Band in Orlando; earned recognition as a National YoungArts Winner in Jazz; qualified for the Florida Bandmasters Association State Solo and Ensemble Festival; and was named to the Florida All-State Jazz Band for the fifth straight year – an RE record.
 
Munroe performed in Orlando Nov. 8 for the National Association for Musician Education National Jazz Band under the direction of Todd Stoll from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. He will also represent RE as a member of the All-State Jazz Band in Tampa in January and at the FBA festival in March 2020.
 
He will be joined in Tampa by violinist Eva Gonzalez-Whitehouse '22, who was named to the Florida All-State Honors Orchestra for the second consecutive year, and two middle schoolers: Evelyn Yu '24, who was named to the Middle School All-State Orchestra, and Miguel Arango '24, who was named to the Middle School Honor Band. 
 
Gonzalez-Whitehouse is a student of Scott O'Donnell; Yu, a student of Jessica Carrasquillo; Arango and the other middle school band honorees, students of Cathi Leibinger; and Munroe and the other upper school band honorees, students of Jon Hamm. RE staff accompanists Rosa Scott and Dr. Marion Scott provided piano accompaniment for RE’s soloists.
 
Munroe will be joined at the FBA festival by eight fellow musicians: oboe soloist Julien Bacon '20, french hornist Leah Maduro '23, pianist Max Swietelsky '21, pianist Max Vallone '22, percussionist Liam Malloy '20, trombonist Shuli Rosenfeld '21, alto saxophonist Daniel Fisher '21, and string bassist Andres Soto '21.
 
In other news, 10 Ransom Everglades Middle School Band students attended the Florida Bandmasters Association District 20 Solo/Ensemble Music Performance Assessment held at Westwood Christian School in November. There were ten solo performances and one duet performance, earning nine superior ratings and two excellent ratings. 
 
Forty-six upper school band students also attended the festival. The band members performed in 25 separate events and earned 31 superior medals.
 
FBA Middle School Results

Grade 1 solos
Reed Gershman ’26, trumpet, Excellent
Colton Seidel ’25, trombone, Excellent
Ethan Sullivan ’25, tuba, Superior
 
Grade 1 duet
Joey Buttrick ’25, horn and Zack Fisher ‘24, horn, Superior
 
Grade 2 solos
Joey Buttrick ’25, horn, Superior
Isabel Chong ’24, flute, Superior
Varun Raju ’24, alto sax, Superior
 
Grade 3 solos
Miguel Arango ’24, trumpet, Superior
Zack Fisher ’24, horn, Superior
Ari Bennett ’24, tenor sax, Superior
Martin Piedrahita ’24, trumpet, Superior
 
FBA High School Results

Grade 1 solos
Adam Chopp '22, string bass, comments
Kyler Pace '23, string bass, comments
 
Grade 3 solos
Boris Bailer '22, bassoon, Superior
Connor Prescott '21, trumpet, Excellent
Coren O'Brien '23, euphonium, Superior
David Dubovy '22, french horn, Excellent
 
Grade 2 solos
Jasper Broad '22, tuba, comments
 
Grade 5 solos
Julien Bacon '20, oboe, Superior
Leah Maduro '23, french horn, Superior
Shuli Rosenfeld '21, trombone, Superior
Daniel Fisher '21, alto sax, Superior
Liam Malloy, '20, snare drum, Superior
Andres Soto '21, string bass, Superior
 
Grade 6 solos
Connor Munroe '21, tenor sax, Superior
Max Swietelsky '21, piano, Superior
Max Vallone '22, piano, Superior
 
Grade 3 ensembles
Flute Trio, Ashley Nguyen '20, Zoe Sawatari '20, Lena Zide '23, Excellent
Trumpet Trio, Eleonora Cavallini '23, Dennis Devaney '23, Max Wolfe '23, Excellent
Clarinet Choir, Martina Awad '21, Andrew O'Brien '22, Aston Craft '20, Wirth Munroe '22, Rogelio Munoz-Franco '23, Connor Munroe '21, Superior
Brass Quintet, Christian Sosa '23, Nico Sosa '23, Sebastian Daire '23, Leah Maduro '23, Nicky Goldberg '23, Superior
Percussion Trio, Kiran Desai '21, Nathan Gumenick '21, Louis LaFontisee '21, Superior
Percussion Quartet, Liam Malloy '20, Shang Wang '22, Max Bast '23, Zoe Sawatari '20, Superior
Trumpet Duet, Mario Cruz '22, Lucas Jolivert '22, Good
Sax Duet, Carson Stanton-Sharpless '23, Tiziana Habsburg-Lothringen '23, Excellent
 
Grade 4 ensemble
Sax Duet, Dylan Tie-Shue '20, Spencer Perdigon '20, Superior
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