{"id":1073,"date":"2025-10-26T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pes.ttc.mybluehost.me\/website_b1f48886\/?page_id=1073"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:52:44","slug":"past-competitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/past-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Past Competitors<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/past-program-booklet-library\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Past Program Booklet Library<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/master-repertoire-list\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Master Repertoire List<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/special-medallion-recipients\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Special Medallion Recipients<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/composition-contests\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Composition Contests<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/commissions-adjudicated-compositions\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Commissions &amp; Adjudicated Compositions<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/pandemic-vs-festival\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Pandemic vs. Festival<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/conductors-of-blue-lake-festival-band\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Conductors of Blue Lake Festival Band<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/history\/falcone-archives-at-msu\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Falcone Archives at MSU<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"\">Listings for competitors for each year can found using the following links.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2025 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\" class=\"\"># Unable to compete &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2713 Will compete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * may be semifinalist in one division only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Euphonium Artist Semi-finalists and Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--2\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NAME<\/td><td>&nbsp;HOMETOWN<\/td><td>&nbsp;SCHOOL\/UNIVERSITY<\/td><td>&nbsp;TEACHER (S)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jared Barry<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX, USA<\/td><td>Indiana University<\/td><td>Dr. Gail Robertson, Dr. Matthew Mireles, Mike Brumbaugh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Campbell Byrd<\/td><td>Perkins, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Dr. David Humphreys, Dr. Nick Beltchev<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ed Carter<\/td><td>Vine Grove, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Alex Lapins, Dr. Matthew Hightower, Dr. Skip Gray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Cooper<\/td><td>Klamath Falls, OR, USA<\/td><td>University of Idaho<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Thiele, Charlie Moresi, Don Hendrixson, Dan Conrad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miguel Gonzales<\/td><td>Pearland, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Jeff Homick<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Levi Hardy<\/td><td>Woodruff, SC, USA<\/td><td>Oakland University<\/td><td>Dr. Kenneth Kroesche, Michael Taylor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nathanael Kumar<\/td><td>Katy, TX, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Mark Kellogg, Dr. Matthew Murchison, Steven Needham<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Candice Neel<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK, USA<\/td><td>University of Oklahoma<\/td><td>Brian Dobbins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Henry Otts<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Dan Perantoni, Will Petersen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Braden Shaw<\/td><td>Rock Hill, SC, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Matthew Hightower, Dr. Douglas Black, Derek Fenstermacher<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Euphonium Artists Alternates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--3\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NAME<\/td><td>&nbsp;HOMETOWN<\/td><td>&nbsp;SCHOOL\/UNIVERSITY<\/td><td>&nbsp;TEACHER (S)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Camilo Ayala<\/td><td>Bogot\u00e1 D.C., Cundinamarca, Colombia<\/td><td>Georgia State University<\/td><td>Dr. Adam Frey, Rafael&nbsp;P\u00e9rez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parker Dye<\/td><td>Louisville, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Matthew Hightower, Chris Schmidt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Doolittle<\/td><td>Boiling Springs, SC, USA<\/td><td>Columbus State University<\/td><td>Dr. Alex Avila, Dr. Ronald Davis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bradford Seth Locke<\/td><td>Troy, AL, USA<\/td><td>Troy University<\/td><td>Dr. Robert Pendergast<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Tuba Artists Alternates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--4\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NAME<\/td><td>&nbsp;HOMETOWN<\/td><td>&nbsp;SCHOOL\/UNIVERSITY<\/td><td>&nbsp;TEACHER(S)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Fiol<\/td><td>Colonial Heights, VA, USA<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Tom Curry, Justin Worley, Kevin Stees<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyla Hampson<\/td><td>Dawsonville, GA, USA<\/td><td>Auburn University<\/td><td>Evan Kelsick, Stephen Kunzer, Jason Casanova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ally Hansen<\/td><td>Madison, WI, USA<\/td><td>Vanderbilt University<\/td><td>Dr. Beth Wiese<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jiwoong Hyun<\/td><td>Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Don Little, Matt Good, EungJoo Kim, NamHo Kim<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Hern\u00e1ndez Imbern\u00f3n<\/td><td>Torrevieja, Spain<\/td><td>Conservatorium van Amsterdam<\/td><td>Perry Hoogendijk, David Kutz, Sergio Finca Quiros, Vicente Lopez Velasco<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Runmin Jeremy Lin<\/td><td>Mesa, AZ, USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Daniel Perantoni, Doug Tornquist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mark Daniel Sayler<\/td><td>Fairhope, AL, USA<\/td><td>University of South Alabama<\/td><td>Dr. Clayton Maddox, Dr. William Petersen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick Tesmer&nbsp;<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Logan Wadley<\/td><td>Vermillion, SD, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Don Harry, Roger Bobo, Chris Olka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neo Yamada<\/td><td>Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Kazuhiko Sato<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Tuba Artists Alternates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--5\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NAME<\/td><td>&nbsp;HOMETOWN<\/td><td>&nbsp;SCHOOL\/UNIVERSITY<\/td><td>&nbsp;TEACHER(S)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brady Callicott<\/td><td>Katy, TX, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Benjamin Pierce&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andy Luu<\/td><td>Cedar Park, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, David Hummel, Brett Blackstone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Brugner<\/td><td>Conroe, TX, USA<\/td><td>Sam Houston State University<\/td><td>Dr. Jerome Stover<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ethyn Evans<\/td><td>DeQuincy, LA, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Euphonium Student Semi-finalists and Finalists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--6\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Jack Bird<\/td><td>Fairfax, VA, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan&nbsp;<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Greg Freeman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joey Julich<\/td><td>Morton, IL, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Scott McLain, David Childs, Tim Gray, Nancy Meyer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jayden McCall<\/td><td>McKinney, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Donald Bruce, Grant Jamison<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ashley Sayre<\/td><td>Mount Washington, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Brandon Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Braden Steenhard<\/td><td>Waukee, IA, USA<\/td><td>Waukee Northwest High School<\/td><td>Vince Kenney, Chris Strohmaier, Mike Short<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hsin-Ju (Lucy) Wu<\/td><td>Diamond Bar, CA, USA<\/td><td>Vanderbilt University<\/td><td>Dr. Beth Wiese, Gabriel Sears<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Euphonium Student Alternates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--7\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>NAME<\/td><td>&nbsp;HOMETOWN<\/td><td>&nbsp;SCHOOL\/UNIVERSITY<\/td><td>&nbsp;TEACHER(S)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaac Savin<\/td><td>Gainesville, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Florida<\/td><td>Dr. Danielle VanTuinen, Morgan Skelley, Samuel McHenry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sullivan Tucker<\/td><td>Crestwood, KY, USA<\/td><td>South Oldham High School<\/td><td>Chris Schmidt, Brandon Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lana Das<\/td><td>Marietta, GA, USA<\/td><td>Vanderbilt University<\/td><td>Dr. Beth Wiese, Jason Casanova<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aleksander Kurgan<\/td><td>Glen Allen, VA, USA<\/td><td>Deep Run High School<\/td><td>Dr. Ross Walter<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Tuba Student Semi-finalists and Finalists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--8\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Caleb Burke<\/td><td>Waukee, IA, USA<\/td><td>Luther College<\/td><td>Dr. Michael K. Smith, Michael Short, Dr. David Earll<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack Craven<\/td><td>Leander, TX, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Javier Stuppard, Zachary Bixler, Dr. Nick Beltchev<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seth Dossa<\/td><td>Crescent Springs, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Brandon Smith, Sarah Shamblin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jake Fagan<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Guytano Martorano III<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Collin Goodwin<\/td><td>Stillwater, OK, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Dr. Ken Drobnak, Jason Wallace<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack Gordon<\/td><td>Marietta, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>Matthew Shipes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">2025 Tuba Student Alternates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--9\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Samuel Koenig<\/td><td>Lexington, KY, USA<\/td><td>Lafayette Senior High School<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Joel Lovan, Jake Alford<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyson Barber<\/td><td>Lubbock, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Parker Burkey, Donald Little, Christian Bush, Nino Vuddhananda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Luke Matthews<\/td><td>Yukon, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Paul Nesper<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Drew Darilek<\/td><td>Dripping Springs, TX, USA<\/td><td>Texas State University<\/td><td>Raul Rodriguez, Matthew Holzner, Dr. Caroline Beatty, Derek Woods<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2024 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"># Unable to compete &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2713 Will compete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * may be semifinalist in one division only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Euphonium Artists Semi-finalists and Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--10\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Mendo Carrigg<\/td><td>Gresham, OR, USA<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Matt Gaunt, Gene Pokorny, J\u00e1Ttik Clark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ed Carter<\/td><td>Vine Grove, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Matthew Hightower, Dr. Alex Lapins, Dr. Skip Gray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Finch<\/td><td>Richardson, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. David Childs, Richard Murrow, Tom Mahovsky,&nbsp; Corey Rom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jose Gutierrez<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Kevin Fenske, Danny Vinson, Phillip Freeman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Herrick<\/td><td>Mechanicville, NY, USA<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Dr. David Earll, Gina Mancini<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stefan Kamelger<\/td><td>Niederdorf, Italy<\/td><td>Hochschule der K\u00fcnste Bern<\/td><td>Thomas R\u00fcedi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yurika Kotani<\/td><td>Tokushima