2021 Festival Competitors

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Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2021 Falcone Festival

Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student

# Unable to compete ✓ Will compete * may be semifinalist in one division only

Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Natsuhiro Aoyama	Aichi, Japan	Aichi University of the Arts	Kaoru Tsuyuki,Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito
# Michael Chou	Windermere, FL, USA	University of Miami	Aaron Tindall, Joey Vascik
Max Dobson	Saratoga Springs, UT, USA	University of North Texas	David Childs, Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Steve Call
# Simon Alexander Elizondo	Laredo, TX, USA	Texas A&M International University	John Reimund
Kevin Fenske	Houston, TX, USA	University of Michigan	David Zerkel, Danny Vinson, Charles Villarrubia
Caleb Harris	Sylvania, GA, USA	Columbus State University	Dr. Alex Avila
Kanta Hasegawa	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan	Shobi Music College	Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Masato Yoshioka
John Ingram	Memphis, TN, USA	Louisiana State University	Charlie Goodman, Brian Bowman, David Childs, Clayton Maddox, Kevin Sanders
Kanna Ono	Karashiki, Okayama, Japan	Kunitachi College of Music	Kyohei Ando, Ryunosuke (Pepe) Abe
Toshiaki Yamaguchi	Fukushima, Japan	Graduate, Kunitachi College of Music	Dr. Mitsuru Saitou

Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
✓ Kunal Tiwari	Vestavia Hills, AL, USA	Indiana University Bloomington	Demondrae Thurman
✓ Souta Ueyanagi	Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan	Senzoku Gakuen College of Music	Kaoru Tsuyuki
Andrew J Ribo	Lancaster, OH, USA	James Madison University	Kevin Stees, Michael Ribo

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Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Bridget Conley	Charleston, SC, USA	Vanderbilt University	Gil Long, Carol Jantsch
James Hunter Farley	Halls, TN, USA	Northwestern University, University of Memphis	Gene Pokorny, Matthew Gaunt, Kevin Sanders
Justin Gruber	Parkland, FL, USA	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall
John P. Mangonon	Elk Grove, CA, USA	University of Miami, Frost School of Music	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dan Perantoni
Xianquan Mu	Qingdao, China	University of Cincinnati	Timothy Northcut
#Armando Peña	Rio Grande City, TX, USA	Baylor University	Kent Eshelman
Keisuke Shima	Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan	Hokkaido University of Education in Iwamizawa	Ryoichi Tamaki
Mason Soria	Frisco, TX, USA	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Donald Little
Jacob Taitel	Deerfield, IL, USA	University of Michigan	David Zerkel, Fritz Kaenzig, Ed Risinger
Nozomi Watanabe	Aichi, Japan	Aichi University of the Arts	Yuto Hayashi, Yoshinori Kashiwada

Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
# Arturo Galvan	Laredo, TX, USA	Columbus State University	Dr. Alex Avila, Dr. Dan Sipes, John Reimund
# Diego Antonio Stine	Vienna, VA, USA	Colburn Conservatory of Music	Norman Pearson, Douglas Tornquist
# Charley Pollard	Malibu, CA, USA	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall

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Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Dylan Barnum	Perris, CA, USA	California State University, Fullerton	Phil Keen
Hunter Bellows	Austin, TX, USA	Baylor University	Dr. Kent Eshelman, Brett Blackstone
Joseph Bickel	Covington, GA, USA	University of Michigan	David Zerkel
Emma Havel	Melbourne, FL, USA	Eastman School of Music	Mark Kellogg, CJ Simons, Dillon Swift
Harini Lenin	Irving, TX, USA	Coppell High School	Blake Birmingham
Sydney Salas	Houston, TX, USA	Klein Cain High School	Bernard Flythe

Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Samuel Wascoe	Petal, MS, USA	University of Southern Mississippi	Richard Perry
Cayden Miller	Wake Forest, NC, USA	Indiana University	Demondrae Thurman, Lisa Burn
Natalie Colegrove	Austin, TX, USA	Westlake High School	Jason Donnelly

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Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Jake Alford	Lexington, KY, USA	Lafayette High School	Dr. Matt Hightower
Lou Boone	Conyers, GA, USA	University of Georgia	Matthew Shipes
# Mason Clark	Coppell, TX, USA	University of Texas at Austin	Charles Villarrubia
# Justin Gruber*	Parkland, FL, USA	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall
Ally Hansen	Mount Horeb, WI, USA	Mount Horeb High School	Mike Forbes
Matthew Morejon	Coconut Creek, FL, USA	Florida State University	Ramon Garavito Jr., Dr. Justin Benavidez

Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
# Paul Ryerson	Catawba, SC, USA	University of Cincinnati	Timothy Northcut, Aubrey Foard
✓ Jackson Fries	Leander, TX, USA	Rouse High School	David Hummel
# Zavier Vega-Yu	Carrollton, TX, USA	Hebron High School	Kevin Ronan
# Reagan Dishman	Oak Ridge, TN, USA	University of North Texas	Donald Little
# NIcholas Scruggs	Pearland, TX USA	University of Texas at Austin	Charles Villarrubia

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