The 2019 All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble, Jayson Martinez

Jayson Martinez Arts High School, Newark jmarti37@webmail.essex.edu

It is an honor to announce that six guitar students will represent the great state of New Jersey at the upcoming All-National Honor Ensembles event in Orlando, Fl. These guitarists are students at J.P. Stevens High School, Edison, under the direction of Raul Huaman, and Arts High School, Newark, under the direction of Jayson Martinez.

During the 2018–19 school year, accomplished music students across the United States and overseas in military base schools practiced with dedication to gain a chair or part in their local, district, and state music honor ensembles.

And now these acclaimed students will join the “best of the best” for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2019 All-National Honor Ensembles November 7–10, 2019, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The Jazz Ensemble, Mixed Choir, Guitar Ensemble, and—new this year—Modern Band concerts will take place 7:00–10:00 pm, November 9th, and the Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band concerts will begin at 9:30 am , November 10th. The concerts are open to the public. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online or onsite.

Students were chosen through an audition process. The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have 119 and 121 instrumentalists respectively; the jazz ensemble 20 instrumentalists, the mixed choir 240 vocalists, the guitar ensemble 41 instrumentalists, and the modern band 16 performers.

Selected students will be rehearsing a challenging repertoire in preparation for performing under the direction of six of the most prominent conductors in the United States: Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (Mixed Choir); Soo Han (Symphony Orchestra); Emily Threinen (Concert Band); Todd Stoll with Camille Thurman (Jazz Ensemble); Bill Swick (Guitar Ensemble); and Scott Burstein (Modern Band). All conductors have received top honors in their field and will spend several days rehearsing with students before the concert.

The entire list of guitar students from participating states across the nation is on the next page.

Liam Cashmore Guitar Part 1 Flagstaff Arizona Thomas Byers Ryan Chen Guitar Part 2 Tucson Arizona Renee Shane-Boyd Yian Wang Guitar Part 4 Irvine California Whitney Tavlarides Juan Del Toral Guitar Part 3 Doral Florida Alvaro Bermudez Diego Namnum Guitar Part 3 Orlando Florida Christopher Perez Jose Pineda Guitar Part 4 Doral Florida Alvaro Bermudez Gabriel Quintero Guitar Part 2 Orlando Florida Christopher Perez Jessie Thurman Guitar Part 3 Lakeland Florida Robert Phillips Nathan Kwon Guitar Part 2 Honolulu Hawaii Darin Au *Ella Waigel Guitar Part 4 Louisville Kentucky Michael Kagan Silvia Miller Guitar Part 3 Minneapolis Minnesota Ruth LeMay Louie Thares Guitar Part 4 Minneapolis Minnesota Ruth Lemay Deven Balding Guitar Part 1 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Taizja Broadnax Guitar Part 1 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Dayna De Dios Guitar Part 2 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Christopher D’falco Guitar Part 1 North Las Vegas Nevada Brian Levanger Karen Ervin Guitar Part 1 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Megan Levanger Guitar Part 2 North Las Vegas Nevada Brian Levanger Kennedy McClendon Guitar Part 3 Henderson Nevada Matthew Nishimoto John Neo Guitar Part 4 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Nicolas Pena Guitar Part 3 Henderson Nevada Matthew Nishimoto Hannah Prater Guitar Part 3 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Lance Reyes Guitar Part 4 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick Steven Sierra Guitar Part 2 North Las Vegas Nevada Brian Levanger Kirun Treinen Guitar Part 2 Las Vegas Nevada Bill Swick William Kandle Guitar Part 1 Durham New Hampshire Marc LaForce Jon’tera Ashburn Guitar Part 1 Newark New Jersey Jayson Martinez Stanley Barrangan Guitar Part 2 Newark New Jersey Jayson Martinez Matthew Fajardo Guitar Part 2 Newark New Jersey Jayson Martinez Emily Huang Guitar Part 4 Edison New Jersey Raul Huaman Dhruv Iyengar Guitar Part 3 Edison New Jersey Raul Huaman *Bela Khanna Guitar Part 4 Edison New Jersey Raul Huaman Ashley Melendres Guitar Part 1 Albuquerque New Mexico Genevieve Leitner Matthew Averyt Guitar Part 3 South Riding Virginia Samuel Wong Abner Joseph Guitar Part 3 Ashburn Virginia Michael Murphy *Varin Nakka Guitar Part 1 Ashburn Virginia Michael Murphy *Jack Osborne Guitar Part 1 Ashburn Virginia Michael Murphy *Jun Park Guitar Part 4 South Riding Virginia Samuel Wong Thrilok Shivaraman Guitar Part 2 South Riding Virginia Samuel Wong