City, Japan<\/td><td>Aichi University of the Arts<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Takanori Miyake<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#&nbsp;Nathanael Kumar<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Mark Kellogg, Dr. Matthew Murchison, Steven Needham<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kelley Ozier<\/td><td>Carrollton, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati: College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, Michael DeSousa, Dr. JD Handshoe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justin Weis<\/td><td>Franklin, WI, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. David Childs, Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. John Tuinstra<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Euphonium Artists Alternates (in this order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--11\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Kaho Mills<\/td><td>Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. David Childs, Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clayton Moses<\/td><td>West Monroe, LA, USA<\/td><td>University of Central Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Gail Roberston, Dr. Adam Johnson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jose Castillo&nbsp;<\/td><td>Mission, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas Rio Grande Valley&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder, Sam Hjort&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kathryn Carley<\/td><td>Springfield, IL, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Mark Kellogg, Dr. Matthew Murchison, Dr. Sharon Huff<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tuba Artists Semi-finalists and Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--12\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;\">Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;\">School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jake Alford<\/td><td>Lexington, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Kentucky<\/td><td>Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Matt Hightower<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hunter Bellows<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Brett Blackstone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Micah Crouse<\/td><td>Murray, KY, USA<\/td><td>Illinois State University<\/td><td>Dr. Andy Rummel, Dr. Todd French<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Victor E. Cruz<\/td><td>Edinburg, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Eddie Gonzalez<\/td><td>El Paso, TX, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Don Little, Matt Good, Jeff Baker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Lofland<\/td><td>Woodstock, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Bernard Flythe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christopher Messinger<\/td><td>Hanover, PA, USA<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati: College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, John Cradler<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arturo Ortega<\/td><td>Brownsville, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Blake Like, Donald C. Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#&nbsp;Chris Seay<\/td><td>Belmont, NC, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Dr. Nick Beltchev, Michael Schallock<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benjamin Vargas<\/td><td>Highland, NY, USA<\/td><td>Glenn Gould School<\/td><td>Sasha Johnson, Victor Izzo<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--13\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Logan Wadley<\/td><td>Rochester, NY, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Azdruball Montemayor<\/td><td>Edinburg, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Ethyn Evans<\/td><td>DeQuincy, LA, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Dr. Nick Beltchev, Dr. Charles Goodman, Dr. Joe Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Mark Sayler<\/td><td>Fairhope, AL, USA<\/td><td>University of South Alabama<\/td><td>Dr. Clayton Maddox<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Euphonium Student Semi-finalists and Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--14\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David Burns<\/td><td>Springfield, KY, USA<\/td><td>Campbellsville University<\/td><td>Andrew Doub<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Claudius<\/td><td>Rushville, IL, USA<\/td><td>Interlochen Arts Academy<\/td><td>Thomas Riccobono, Dr. James Land, Dr. Terry Solomonson, John Mindeman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Cordell&nbsp;<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma City University<\/td><td>Dr. Genevieve Clarkson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Page Judge<\/td><td>Severna Park, MD, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Alison Miserendino<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carter Mitchell<\/td><td>Federal Way, WA, USA<\/td><td>Washington State University<\/td><td>Dr. Chris Dickey, Ryan Wagner, Willow Goodine, Ron Hazenberg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Karla Torres<\/td><td>Dallas, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Justin Weis<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--15\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caleb Langley<\/td><td>Garner, NC, USA<\/td><td>Cleveland High School<\/td><td>Dr. William Beach, Jason Herd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jesse Lawson<\/td><td>League City, TX, USA<\/td><td>Clear Springs High School<\/td><td>Jason Schloesser, Michael Gonzales, Lester Williams, Rick Brockway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seth Lambert<\/td><td>Bloomington, IL, USA<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Ed Risinger, Lindsay Ring, Bryce Bowlin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric Maxey<\/td><td>Louisville, KY, USA<\/td><td>Youth Performing Arts School<\/td><td>Chris Schmidt<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tuba Student Semi-finalists and Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--16\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Barrett Hoover<\/td><td>Wann, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma Union High School<\/td><td>Keith Elder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Lamb<\/td><td>Youngstown, OH, USA<\/td><td>Youngstown State University<\/td><td>Dr. Yukitada Onitsuka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#&nbsp;James Jihao Liu<\/td><td>Scarsdale , NY, USA<\/td><td>Juilliard Pre-College<\/td><td>Andrew Bove, Kyle Turner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zhaowei Qu<\/td><td>San Jose, CA, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Tony Clements, Jonathan Hsu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Vangeli<\/td><td>Cedar Park, TX, USA<\/td><td>Vista Ridge High School<\/td><td>David Hummel, Robert Herrings, Zach Santos, Trey Hanis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Raphael Zhu<\/td><td>Princeton, NJ, USA<\/td><td>Choate Rosemary Hall<\/td><td>Andrew Bove, Kyle Turner<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--17\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/Unviersity<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher (s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Henry Foster<\/td><td>Akron, OH, USA<\/td><td>Copley High School<\/td><td>Michael Foster, Dr Kenneth Heinlein, Christina Wade<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wei-Zhen Tung (Rita)<\/td><td>Taichung, Taiwan<\/td><td>Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music&nbsp;<\/td><td>Brett Stemple, Chaio-Xaing Yang , Wen-Chung Li<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Angelica Hernandez<\/td><td>Cedar Park, TX, USA<\/td><td>Rouse High School<\/td><td>Ryan Johnstone, David Hummel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alan Zhang<\/td><td>Cypress, TX, USA<\/td><td>Cypress Woods High School<\/td><td>Brandon Quam, Steven Needham, Dave Kirk<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2023 Competitors (not available)<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2022 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2022 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"># Unable to compete &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2713 Will compete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * may be semifinalist in one division only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--18\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natalie Colegrove<\/td><td>Cupertino, CA, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Jason Donnelly, Tony Clements, Eric Weingartner, Kent Mikasa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Ribo<\/td><td>Lancaster, OH, USA<\/td><td>James Madison University<\/td><td>Kevin Stees, Michael Ribo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lindsay Ring<\/td><td>Downs, IL, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Ed Risinger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Yuumi Sato<\/td><td>Hokkaido, Japan<\/td><td>SHOBI College of Music.<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Kennichi Watanabe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peyton Sills<\/td><td>Clinton, MS, USA<\/td><td>University of Southern Mississippi<\/td><td>Dr. Richard Perry, Chuck Reynolds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaac Slavens<\/td><td>Cincinnati, OH, USA<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati &#8211; CCM<\/td><td>Hiram Diaz, Timothy Northcut<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tommy Vo<\/td><td>Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. David Childs, Dr. Brian Bowman, Peder MacLellan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justin Weis<\/td><td>Franklin, WI, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. David Childs, Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. John Mueller, Dr. John Tuinstra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Morgan Werkland<\/td><td>T\u00f8nsberg, Norway<\/td><td>Sibelius Academy, Grieg Academy<\/td><td>Jukka Myllys, Grethe Tonheim<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jonah D. Zimmerman<\/td><td>Roswell, GA, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Bernard Flythe, Andrew Miller, Dr. Martin Cochran, Patrick Clark<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--19\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td># George Rogers<\/td><td>West Monroe, LA, USA<\/td><td>University of Louisiana Monroe<\/td><td>Dr. Adam Johnson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Yuura Uno<\/td><td>Hokkaido, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Michael Chou<\/td><td>Windermere, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Joey Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713Phillip Marion<\/td><td>Philadelphia, PA, USA<\/td><td>UNT, Temple, JMU<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Jay Krush, Kevin Stees<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--20\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Bloom<\/td><td>Kingston, PA, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Craig Knox, Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Isaiah Buzdygon<\/td><td>Quakertown, PA, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Dr. Zach Collins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jordan DeWester<\/td><td>Columbia Heights, MN, USA<\/td><td>Western Michigan University<\/td><td>Chance Trottman-Huiet, Dr. Tom Curry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kevin Flanagan<\/td><td>Cumming, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami, Frost School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Adam Frey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ram\u00f3n Garavito, Jr.