Coming Events:
                  

                  April 20th District 12 VBODA Solo and Ensemble Festival, Rachel Carson Middle School
      
                       June 13- Tuesday 7:00 PMAwards Recital Burke Presbyterian Church, 5690 Oak Leather Dr, Burke, VA

                         June 17- Last Clarinet Teaching Day, 2022-23 Teaching Year
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​Congratulations 2024

​CONGRATULATIONS
​TYLER JEONG
AS THE SOUTHERN DIVISION WINNER OF THE MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION JUNIOR WOODWIND  PERFORMANCE COMPETITION!!!
                tyler ADVANCES ON MARCH 15TH TO THE FINALS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA
TYLER IS THE ONLY CLARINETIST TO MAKE THE NATIONAL FINALS.  
HE WILL COMPETE WITH A BASSOONIST AND FIVE FLUTISTS.
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2024 fIFTEEN CLARINETISTS SELECTED TO aLL-DISTRICT BANDS
dISTRICT xi     -   mIDDLE SCHOOL
#3 vICTOR sCOTT - GRADE 7
dISTRICT xii - mIDDLE SCHOOL
#4 JOSH FIELD - GRADE 8
#6 SAMUEL ZHANG - GRADE 8
#8 sOPHIE jI - GRADE 7
#9 BETHANY KIM - GRADE 7
#10 aRISTOTLE fANG - GRADE 8
#20 hENRY WONG - GRADE 7
#22 EMILY ACKERMAN - GRADE 8
#24 ROBERT LIU - GRADE 7
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dISTICT XII  - HIGH SCHOOL
#4 TYLER JEONG - GRADE 9
#10 JAMES BURKE - GRADE 10
#11 lILY ZHANG - GRADE 10
#12 cALVIN qI - GRADE 10
#24 cAVANAUGH KEELIN - GRADE 10
#31 NICOLAI TARANOV - GRADE 9
 
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​ All-District Band   2023
 District 11 Senior High School 
      1 auditioned- Krista Gregg 2nd Chair Top Band
  District 12 Junior Band
     5 auditioned - All selected- Tyler Jeong 3rd,  Nicolai Taranov 10th,  Josh Fields  13th, Samuel Zhang 15th, Aayan Deshpande 18th,                                                                    Anderson Jones 22nd. 
  District 12 Senior Band
      11 auditioned - 10 selected, 1 alternate - Morgan Henshaw 3rd Chair Top Band, 
                                     Overall Rankings - Owen Sun 9, Porter Parish 10, Joshua Liu 12, Calvin Qi 13, Lily Zhang 14,
                                                                 Amelia Lee 19, Andy Zhang 22, James Burke 32, and Cavanagh Keelin 37. 
                                    Open to students in 9th-12th grades and Calvin, Lily, James and Cavanagh are in 9th grade. 

VIRGINIA ALL-STATE RESULTS:
#6   overall & 2nd chair First Clarinet- top All-state Band :  Jayden Liu
#10  overall & 2nd chair Second Clarinet - Top All-State Band:  Krista Gregg
​#23 Overall & 1st chair first clarinet - All-State Symphonic Band:  Austin Zhang


Congratulations   All-District Band   2022
 Audition Results
High School- 16 of 20 who auditioned were chosen:
3 Students were Selected to the Wind Ensemble in their Districts
(The top seven players in each district from over 100 entrants)
Jayden Liu-2nd District XII
Austin Zhang - 3rd District XII
Krista Gregg - 4th Dixtrict XI
Selected to their symphonic bands:
Elliot Lee - 1st chair District XI
District XII:
Brian Gao - 4th Chair
Owen Sun - 7th Chair
Amelia Lee - 10th chair
Elaine Zhou - 11th chair
Eugene Sun - 21st chair
Joshua Liu - (1st Alternate)

Junior High School 
All 6 who auditioned were chosen
Cavanagh Keelin - 2nd Chair Dist. X
District XII:
Lily zhang - 3rd chair
calvin qi - 5th chair
eric xie - 7th chair
alan tang - 10th chair
nicolai taraov - 7th grade first year of lessons- 22nd chair

CONGRATULATIONS ALL - STATE CLARINETISTS 2021!
Kevin Phlips - First in State E-flat Clarinet
       He's the E-flat Clarinet in the Virginia All-State Orchestra
Jayden Liu - 12th chair in top Virginia All-State Band as a Soph.
Jeffrey Song

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Congratulations to Ryan Phillips!
UnC Chapel Hill- semi-finalist Kenan scholars
Echols Scholar - University of Virginia

Yao Guang Zhai         with          Jayden   Liu
at George Mason Clarinet Day MasterClass

Congratulations Jayden!  First Place in Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association High School Woodwind Concerto Competition, SENIOR Level,  as a Sophomore!!  A stunning Debussy  Premiere Rhapsodie with a BRAVO from Lin Ma, principle clarinet National Symphony Orchestra.


CONGRATULATIONS Cavanagh Keelan  Third Place in  Northern Virginia Primary Level  Woodwind Concerto Competition!!

CONGATULATIONS to Lily Zhang & Yulania Wang  Honorable Mentions in NVMTA Primary Level Woodwind Concerto Competition!!!
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Congratulations to Jayden!  First Place in Virginia MTNA Woodwind Competition

Congratulations Elliot!  Third Place in Virginia MTNA Woodwind Competition.

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​CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL-STATE CLARINETISTS!

All-State Orchestra
E-flat Clarinet 
Surya Ambardar

​All-State Band
Cassidy McKee
Aaron Chai
Jeffrey Song

Hannah Ferens
Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association
Woodwind Concerto Competition Prize Winners

7th-8th Grade Division
1st Place Elliot Lee

9th-10th Grade Division
3rd Place Kevin Phlips

11th-12th Grade Division
3rd Place Andrew Byerle