The Vandegrift High School Wind Ensemble earned third place in the Texas Music Educators Association  6A State Honor Band Finals. The Vipers advanced to the state contest by winning the Area E competition in mid June. 

The TMEA State Semi-finals was at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention in mid July. 

“We are over the moon for our students and so thankful for our community that supports music-making at the highest level,” shared VHS band directors.

The ensemble’s performance capped another outstanding season and placed Vandegrift among the state’s top high school concert bands.

Vandegrift wind ensemble roster

Asher Abraham
Saron Amsalu
Isaac Amsalu
Savannah Buchner
Johnathan Cance
Evan Cargol
Nathan Colon
Mia Craddock
Caleb Denby
Madelyn Duran
Emma Edington
Rocco Fabozzi
Ava Franklin
Karson Gailey
Matewos Ghebremicael
Jason Gonzales
Siddha Gummadi
Ankit Gupta
Blake Hannabery
Cora Harper
Marin Harris
Alexi Heroux
Abby Hodges
Drew Jackson
Bharath Kampillil
Jooha Kim
Ashley Kim
Daniel Kim
Colin Kubes
Chris Leach
Brendan Leach
Audryn Lee
Dante Leffl er
Jordyn Levine
Kallin Ligon
Caleb Luong
Elizabeth Mustacchia
Nicholas Naden
Gabby Ng
Ridge Nuessner
Manshik Pasala
Yiming Peng
Andrew Perry
Kyle Polansky
Joshua Ray
Logan Roberts
Isabelle Schafer
Cheyenne Schultz-Bryan
Grace Sheppard
Nyla Smith
Hazel Smith
Harrison Stater
Aaron Stone
Timur Tauanov
Avery Teitelman
Ajay Thirunarayanan
Thomas Throckmorton
Maritza Tomlinson
Daphne van Erp
Matthew Vanston
Jackson Veit
Chase Vezina
Dylan Vigil
Patrick Wang
Colton Wardrop
Justin Weaver
Ava Weaver
Julius Wiklander
Ansel Wong
Bowen Zheng
Jeffery Zheng
Weston Zhou