<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Kelly Thomas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joel Horton<\/td><td>Lorena, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Aubrey Foard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noah Benjamin Laabs<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI, USA<\/td><td>Bowling Green State University<\/td><td>David Saltzman, Dr. Mike Forbes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Oczko<\/td><td>Mount Prospect, IL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Josh Wirt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Logan Owens<\/td><td>Lakeland, FL, USA<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Dr. David Earll, Gilbert Long<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rom\u00e1n Alexis Rodriguez&nbsp;<\/td><td>Medellin, Colombia<\/td><td>Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University<\/td><td>Dr. Alex Avila, Juan Erney Sep\u00falveda<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--21\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Ryan Sorenson<\/td><td>Tallahassee, FL, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Rex Martin, Jay Hunsberger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Charley Pollard<\/td><td>Malibu, CA, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Blake Cooper<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nolan Downey<\/td><td>Bennington, VT, USA<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parker Burkey<\/td><td>Grand Junction, CO, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Matt Good, Richard Morgan<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a><\/a><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--22\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Roel Arazo<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan&nbsp;<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Philip Beatty<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyle Boschen<\/td><td>Amarillo, TX, USA<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Wass, Dr. Jeremy Lewis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Damien J Chavez<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX, USA<\/td><td>St. Mary&#8217;s University<\/td><td>Dr. Matthew Mireles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keaton Costlow<\/td><td>Rowlett, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Tommy Vo, Dr. David Childs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Miguel Gonzales<\/td><td>Pearland, TX, USA<\/td><td>Dawson High School<\/td><td>Jeff Homick<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joel Sarmiento<\/td><td>Lufkin, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Jonathan Tang, George Little<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--23\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miyabi Hagiwara<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music Senior High School&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Ayaka Sato<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Chow<\/td><td>Kennesaw, GA, USA<\/td><td>Kennesaw Mountain High School<\/td><td>Jason Casanova, Dr. David Childs, Demondrae Thurman, Bernard Flythe, Freddy Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mitchell Shulka<\/td><td>Fort Worth, TX, USA<\/td><td>Tyler Junior College<\/td><td>Dr. Daniel Chapa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benjamin Walsh<\/td><td>Northbrook, IL, USA<\/td><td>Glenbrook North High School<\/td><td>Dr. Maxwell Briggs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--24\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nathanael Buegge<\/td><td>Yakima, WA, USA<\/td><td>University of Idaho<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Thiele, Brian Beck<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Victor Cruz<\/td><td>Edinburg, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dawson Foster<\/td><td>Hattiesburg, MS, USA<\/td><td>University of Southern Mississippi<\/td><td>Dr. Richard Perry, Chuck Reynolds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Lofland<\/td><td>Woodstock, GA, USA<\/td><td>Etowah High School<\/td><td>Bernard Flythe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sam Morris<\/td><td>Oviedo, FL, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Joey Vasick<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zavier Vega-Yu<\/td><td>Carrollton, TX, USA<\/td><td>Hebron High School<\/td><td>Kevin Ronan, Keith Packman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--25\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/Univewrsity<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grayson Hinrichs<\/td><td>Clearwater, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of South Florida<\/td><td>Joseph Alvarez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel De Leon<\/td><td>San Juan, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder, Juan Rodriguez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hayden Silvester<\/td><td>Apex, NC, USA<\/td><td>New England Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Mike Roylance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haley Pauzus<\/td><td>Lake Orion, MI, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan&nbsp;<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Kenneth Kroesche<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2021 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2021 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"># Unable to compete &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2713 Will compete &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * may be semifinalist in one division only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--26\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natsuhiro Aoyama<\/td><td>Aichi, Japan<\/td><td>Aichi University of the Arts<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki,Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Michael Chou<\/td><td>Windermere, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall, Joey Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Max Dobson<\/td><td>Saratoga Springs, UT, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>David Childs, Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Steve Call<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Simon Alexander Elizondo<\/td><td>Laredo, TX, USA<\/td><td>Texas A&amp;M International University<\/td><td>John Reimund<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kevin Fenske<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Danny Vinson, Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caleb Harris<\/td><td>Sylvania, GA, USA<\/td><td>Columbus State University<\/td><td>Dr. Alex Avila<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kanta Hasegawa<\/td><td>Kawasaki,&nbsp; Kanagawa, Japan<\/td><td>Shobi Music College<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Masato Yoshioka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Ingram<\/td><td>Memphis, TN, USA<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Charlie Goodman, Brian Bowman, David Childs, Clayton Maddox, Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kanna Ono<\/td><td>Karashiki, Okayama, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Kyohei Ando, Ryunosuke (Pepe) Abe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toshiaki Yamaguchi<\/td><td>Fukushima, Japan<\/td><td>Graduate, Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saitou<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--27\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Kunal Tiwari<\/td><td>Vestavia Hills, AL, USA<\/td><td>Indiana University Bloomington<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Souta Ueyanagi<\/td><td>Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Senzoku Gakuen College of Music<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew J Ribo<\/td><td>Lancaster, OH, USA<\/td><td>James Madison University<\/td><td>Kevin Stees, Michael Ribo<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--28\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bridget Conley<\/td><td>Charleston, SC, USA<\/td><td>Vanderbilt University<\/td><td>Gil Long, Carol Jantsch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>James Hunter Farley<\/td><td>Halls, TN, USA<\/td><td>Northwestern University,&nbsp; University of Memphis<\/td><td>Gene Pokorny, Matthew Gaunt, Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justin Gruber<\/td><td>Parkland, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John P. Mangonon<\/td><td>Elk Grove, CA, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami, Frost School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dan Perantoni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xianquan Mu<\/td><td>Qingdao, China<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#Armando Pe\u00f1a<\/td><td>Rio Grande City, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Kent Eshelman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keisuke Shima<\/td><td>Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan<\/td><td>Hokkaido University of Education in Iwamizawa<\/td><td>Ryoichi Tamaki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mason Soria<\/td><td>Frisco, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Donald Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacob Taitel<\/td><td>Deerfield, IL, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Fritz Kaenzig, Ed Risinger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nozomi Watanabe<\/td><td>Aichi, Japan<\/td><td>Aichi University of the Arts<\/td><td>Yuto Hayashi, Yoshinori Kashiwada<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--29\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Arturo Galvan<\/td><td>Laredo, TX, USA<\/td><td>Columbus State University<\/td><td>Dr. Alex Avila, Dr. Dan Sipes, John Reimund<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Diego Antonio Stine<\/td><td>Vienna, VA, USA<\/td><td>Colburn Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Norman Pearson, Douglas Tornquist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Charley Pollard<\/td><td>Malibu, CA, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a><\/a><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--30\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dylan Barnum<\/td><td>Perris, CA, USA<\/td><td>California State University, Fullerton<\/td><td>Phil Keen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hunter Bellows<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Brett Blackstone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph Bickel<\/td><td>Covington, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emma Havel<\/td><td>Melbourne, FL, USA<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Mark Kellogg, CJ Simons, Dillon Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harini Lenin<\/td><td>Irving, TX, USA<\/td><td>Coppell High School<\/td><td>Blake Birmingham<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sydney Salas<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>Klein Cain High School<\/td><td>Bernard Flythe<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--31\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samuel Wascoe<\/td><td>Petal, MS, USA<\/td><td>University of Southern Mississippi<\/td><td>Richard Perry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cayden Miller<\/td><td>Wake Forest, NC, USA<\/td><td>Indiana University<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman, Lisa Burn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natalie Colegrove<\/td><td>Austin, TX, USA<\/td><td>Westlake High School<\/td><td>Jason Donnelly<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--32\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jake Alford<\/td><td>Lexington, KY, USA<\/td><td>Lafayette High School<\/td><td>Dr. Matt Hightower<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lou Boone<\/td><td>Conyers, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>Matthew Shipes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Mason Clark<\/td><td>Coppell, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Justin Gruber*<\/td><td>Parkland, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ally Hansen<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI, USA<\/td><td>Mount Horeb High School<\/td><td>Mike Forbes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Morejon<\/td><td>Coconut Creek, FL, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Ramon Garavito Jr., Dr. Justin Benavidez<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--33\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Paul Ryerson<\/td><td>Catawba, SC, USA<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, Aubrey Foard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2713&nbsp;Jackson Fries<\/td><td>Leander, TX, USA<\/td><td>Rouse High School<\/td><td>David Hummel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Zavier Vega-Yu<\/td><td>Carrollton, TX, USA<\/td><td>Hebron High School<\/td><td>Kevin Ronan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Reagan Dishman<\/td><td>Oak Ridge, TN, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># NIcholas Scruggs<\/td><td>Pearland, TX USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2020 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2020 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"># Unable to compete &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Will compete<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--34\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephen Cannistraci<\/td><td>Lebanon, PA, USA<\/td><td>George Mason University<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Jenkins, Mark Kellogg, Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Donnelly<\/td><td>Oviedo, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami Frost School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Joseph Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anthony Rene Gonzalez<\/td><td>Rio Grande City, TX, USA<\/td><td>Texas A&amp;M University-Kingsville<\/td><td>Dr. Jesse Orth, Orlando Herrera<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yudai Hironaka<\/td><td>Fukuoka, Japan<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kimihiko Hasegawa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kaho Kusayanagi<\/td><td>Kanagawa, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Mitsuru Saito, Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phillip Marion<\/td><td>Philadelphia, PA, USA<\/td><td>James Madison University<\/td><td>Kevin Stees, Jay Krush, Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Greg Stevens<\/td><td>Sebastian, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Grant Jameson, David Childs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chase Teachey<\/td><td>Lexington, KY, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Dr. Matt Hightower, Dr. Skip Gray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yuki Yamazaki<\/td><td>Hamamatsu, Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Tokyo University of the Arts<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jonah Zimmerman<\/td><td>Roswell, GA, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Justin Benavidez, Martin Cochran, Andrew Miller, Bernard Flythe, Patrick Clark<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--35\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryohei Hamada<\/td><td>Itami, Hyogo, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Hiromasa Kimura, Yuki Iida, Kaori Soga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tyler Wise<\/td><td>Denton, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Boonyarit Kittaweepitak, David Childs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas N Gusewelle<\/td><td>Bryan, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>David Childs, Dr. Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--36\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Gray Beach<\/td><td>Raleigh, NC, USA<\/td><td>University of North Carolina-Greensboro<\/td><td>Dennis AsKew, Mark Britt, Don Strand, Randy Kohlenberg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Fleming<\/td><td>Curwensville, PA, USA<\/td><td>Yale University<\/td><td>Carol Jantsch, Craig Knox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#&nbsp;Ramon Garavito Jr<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Kelly Thomas (+)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas Gerald<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ, USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Daniel Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Kevin Ildefonso<\/td><td>Miami, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall, Mike Roylance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xianquan Mu<\/td><td>China<\/td><td>College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati<\/td><td>Tim Northcut<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blake Ryall<\/td><td>Greensboro, NC,USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Tom McCaslin, Dr. Christopher Blaha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seth Shaffer<\/td><td>Southlake, TX, USA<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Wass, Aubrey Foard, Richard Murrow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon A. Smith<\/td><td>Madison, VA, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Patrick Young<\/td><td>Dawsonville, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Colorado-Boulder<\/td><td>Mike Dunn, David Zerkel, David McLemore, Simon Wildman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--37\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Tyler Woodbury<\/td><td>Chicopee, MA, USA<\/td><td>University of Massachusetts-Amherst<\/td><td>John Bottomley, Greg Spiridopoulos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Seth Carter<\/td><td>Paris, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Matthew Good<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Sander Schierer<\/td><td>Buford, GA, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas-Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Rex Martin, Gene Pokorny, Matthew Gaunt<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a><\/a><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--38\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hunter Bellows<\/td><td>Cedar Park, TX, USA<\/td><td>Vista Ridge High School<\/td><td>Brett Blackstone, Dusty Steinle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kathryn Carley<\/td><td>Springfield, IL, USA<\/td><td>Rochester High School<\/td><td>Sharon Huff, Dennis Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Isaiah Carver<\/td><td>Lexington, MA, USA<\/td><td>Lexington High School<\/td><td>Dr. Jobey Wilson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natalie Colegrove<\/td><td>Santa Clara, CA, USA<\/td><td>Cupertino High School<\/td><td>Tony Clements<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wesley Gangluff<\/td><td>Bryant, AR, USA<\/td><td>Henderson State University<\/td><td>Dr. Jamie Lipton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clayton Moses<\/td><td>West Monroe, LA, USA<\/td><td>University of Louisiana at Monroe<\/td><td>Adam Johnson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--39\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Adrian Mares<\/td><td>Alton, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td># Henry Otts<\/td><td>Fairhope, AL, USA<\/td><td>Fairhope High School<\/td><td>Will Petersen, Demondrae Thurman, Dan Perantoni, Charles Villarrubia, David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a<\/strong>&nbsp;Peyton Lickfelt<\/td><td>Springdale, AR, USA<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--40\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colby Batchelor<\/td><td>Harvest, AL, USA<\/td><td>Sparkman High School<\/td><td>Telitha Castleberry, Dr. Tom Lukowicz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaac J. Davanzo<\/td><td>Phoenix, AZ, USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Deanna Swoboda, Blake Ryall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caroline Habig<\/td><td>Hoover, AL, USA<\/td><td>College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, Andrew Miller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ally Hansen<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI, USA<\/td><td>Mount Horeb High School<\/td><td>Mike Forbes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben McWilliams<\/td><td>Augusta, MI, USA<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Chance Trottman-Huiet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Azdruball Montemayor<\/td><td>Edinburg, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--41\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parker Burkey<\/td><td>Grand Junction, CO, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Richard Morgan, Zachary Marley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Owen Hans<\/td><td>Rocky Mount, NC, USA<\/td><td>Northern Nash High School<\/td><td>Dr. Jarrod Williams, Kyler Zary, Jesse Rackley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel D. Martinez<\/td><td>Laredo,TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald C. Little, John R.Reimund<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2019 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2019 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natsuhiro Aoyama<\/td><td>Aichi, Japan<\/td><td>Aichi University of the Arts<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Donnelly<\/td><td>Oviedo, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami Frost School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Joseph Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yosuke Ebata<\/td><td>Osaka City, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Hiromasa Kimura<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rie Kaizuka<\/td><td>Osaka, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Hiromasa Kimura, Masami Fukagawa, Benjamin Pierce<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Kundler<\/td><td>Staten Island, NY, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Rex Martin, Demondrae Thurman, Jeremy Crawford<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian T McCollum<\/td><td>Moulton, AL, USA<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Paul Ebbers, Martin Cochran, Andy Miller, Eddie Elsey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saiko Moriwaka<\/td><td>Japan<\/td><td>Musashino Academia Musicae<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Mihop Ofusa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yuumi Satou<\/td><td>Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan<\/td><td>Shobi Music College\/ Hokkaido University of Education of Iwamizawa<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Kenichi Watanabe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nathan C Wood<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Phil Sinder, Dr. Gail Robertson, Dr. Henry Howey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yuki Yamazaki<\/td><td>Hamamatsu, Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Tokyo University of the Arts<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--42\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryohei Hamada<\/td><td>Itami, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Hiromasa Kimura, Yuki Ida<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tommy Vo<\/td><td>Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>David Childs, Peder MacLellan, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Takahiro Iwamitsu<\/td><td>Hiroshima, Japan<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Yasuichiro Kobayashi, Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--43\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick Beltchev<\/td><td>Wichita Falls, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, David Zerkel, Fritz Kaenzig, Don Little, Dr. Roy Couch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ramon Garavito Jr.<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Kelly Thomas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph A. Guimaraes<\/td><td>Boca Raton, FL, USA<\/td><td>The University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Carol Jantsch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stefan Jacobus Hopman<\/td><td>Sint Anthonis, Netherlands<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall, Thomas Riccobono, Calvin Jenkins, Luke Davey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bradley M\u00f6ller<\/td><td>Capetown, South Africa<\/td><td>University of Southern California<\/td><td>Doug Tornquist, Norm Pearson, Daniel Perantoni, Bill Booth, Jim Self<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keith Packman<\/td><td>Houston, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Don Little, Dr. Jeff Baker, Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Purdy<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson, Brian Dobbins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blake Ryall<\/td><td>Greensboro, NC, USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda,Tom McCaslin, Dr. Christopher Blaha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Wilhelm<\/td><td>Fishers, IN, USA<\/td><td>Central Michigan University, Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Cox, Deanna Swoboda, Scott Hanson, Brad Hisey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tyler Woodbury<\/td><td>Chicopee, MA, USA<\/td><td>University of Massachusetts-Amherst<\/td><td>John Bottomley, Greg Spiridopoulos<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--44\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David Humphreys<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK, USA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Jeff Baker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philip Beatty<\/td><td>Tampa, FL, USA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall, Jay Hunsberger, John Bottomley, Tom Wade<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Logan Carnes<\/td><td>Erie, PA, USA<\/td><td>Indiana University of Pennsylvania<\/td><td>Dr. Zach Collins, Mike Waddell<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a><\/a><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--45\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Preston L Arnold<\/td><td>Bridge City, TX, USA<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Tami Goss<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Aull<\/td><td>Monroe, GA, USA<\/td><td>George Walton Academy<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Adam Frey, Chris Leslie, Christian Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaac Brooks<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI, USA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon Morrison<\/td><td>Cypress, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Jason Harvey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peyton Sills<\/td><td>Madison, MS, USA<\/td><td>Madison Central High School<\/td><td>Chuck Reynolds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Wise<\/td><td>West End, NC, USA<\/td><td>Appalachian State University<\/td><td>Dr. Bethany Wiese, Neil McCrimmon<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--46\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Noah Centers<\/td><td>Louisville, KY, USA<\/td><td>University of Louisville<\/td><td>Clint McCanless, David Centers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Elijah Ramirez<\/td><td>Peoria, AZ, USA<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Jennifer Bement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Itsuki Kawata<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi Collage of Music Senior High School<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a><\/a><\/strong><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--47\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caleb Chambers<\/td><td>Frisco, TX, USA<\/td><td>Legacy Christian Academy<\/td><td>Dr. Corey Rom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evan DeRicco<\/td><td>Arlington Heights, IL, USA<\/td><td>Prospect High School<\/td><td>Josh Wirt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Jesus Mendoza<\/td><td>Mission, TX, USA<\/td><td>University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder, Dr. Benjamin Coy, Abel Rios<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Azdruball Montemayor<\/td><td>Edinburg, TX, USA<\/td><td>Edinburg High School<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder, Michael Sandoval<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Troy Rowlands<\/td><td>Pittsburgh, PA, USA<\/td><td>Penn State University<\/td><td>Velvet Brown, Philip VanOuse<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Malachi Witt<\/td><td>Fairfax, VT, USA<\/td><td>University of Vermont<\/td><td>Yutaka Kono, Bruce McRae<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--48\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Itzhak Corona<\/td><td>Rio Grande City, TX, USA<\/td><td>Grulla High School<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder, Emanuel Garcia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andy Murray<\/td><td>Yukon, OK, USA<\/td><td>Oklahoma City University<\/td><td>Dr. Genevieve Clarkson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Paul Ryerson<\/td><td>Catawba, SC, USA<\/td><td>Homeschool<\/td><td>Doug Black, Aubrey Foard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2018 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2018 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--49\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blake Birmingham<\/td><td>Broken Arrow, OK<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric Dluzniewski<\/td><td>Livonia, MI<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Mark Cox, Mark Kellogg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kevin Fenske<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Danny Vinson, Mark Barton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cody Hutchison<\/td><td>Springdale, AR<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Drs. Benjamin Pierce, Ed Owen, Jamie Lipton, Jeff Baker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Ingram<\/td><td>Memphis, TN<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Drs. Brian Bowman, Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boonyarit Kittaweepitak<\/td><td>Bangkok, Thailand<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Steven Mead<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Kundler<\/td><td>Staten Island, NY<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Matt Gaunt, Rex Martin, Jeremy Crawford,&nbsp;<br>Drs. Demondrae Thurman, Martin Cochran<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Sutton<\/td><td>Galway, NY<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Dr. Charles Guy, Michael Meidenbauer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tommy Vo<\/td><td>Burnaby, Canada<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Peder MacLellan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Abraham Zimmerman<\/td><td>Melrose, MA<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--50\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Kaho Kusayanagi<\/td><td>Hayama-machi, Kanagawa, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi Music College<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chasse Duplantis<\/td><td>Houma, LA<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Dr. Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yudai Hironaka<\/td><td>Yamaguchi, Japan<\/td><td>University of Arkansas, Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kimihiko Hasegawa<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--51\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Baker<\/td><td>Cary, NC<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Tony Granados<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philip Beatty<\/td><td>Tampa, FL<\/td><td>University of Miami<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Jay Hunsberger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Logan Carnes<\/td><td>Erie, PA<\/td><td>Indiana University of Pennsylvania<\/td><td>Dr. Zach Collins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nolan Derrick<\/td><td>Church Hill, TN<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Timothy J. Northcut, Chris Olka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jake Fewx<\/td><td>Sherwood, OR<\/td><td>Yale University<\/td><td>Carol Jantsch, Michael Grose, J\u00e1Ttik Clark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alan Honeker<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ<\/td><td>University of Arizona<\/td><td>Dr. Matthew Tropman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zach Marley<\/td><td>Louisville, KY<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Rex Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keith Packman<\/td><td>Denton, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mason Soria<\/td><td>Denton, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Zack Marley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benjamin Vasko<\/td><td>El Paso, TX<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Charles Villarrubia, Sam Pilafian<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--52\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Guytano Martorano III<\/td><td>Muhlenberg, KY<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Wass, Donald Little, Joe Stites<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David Esteban Mercedes<\/td><td>Brentwood, NY<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little, Jeff Baker, Charles Guy&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clayton Dungey<\/td><td>Issaquah, WA<\/td><td>Biola University<\/td><td>Beth Mitchell, Jonathan Hill, Chris Olka, Ryan Schultz, Philip Dungey<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--53\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dale (Jordan) Alimena<\/td><td>Owasso, OK<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Kevin Miller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaac Brooks<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI<\/td><td>Huron High School<\/td><td>Angel Elizondo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jordan Drake<\/td><td>Euless, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Boonyarit Kittaweepitak, Takahiro Iwamitsu, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaiah Figueroa<\/td><td>Brooklyn, NY<\/td><td>Purchase College (SUNY)<\/td><td>Jack Schatz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Van Wagenen<\/td><td>Suwanee, GA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, David Heinsen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Aaron Wallick<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Jonathan Watkins, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--54\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Greg Stevens<\/td><td>Sebastian, FL<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Takahiro Iwamitsu, Boonyarit Kittaweepitak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Donnelly<\/td><td>Oviedo, FL<\/td><td>University of Miami Frost School of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Joseph Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peyton Sills<\/td><td>Madison, MS<\/td><td>Madison Central High School<\/td><td>Chuck Reynolds<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--55\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robert Black<\/td><td>Vernon Hills, IL<\/td><td>Vernon Hills High School<\/td><td>Scott Tegge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Destin Hoskins<\/td><td>Orange City, FL<\/td><td>University High School (Volusia)<\/td><td>Ryan Sorenson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Donovan Klutho<\/td><td>Bettendorf, IA<\/td><td>University of Northern Iowa<\/td><td>Drs. Jesse Orth, Golden Lund<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ernesto Luis Moor<\/td><td>Norcross, GA<\/td><td>Valdosta State University<\/td><td>Daniel Rowland, Sam LoBue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Errol Garth Rhoden III<\/td><td>Fayetteville, GA<\/td><td>Fayette County High School<\/td><td>Michael Moore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evan Sacks-Wilner<\/td><td>Belle Mead, NJ<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, Christopher Olka<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--56\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Liam Morgan<\/td><td>Guthrie, OK<\/td><td>Oklahoma State University<\/td><td>Stephen Kunzer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Chrisjovan Masso<\/td><td>Chicago, IL<\/td><td>Chicago High School for the Arts<\/td><td>Scott Tegge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noah Laabs<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI<\/td><td>Mount Horeb High School<\/td><td>Dr. Mike Forbes, Will Janssen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2017 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2017 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--57\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Chen<\/td><td>Orlando FL<\/td><td>Stanford University<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Dr. Gail Robertson, Ken Amis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yosuke Ebata<\/td><td>Osaka, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Hiromasa Kimura<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon Hawkins<\/td><td>Harlingen, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yudai Hironaka<\/td><td>Yamaguchi, Japan<\/td><td>University of Arkansas, Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kimihiko Hasegawa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew James Lyster<\/td><td>Fort Worth, TX<\/td><td>Royal Northern College of Music<\/td><td>Steven Mead, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian McCollum<\/td><td>Hillsboro, AL<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Paul Ebbers, Dr. Martin Cochran, Andy Miller, Dr. Eddie Elsey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natsumi Minobe<\/td><td>Mito City, Ibaraki Pref., Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Nunes<\/td><td>Niceville, FL<\/td><td>Montclair State University<\/td><td>Derek Fenstermacher<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William E Sutton<\/td><td>Galway, NY<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Charles Guy, Michael Meidenbauer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yuki Yamazaki<\/td><td>Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan<\/td><td>Tokyo University of the Art<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--58\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rie Kaizuka<\/td><td>Osaka, Japan<\/td><td>Osaka College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Hiromasa Kimura, Dr. Masami Hukagawa, Dr. Ben Pierce<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Moe Kato<\/td><td>Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan<\/td><td>Nagoya College of Music<\/td><td>Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yukino Hamaoka<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--59\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brianna Compton<\/td><td>Katy, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steven Darling<\/td><td>Milwaukee, WI<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Timothy Northcut, Dr. Jason Smith, Marty Erickson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Lucas Davey<\/td><td>Miami, FL<\/td><td>University of Miami (FL)<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Justin Benavidez, Warren Deck<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ramon Garavito Jr<\/td><td>Tucson, AZ<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Kelly Thomas, Danielle Van Tuinen, Amanda Cariati, Dr. Travis Netzer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TJ Graf<\/td><td>Roxbury NJ<\/td><td>University of Miami (FL)<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall, Derek Fenstermacher, Jeffrey Conrad, Paul Scott<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Gray<\/td><td>Little Rock, AR<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Timothy Northcut, Jason Tacker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trey Hanis<\/td><td>Allen, TX<\/td><td>Indiana University<\/td><td>Daniel Perantoni, Dr. Kevin Wass<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>James Land<\/td><td>Memphis, TN<\/td><td>University of Memphis<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Malmer<\/td><td>Sugar Land, Texas<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Timothy Northcut<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evan Zegiel<\/td><td>Boca Raton, FL<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--60\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X&nbsp;<\/strong>Brandon Cazden<\/td><td>Dorval, Quebec, Canada<\/td><td>Manhattan School of Music<\/td><td>Kyle Turner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Max Gerhart<\/td><td>Columbus, OH<\/td><td>University of Kansas<\/td><td>Scott Watson, Dr. Jason Smith, Dr. Timothy Northcut, Tony Zilincik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Juan Alonso<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Timothy Northcut, Richard Murrow, Alex Cauthen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--61\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Isaiah Figueroa<\/td><td>New York, NY<\/td><td>Grand Street Campus<\/td><td>Jonathan Herbert<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cole Foster<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>Lawrence University<\/td><td>Marty Erickson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gabriel Hart<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>Emory University<\/td><td>Adam Frey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MJ Jadeja<\/td><td>Dripping Springs, TX<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Juan Miguel Lopez<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson, Carl Vail<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Troy Moeller<\/td><td>Land O&#8217; Lakes, FL<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Sunny Chou<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--62\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Donnelly<\/td><td>Oviedo, FL<\/td><td>Paul J. Hagerty High School<\/td><td>Joseph Vascik<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon Morrison<\/td><td>Cypress, TX<\/td><td>Cy-Fair High School<\/td><td>Jason Harvey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Gordon<\/td><td>Mt. Prospect, IL<\/td><td>Prospect High School<\/td><td>Josh Wirt, Jared Bulmer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--63\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sean Baker<\/td><td>Wauseon,OH<\/td><td>Bowling Green State University<\/td><td>David Saltzman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seth Carter<\/td><td>Paris, TX<\/td><td>North Lamar High School<\/td><td>Jason R. Smith, Don Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Drake<\/td><td>Naperville, IL<\/td><td>Illinois Wesleyan University<\/td><td>Ed Risinger, Josh Biere<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ethan Gordon<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noah Laabs<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI<\/td><td>Mount Horeb High School<\/td><td>Dr. Mike Forbes, Will Janssen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Greg Tillotson<\/td><td>Mansfield, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--64\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trevor Clipp<\/td><td>Forney, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Diego Stine<\/td><td>Vienna, VA<\/td><td>George C. Marshall High School<\/td><td>David Fedderly, Steve Dumaine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Murray<\/td><td>Yukon, OK<\/td><td>Yukon High School<\/td><td>Dr. Ryan Robinson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2016 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2016 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--65\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joe Broom<\/td><td>McLean, VA<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Steven Mead<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kevin Fenske<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson, Mark Barton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adam Gingery<\/td><td>West Chester, PA<\/td><td>Texas Christian University<\/td><td>Richard Murrow, Dr. Paul Overly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yukino Hamaoka<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Kyohei Ando<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saki Iguchi<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Dr. Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erik Lundquist<\/td><td>Jamestown, NY<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arisa Makita<\/td><td>Tokyo, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music<\/td><td>Toru Miura, Dr. Mitsuru Saito,&nbsp;<br>Dr. Matt Tropman, Yukari Obata<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alison Miserendino<\/td><td>Burke, VA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian L. Bowman, Roger Behrend,&nbsp;<br>Jennifer Dayton Cox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ethan Munger<\/td><td>Keller, TX<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Wass<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Sutton<\/td><td>Galway, NY<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Charles Guy,&nbsp;<br>Michael Meidenbauer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--66\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric Dluzniewski<\/td><td>Livonia, MI<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Timothy Morris<\/td><td>Minnetonka, MN<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Paul Dickinson<\/td><td>Florence, SC<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Paul Ebbers, Adam Frey,&nbsp;<br>Mark Britt, Michael Taylor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--67\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emily Carter<\/td><td>West Chester, OH<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Rex Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brianna Compton<\/td><td>Katy, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Preston Light<\/td><td>Kingsport, TN<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, R. Winston Morris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keith Packman<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Marc Placencia<\/td><td>Glendale, AZ<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Sam Pilafian,&nbsp;<br>Patrick Sheridan, Gabriel Sears<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tim Schachtschneider<\/td><td>Channahon, IL<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Andy Rummel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phillip Slater<\/td><td>Gahanna, OH<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacob Taitel<\/td><td>Deerfield, IL<\/td><td>Illinois Wesleyan University<\/td><td>Ed Risinger, Jared Bulmer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chance Trottman-Huiet<\/td><td>Berthoud, CO<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Phil Sinder, Jacob Cameron,&nbsp;<br>Orcenith Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patrick Young<\/td><td>Dawsonville, GA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--68\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a<\/strong>&nbsp;Zach Marley<\/td><td>Louisville, KY<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Rex Martin, Don Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Wilhelm<\/td><td>Fishers, IN<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robert Wiser<\/td><td>Fayetteville, AR<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--69\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Max Dobson<\/td><td>Saratoga Springs, UT<\/td><td>Westlake High School<\/td><td>Dr. Steve Call<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jose Flores<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><td>The University of Texas at Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Gordon<\/td><td>Mount Prospect, IL<\/td><td>Prospect High School<\/td><td>Josh Wirt, Jared Bulmer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thomas Gusewelle<\/td><td>Bryan, TX<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caleb Taylor<\/td><td>Fort Smith, AR<\/td><td>University of Arkansas-Ft. Smith<\/td><td>Dr. Gail Robertson, Alexandra Zacherella<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chase Windmueller<\/td><td>Florence, MT<\/td><td>Big Sky High School<\/td><td>Benedict Kirby<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--70\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Maheshsinh Jadeja<\/td><td>Dripping Springs, TX<\/td><td>Dripping Springs High School<\/td><td>Joe Dollard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amanda Blackson<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Jonathan Holtfreter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacinda Drenckpohl<\/td><td>Peachtree City, GA<\/td><td>Middle Tennessee State University<\/td><td>Dr. David Loucky, Dr. Ben Miles<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--71\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph Kelemen<\/td><td>Port Orange, FL<\/td><td>University of South Florida<\/td><td>Jay Hunsberger, Dr. Matthew Simmons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noah Laabs<\/td><td>Mount Horeb, WI<\/td><td>Mount Horeb High School<\/td><td>Will Janssen, Mike Forbes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carter Loud<\/td><td>Broken Arrow, OK<\/td><td>Cleveland Institute of Music<\/td><td>Yasuhito Sugiyama<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jasmine Pigott<\/td><td>Greenlawn, NY&nbsp;<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Justin Benavidez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Drake Tubbs<\/td><td>Massena, NY<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Dr. Justin Benavidez, Dr. Charles V. Guy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hayden Victor<\/td><td>London, UK<\/td><td>University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/td><td>Thomas Curry<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order):&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--72\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Teacher(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Evan Arnold<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><td>Ronald Reagan High School<\/td><td>Mike Woods, Janet Tracy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Derek Zimmerman<\/td><td>Germantown Hills, IL<\/td><td>Illinois State University<\/td><td>Dr. Andy Rummel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trevor Clipp<\/td><td>Forney, TX<\/td><td>Forney High School<\/td><td>Dr. Chris Combest, Dr. Don Little<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2015 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\">At this time, please view the 2015 competitors as a PDF from the festival program booklet<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-color-5-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2015_Competitors.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">2015 Competitors <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"file-pdf\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-file-pdf \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M96 0C60.7 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Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--73\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joe Broom<\/td><td>McLean, VA<\/td><td>Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology<\/td><td>Steven Mead, Lee Rogers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Donald Bruce<\/td><td>Manchester NH<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Luis Cardona<\/td><td>Spring, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson, Brian Risinger, Mike Warny<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Chen<\/td><td>Orlando, FL<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Dr. Gail Robertson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Paul Dickinson<\/td><td>Florence, SC<\/td><td>Florida State University<\/td><td>Paul Ebbers, Adam Frey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gary Garvin<\/td><td>Marietta, GA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Bernard Flythe, Evy Rodriguez&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Hess<\/td><td>New Orleans, LA<\/td><td>University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Cincinnati, University of Southern Mississippi<\/td><td>Tom Stein, Tim Northcut, Richard Perry, Ed Owen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vince Kenney<\/td><td>Bloomington, IL<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Mark Moore, Ed Risinger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christopher Leslie<\/td><td>Cincinnati, OH<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Daniel Perantoni, David Werden, Hiram Diaz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Irving Ray<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Henry Howey<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--74\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kevin Fenske&nbsp;<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shuhei Yamada<\/td><td>Kanagawa, Japan<\/td><td>Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo)<\/td><td>Toru Miura, Mitsuru Saito<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Avila<\/td><td>Yorktown, VA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Gabe Stone<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--75\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick Beltchev<\/td><td>Wichita Falls, TX<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phillip Bloomer<\/td><td>Ann Arbor, MI<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, David Zerkel, Mark Moore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maxwell Briggs<\/td><td>Normal, IL<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Rex Martin, Ed Risinger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zack Corpus<\/td><td>Dodge City, KS<\/td><td>University of Memphis<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charlie Goodman<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, David Zerkel, Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Hammer<\/td><td>Collierville, TN&nbsp;<\/td><td>University of Memphis&nbsp;<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Sanders&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matt Hightower<\/td><td>Guthrie, KY<\/td><td>University of Texas<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Daniel Perantoni, Ray Conklin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lee Jarzembak<\/td><td>Maypearl, TX<\/td><td>Curtis Institute (PA)<\/td><td>Carol Jantsch, Paul Krzywicki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian McBride<\/td><td>New Bern, NC<\/td><td>Rutgers University<\/td><td>Alan Baer, Craig Knox, Jeff Jarvis, Phil Sinder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jesse Orth<\/td><td>Denton, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Donald C. Little, Dr. Jerry Young<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--76\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacob Moore<\/td><td>Canton, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Mark Barton, Danny Vinson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justin Chervony<\/td><td>Copiague, NY<\/td><td>Ithaca (NY) College<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dan Wilhelm<\/td><td>Fishers, IN<\/td><td>Arizona State University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--77\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ada Brooks<\/td><td>Columbia Falls, MT<\/td><td>Interlochen Arts Academy<\/td><td>Thomas Riccobono, Frank Talley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Max Dobson<\/td><td>Saratoga Springs, UT<\/td><td>Westlake High School<\/td><td>Dr. Steve Call<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jack Lorens<\/td><td>Thompson&#8217;s Station, TN<\/td><td>Middle Tennessee State University<\/td><td>Dr. David Loucky<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Stone<\/td><td>The Woodlands, TX<\/td><td>The Woodlands High School<\/td><td>Jason Harvey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emily N. Thomas<\/td><td>Potomac, MD<\/td><td>Churchill High School<\/td><td>Adam Lessard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>James Yoon<\/td><td>Greenwich, CT<\/td><td>Ithaca (NY) College<\/td><td>Dr. Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--78\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nathan Galerstein<\/td><td>Dunwoody, GA<\/td><td>Dunwoody High School<\/td><td>Adam Frey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fernando Zuniga<\/td><td>Duncanville, TX<\/td><td>Northwestern State University (LA)<\/td><td>Dr. Masahito Kuroda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Gonzales<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--79\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keith Alcius<\/td><td>Naples, FL<\/td><td>Baldwin Wallace University (OH)<\/td><td>Ken Heinlein<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Doub<\/td><td>Hagerstown MD<\/td><td>West Virginia University<\/td><td>David McCollum, John DiCesare<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Josh Galerstein<\/td><td>Dunwoody, GA<\/td><td>Dunwoody High School<\/td><td>Don Strand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TJ Graf<\/td><td>Succasunna, NJ<\/td><td>Roxbury High School<\/td><td>Jeffrey Conrad, Derek Fenstermacher<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joe LeFevre<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Phil Sinder, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Bob Whaley, Dr. Jacob Cameron<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Paul Powers<\/td><td>Clinton, TN<\/td><td>Tennessee Tech University<\/td><td>R. Winston Morris, Dr. Sean Greene<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order):&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--80\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>School\/University<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Instructor(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shannon Rouston<\/td><td>Novi, MI<\/td><td>Novi High School<\/td><td>Mark Hourigan, Phillip Bloomer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nolan Downey<\/td><td>Bennington, VT<\/td><td>Mount Anthony Union High School<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clayton Dungey<\/td><td>Issaquah, WA<\/td><td>Eastside Catholic High School<\/td><td>Jonathan Hill<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2013 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2013 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--81\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Geoff Durbin<\/td><td>Mechanicsburg, PA<\/td><td>University of Memphis<\/td><td>John Mueller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vince Kenney<\/td><td>Bloomington\/Normal, Illinois<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Mark Moore, Ed Risinger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris Gray McGinty<\/td><td>Plains, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patrick Nyren<\/td><td>South Casco, ME<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sean Peterson<\/td><td>Brighton, MI<\/td><td>Royal Northern College of Music<\/td><td>Steven Mead, Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Matt Tropman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christopher Plaskota<\/td><td>Naperville, IL<\/td><td>University of Michigan&nbsp;<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Mark Fisher&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Irving Ray<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Henry Howey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jaren Reyes<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson, Irving Ray<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aaron Rivkin<\/td><td>Cherry Hill, NJ<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Steven Mead, David Thornton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Vecchio<\/td><td>Chittenango, NY<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--82\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Misa Akahoshi<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Leanne Stamp<\/td><td>Las Vegas, NV<\/td><td>Royal Northern College of Music<\/td><td>Steven Mead<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Christopher Alan G\u00f3ngora<\/td><td>Bryan, TX<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Dr. Joseph Skillen, Rob Towell, Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--83\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick Beltchev<\/td><td>Wichita Falls, TX<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tom Curry<\/td><td>Appleton, WI<\/td><td>Northwestern University<\/td><td>Rex Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joshua deVries<\/td><td>Islip Terrace, NY<\/td><td>Lynn University Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Ken Amis, Bill Troiano<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Frost<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>University of Texas-Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charlie Goodman<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matt Hightower<\/td><td>Guthrie, KY<\/td><td>University of Texas<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Dan Perantoni, Ray Conklin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Osvaldo A. Lopez<\/td><td>Mission, TX<\/td><td>University of Texas-Pan American<\/td><td>Dr. Scott Roeder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian McBride<\/td><td>New Bern, NC<\/td><td>Rutgers University<\/td><td>Alan Baer, Philip Sinder, Jeff Jarvis, Craig Knox, Tom McCaslin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gretchen Renshaw<\/td><td>Middleburg, PA<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder, Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justin Worley<\/td><td>Atlanta, GA<\/td><td>University of North Carolina-Greensboro<\/td><td>Dennis AsKew<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--84\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Takahiro Kim<\/td><td>Sendai, Miyagi,&nbsp;Japan<\/td><td>Roosevelt University<\/td><td>Charles Schuchat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>George Alberti<\/td><td>Fort Meade, MD<\/td><td>Texas Christian University&nbsp;<\/td><td>Richard Murrow, Zach Collins&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ryan Hart<\/td><td>Lake Forest, IL<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--85\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anneliese Feist<\/td><td>Hamburg, NY<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati (CCM)<\/td><td>Timothy Northcut, Lon Gormley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matthew Kundler<\/td><td>Birmingham, AL<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alfredo Leit\u00e3o<\/td><td>Lisboa, Portugal<\/td><td>Escola de M\u00fasica do Conservat\u00f3rio Nacional&nbsp;<\/td><td>Nuno Fernandes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andrew Lyster<\/td><td>Fort Worth, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Patrick Nyren, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lacy Smith<\/td><td>Tallahassee, FL<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Patrick Nyren, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Alex Tomkovich<\/td><td>Lewisville, TX<\/td><td>Lewisville High School<\/td><td>Travis Scott, Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--86\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Mitchell Mest<\/td><td>Boyertown PA<\/td><td>Pennsylvania State University<\/td><td>Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bryce Conrad<\/td><td>Macomb, IL<\/td><td>Macomb High&nbsp;School<\/td><td>David Wetmore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brennan Johns<\/td><td>Fairfax, VA<\/td><td>Indiana University Jacobs School of Music<\/td><td>Carl Lenthe, M. Dee Stewart, Peter Ellefson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--87\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adrien Alkazzaz<\/td><td>Keller, TX<\/td><td>Keller High School<\/td><td>Richard Demy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X&nbsp;<\/strong>Garret Colton<\/td><td>Keller, TX<\/td><td>Keller High School<\/td><td>Richard Demy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Luke Davey<\/td><td>Newburgh, NY<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sam Dent<\/td><td>Clinton, MS<\/td><td>University of Southern Mississippi<\/td><td>Dr. Richard Perry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jake Fewx<\/td><td>Sherwood, OR<\/td><td>University of Oregon<\/td><td>Michael Grose, Justin Stowe, JaTtik Clark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evan Zegiel<\/td><td>Boca Raton, FL<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Dan Satterwhite<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--88\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Serena Voltz<\/td><td>Arlington Heights, IL<\/td><td>John Hersey High School<\/td><td>Jared Bulmer, Rex Martin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nicholas Gale<\/td><td>League City, TX<\/td><td>Sam Houston State University<\/td><td>Robert Daniel, Steve Curtis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joe LeFevre<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>Portage Central High School<\/td><td>Robert Whaley, Jacob Cameron, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Bill Short<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2012 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2012 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">X Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--89\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X&nbsp;Philip Broome<\/td><td>Atlanta, GA<\/td><td>Columbus State University<\/td><td>Andy Miller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Richard Demy<\/td><td>Bailey&#8217;s Crossroads, VA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Geoff Durbin<\/td><td>Mechanicsburg, PA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Angel Elizondo<\/td><td>Harlingen, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gary Garvin<\/td><td>Marietta, GA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Kerstetter<\/td><td>Harrisburg, PA<\/td><td>Montclair State University<\/td><td>William Hess, Jason Ham, Zach Collins, Gary Bird<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian Logan<\/td><td>Tallahassee, FL<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris McGinty<\/td><td>Plains, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Irving Ray<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Henry Howey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X&nbsp;Matthew Shipes<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Benjamin Pierce, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--90\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Alex Avila<\/td><td>Yorktown, VA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Jason Ham, Gabe Stone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Dorian B. Scott<\/td><td>Rowlett, TX<\/td><td>Texas A&amp;M Commerce<\/td><td>Jimmy Clark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X Danny Chapa<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--91\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jeremy Crawford<\/td><td>Maquoketa, IA<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Frost<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>The University of Texas-Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charlie Goodman<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Horsford<\/td><td>Auburn, NY<\/td><td>Ithaca College<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clayton Maddox, Jr.<\/td><td>South Bay, FL<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian McBride<\/td><td>New Bern, NC<\/td><td>Rutgers University<\/td><td>Alan Baer, Phil Sinder, Jeff Jarvis, Craig Knox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David McLemore<\/td><td>Olympia, WA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Corey D. Rom<\/td><td>Minot, ND<\/td><td>University of Texas-Austin<\/td><td>Charles Villarrubia, Sam Pilafian, James D. Thornton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>X&nbsp;Matthew Shipes<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Benjamin Pierce, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Simon Wildman<\/td><td>Kingwood, WV<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Jason Smith, Velvet Brown, Dave McCollum<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--92\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u221a&nbsp;<\/strong>Matthew A. Gatti<\/td><td>Esperance, NY<\/td><td>Temple University&nbsp;<\/td><td>Jay Krush, Dr. Charles V. Guy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>P. Blake Cooper<\/td><td>Louisville, KY<\/td><td>University of Southern California<\/td><td>Jim Self, Norm Pearson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Daniel Wilhelm<\/td><td>Fishers, IN<\/td><td>Central Michigan University<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Cox<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--93\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Luis Cardona<\/td><td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Danny Vinson, Brian Risinger&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grant Jameson<\/td><td>Dublin, OH<\/td><td>Dublin Coffman High School<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>James A. Long<\/td><td>Mason, MI<\/td><td>Oakland University<\/td><td>Kenneth Kroesche<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phillip Marion<\/td><td>Wallingford, PA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Patrick Nyren<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marcus Montgomery<\/td><td>Helena, AL<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tim Morris<\/td><td>Minnetonka, MN<\/td><td>University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/td><td>Matthew Mireles<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--94\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caleb Cranton<\/td><td>Mobile, AL<\/td><td>University of Alabama<\/td><td>Demondrae Thurman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Karns<\/td><td>Moore, TX<\/td><td>Homeschool<\/td><td>John Caputo, Dr. Brian Bowman, Kent Eshelman, Alex Serwatowski<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>William Wortley<\/td><td>Kenosha, WI<\/td><td>Eastman School of Music<\/td><td>Mark Kellogg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--95\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jacob Daniel<\/td><td>Pinehurst, NC<\/td><td>East Carolina University<\/td><td>Tom McCaslin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benjamin Darneille<\/td><td>Rochester, IL<\/td><td>Interlochen Arts Academy<\/td><td>Tom Riccobono<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joseph LeFevre<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>Portage Central High School<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Malmer<\/td><td>Sugar Land, TX<\/td><td>University of Houston<\/td><td>Mark Barton, David Kirk, Derek Fenstermacher<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Purdy<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK<\/td><td>University of Oklahoma<\/td><td>Brian Dobbins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon Stone<\/td><td>Grove City, OH<\/td><td>Central Crossing High School<\/td><td>Gary Tirey<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--96\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor(s)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Hammer<\/td><td>Collierville, TN<\/td><td>University of Memphis<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Sanders<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick Beltchev<\/td><td>Wichita Falls, TX<\/td><td>Wichita Falls High School<\/td><td>Roy Couch, Don Little<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brianna Compton<\/td><td>Katy, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, Scott Shanks<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2011 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2011 Falcone Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Unable to attend Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;Alternate attending Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><a><\/a>Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--97\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Philip Broome<\/td><td>Columbus, GA<\/td><td>Columbus State University<\/td><td>Andrew Miller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Bradley Caliva<\/td><td>San Antonio, TX<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Dr. Kevin Wass<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Daniel Chapa<\/td><td>Austin, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Dr. Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Toby Furr<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Philip Giampietro<\/td><td>Cheshire, CT<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas Mahovsky<\/td><td>Conneaut Lake, PA<\/td><td>Slippery Rock University<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Meixner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sean Peterson<\/td><td>Brighton, MI<\/td><td>Eastern Michigan University<\/td><td>Aaron Tindall, Dr. Matt Tropman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Irving Ray<\/td><td>Houston, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Henry Howey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Matthew Shipes<\/td><td>Dallas, TX<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel, Dr. Benjamin Pierce, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Layne Todd<\/td><td>Greenville, KY<\/td><td>University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music<\/td><td>Tim Northcut<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--98\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Geoff Durbin<\/td><td>Mechanicsburg, PA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gretchen Renshaw<\/td><td>Middleburg, PA<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><a><\/a>Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp; Colby Fahrenbacher<\/td><td>Elk Grove Village, IL<\/td><td>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/td><td>Mark Moore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Stephanie Frye<\/td><td>Birmingham, MI<\/td><td>University of Wisconsin &#8211; Madison<\/td><td>John Stevens, Martin Erickson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Charles Goodman<\/td><td>Kalamazoo, MI<\/td><td>Western Michigan University<\/td><td>Dr. Deanna Swoboda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Zachary Graff<\/td><td>Round Rock, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Brian McBride<\/td><td>New Bern, NC<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Phil Sinder, Jeff Jarvis, Craig Knox, Alan Baer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gretchen Renshaw<\/td><td>Middleburg, PA<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Velvet Brown<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Nimrod Ron<\/td><td>Bloomington, IN<\/td><td>Jacobs School of Music \/ Indiana University<\/td><td>Daniel Perantoni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Tyler Schwirian<\/td><td>Collegeville, PA<\/td><td>Carnegie Mellon University<\/td><td>Craig Knox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Justin Stowe<\/td><td>Hartwell, GA<\/td><td>University of Arkansas<\/td><td>Dr. Benjamin Pierce, David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Daniel Wilhelm<\/td><td>Fishers, IN<\/td><td>Central Michigan University<\/td><td>Dr. Mark Cox, Scott Hanson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--99\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;Andy Larson<\/td><td>Port Orange, FL<\/td><td>Louisiana State University<\/td><td>Dr. Joseph Skillen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; William Russell<\/td><td>Charlottesville, VA<\/td><td>DePaul University<\/td><td>Floyd Cooley<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><a><\/a>Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--100\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Blake Birmingham<\/td><td>Broken Arrow, OK<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Patrick Nyren, Brian Bowman, Paul Compton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X&nbsp;<\/strong>Phillip Cammack<\/td><td>Lubbock, TX<\/td><td>Texas Tech University<\/td><td>Kevin Wass, Bruce Keeling<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ryan Chen<\/td><td>Orlando, FL<\/td><td>University of Michigan<\/td><td>Fritz Kaenzig, Gail Robertson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Christian Hall<\/td><td>Marietta, GA<\/td><td>University of Georgia<\/td><td>David Zerkel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Deion Lewis<\/td><td>Fort Worth, TX<\/td><td>Texas Christian University<\/td><td>Richard Murrow<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--101\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;Dylan Toombs<\/td><td>Red Oak, TX<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Patrick Nyren<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;Alison Miserendino<\/td><td>Burke, VA<\/td><td>University of North Texas<\/td><td>Dr. Brian Bowman, Patrick Nyren, Roger Behrend<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><a><\/a>Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--102\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; David Allen<\/td><td>Madison, AL<\/td><td>Bob Jones High School<\/td><td>Joel Mason<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Zach Bridges<\/td><td>Axtell, TX<\/td><td>Baylor University<\/td><td>Dr. Kent Eshelman, David Kirk, David Graves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ben Darneille<\/td><td>Rochester, IL<\/td><td>Interlochen Arts Academy<\/td><td>Tom Riccobono<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Connor Fetting<\/td><td>Ada, Mi<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Trevor Litsey<\/td><td>Birmingham, AL<\/td><td>Lawrence University<\/td><td>Marty Erickson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; Charles Lukkari<\/td><td>Pinckney, MI<\/td><td>Michigan State University<\/td><td>Philip Sinder<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Tuba Student Alternates (in this order):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table is-style-stripes--103\" style=\"font-size:12px\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp; Name<\/td><td>Hometown<\/td><td>School\/University<\/td><td>Private Instructor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp; Nicholas Delmedico<\/td><td>Bothell, WA<\/td><td>Central Washington University<\/td><td>Curtis Peacock<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp; Alexander Purdy<\/td><td>Oklahoma City, OK<\/td><td>Yukon High School<\/td><td>Brian Dobbins<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2010 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\">At this time, please view the 2010 competitors as a PDF from the festival program booklet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-color-5-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2010_Competitors.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">2010 Competitors <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"file-pdf\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-file-pdf \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M96 0C60.7 0 32 28.7 32 64l0 384c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64l80 0 0-112c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64l176 0 0-165.5c0-17-6.7-33.3-18.7-45.3L290.7 18.7C278.7 6.7 262.5 0 245.5 0L96 0zM357.5 176L264 176c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24L240 58.5 357.5 176zM240 380c-11 0-20 9-20 20l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20s20-9 20-20l0-28 12 0c33.1 0 60-26.9 60-60s-26.9-60-60-60l-32 0zm32 80l-12 0 0-40 12 0c11 0 20 9 20 20s-9 20-20 20zm96-80c-11 0-20 9-20 20l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20l32 0c28.7 0 52-23.3 52-52l0-64c0-28.7-23.3-52-52-52l-32 0zm20 128l0-88 12 0c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12l0 64c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12l-12 0zm88-108l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20s20-9 20-20l0-44 28 0c11 0 20-9 20-20s-9-20-20-20l-28 0 0-24 28 0c11 0 20-9 20-20s-9-20-20-20l-48 0c-11 0-20 9-20 20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2009 Competitors<\/summary>\n<p class=\"\">At this time, please view the 2009 competitors as a PDF from the festival program booklet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-color-5-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.falconefestival.org\/website_b1f48886\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2009_Competitors.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">2009 Competitors <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"file-pdf\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-file-pdf \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M96 0C60.7 0 32 28.7 32 64l0 384c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64l80 0 0-112c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64l176 0 0-165.5c0-17-6.7-33.3-18.7-45.3L290.7 18.7C278.7 6.7 262.5 0 245.5 0L96 0zM357.5 176L264 176c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24L240 58.5 357.5 176zM240 380c-11 0-20 9-20 20l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20s20-9 20-20l0-28 12 0c33.1 0 60-26.9 60-60s-26.9-60-60-60l-32 0zm32 80l-12 0 0-40 12 0c11 0 20 9 20 20s-9 20-20 20zm96-80c-11 0-20 9-20 20l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20l32 0c28.7 0 52-23.3 52-52l0-64c0-28.7-23.3-52-52-52l-32 0zm20 128l0-88 12 0c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12l0 64c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12l-12 0zm88-108l0 128c0 11 9 20 20 20s20-9 20-20l0-44 28 0c11 0 20-9 20-20s-9-20-20-20l-28 0 0-24 28 0c11 0 20-9 20-20s-9-20-20-20l-48 0c-11 0-20 9-20 20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Competitors Listings for competitors for each year can found using the following links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":98,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1073","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Past Competitors - Leonard Falcone International Euphonium &amp; 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