Gobble, Gobble Reflections...

It's almost Turkey Break 2012.....it has been a fast a furious first semester for this school year.  I know I am happy with the work the students and parents have demonstrated time and time again.  We have record numbers of students for Dulles MS competing at All Region Band.  DMS hosted this year's auditions.  We have already had two great clinicians, Ms. Lansford & Mr. Green work with all our students.  It was the best Fall Concert I have ever had the pleasure to conduct back in October.  On the horizon is our Holiday Concerts and Elementary Tour as well as Band Pictures, semester exams, and a Fundraiser Party!  It's such a great time to be Viking.  I am extremely THANKFUL to be the director at such a special place and during such a special time.  Keep it up Vikings!  Gobble, Gobble....

Band Officer 2012-2013

co-Presidents
Alex Rosenbalm & Llaran Turner

vice-President
Emily Reedy

Honor Band Woodwind Captains
Eric Liu
Garret Zimmerman
Annabelle Usoro

Honor Band Brass Captains
Ben Rudzinski
Sebastian Uribe
Javier Carretero-Murillo

Symphonic Band Woodwind Captain
Anusha Rajwani

Symphonic Band Brass Captain
Keenan Salonga

Concert Band Representative
Christopher Thomas

Percussion Captain
Nicholas Livingston

Librarian/Historian
Nicholas Emmanuel
Greg Sinski
Tim Sinski

DMS Bands @ Open House 2012

It was a GREAT night to be a Viking at Dulles Middle School last week.  On Thursday, Sept. 6th, the DMS Band, Choir, and Orchestra performed in the cafeteria in support of the DMS PTO and to welcome the Viking Families to this year's Open House.  All the groups did great!  The DMS PTO raised over $1000 in donations and membership.

This is one of the very few general public performances we have each year.  It was a huge success and are very fortunate to have the opportunity to perform.  We are now planning and rehearsing for our next performance in October - our annual Fall Concert.  We hope to see everyone there!

Re-Audition 2012-2013 - A New Year!

RE-AUDITION RESULTS 2012-2013.  We appreciate your work on some challenging music.  What an amazing group this year!  I don't know of another organization in the area that has students that can handle re-auditioning the first week of school.  You are becoming stronger musicians and better young adults by surpassing expectations of those around - CONGRATS.  Schedule changes for a few of you will occur throughout the week.  It's another great year to be a Viking!

CONCERT BAND

Clarinet

1                     Casey Klatt

2                     Ronnie Schroeder

3                     Treyvon Chesney

4                     Jan-Pierre Anyiam

5                     Madison Subjects

6                     Keshawna Benjamin

Saxophone

1                     Noah Nwadei

2                     Kameron Foster

  

Trumpet

1                     Andrew Asper

2                     Robert Heacox

3                     Dennis Malone

4                     Fabian Salazar-Peralta

5                     Ampofo Tweneboah

6                     Zeke Garcia

7                     Quincy Cade

French Horn

1                     Jai Naik

2                     Lauren Powers

Trombone

1                     Tyler Bezner

Euphonium

1                     Joseph Nguyen

Tuba

1                     Christopher Thomas

Percussion

1                     Liam Gonzales

 Symphonic Band

Flute

1                     Isabella Cano

2                     Anusha Rajwani

3                     Heaven Bowman

4                     Laruen Tran

5                     Christopher Lim

6                     Paloma Madtha

7                     Farah Abbas

8                     Ricky Ariza

9                     Nupur Patel

Oboe

1                     Amy Zhang

2                     Kyle Woodward

3                     Bryan Cheng

Bassoon

1                     Allison Cadigal

2                     Ajala (Toni) Oluwantoni

Clarinet

1                     Austin Lo

2                     Cameron Sanders

3                      Deasia Lafleur

4                     Micaela Sloan

5                     Kiana Barragan

6                     Howard Co

7                     Harrison Luna

Bass Clarinet

1                     Joshua Lozano

Saxophone

1                     Darius Bradley

2                     Elisa Mujica

3                     Emily Reedy

4                     Garry Washington

5                     Luke Bocanegra

  

Trumpet

1         Ariel Sierra

2         Khalif Simmons-Connor

3         Ethan Fronefield

4         Benjamin Pham

5         Edward Ayala

6         Grant Luna

French Horn

1         Andrew Fisseler

2         Alex Mathen

3         Andrew Thomas

4         Kaitlin Ong

Trombone

1         Chris Alberto

2         Deante Maxey

3         Cooper Strong

4         Chauncey Crowder

5         Chance Leavitt

Euphonium

1         Carter Crispin

2         Jacob Posten

Tuba

1         Keenan Salonga

2         Ethan Jones

3         Vishal Nagrani

Percussion

1         Amanda Mockaitis

2         Nicholas Mestepey

3         Christian Hamilton

 Honor Band

Flute

1                     Sophia Chao

2                     Claire Lingle

3                     Frank Nguyen

4                     Chinnie Chavez

5                     Annabelle Usoro

6                     Andrea Deguzman

7                     Huy Doan

Oboe

1                     Kaidy Li

2                     Eric Liu

Bassoon

1                     Hannah Wheeler

2                     Timothy Sinski

Clarinet

1                     Llaran Turner

2                     Sam Shaji

3                     Christy Pham

4                     Annie Brow

5                     Laurel Maddox

6                     Alexander Nguyen

7                     Jonathan Lee

8                     Ciro Saravia

Bass Clarinet

1                     Hailey Chavez

2                     Bobby Garcia

Saxophone

1                     Kazuma Sakamoto

2                     Garret Zimmerman

3                     Allison Kosley

4                     Usamah Hossain

5                     Lauren Gregory

6                     Rodney Ware

  

Trumpet

1                     Alex Rosenbalm

2                     Arman Nazerian

3                     Nevin Manu

4                     Christopher Mathews

5                     Leonard Walker

6                     Chase Carnahan

7                     Matthew Deplano

8                     Nicholas John

9                     Zachary Blackwell

French Horn

1                     Bryce Washington

2                     Rajeev Nunna

3                     Javier Carretero Murillo

4                     Elizabeth Levin

5                     Zachary Vetter

6                     Gregory Sinski

Trombone

1                     Benjamin Rudzinski

2                     Shane Whitmire

3                     Prosper Whitmire, III

4                     Alfred Holland

Euphonium

1                     Nicholas Emanuel

2                     Zachary Wittmann

Tuba

1                     Sebastian Uribe

2                     Samuel Kamat

3                     Eli Newland

Percussion

1                     Nicholas Livingston

2                     Celine Tijerina

3                     Hunter Baker

4                     Tailer Nguyen

5                     Terrance Williams

6                     Sahil Thakkar

DMS BAND @ ASTROS GAME!

It is with great excitement that Mr. Roberts and Mr. Slusser would like to announce the Dulles Middle School Honor Band has been invited to perform the National Anthem at a Major League Baseball Game!  The Dulles Middle School Honor Band will represent Dulles Middle School and Fort Bend ISD at Minute Maid Park at the Houston Astros versus Cincinnati Reds game on Sunday, June 3^rd.   

The DMS Band will be selling tickets to this great event and invite all past, present and future band folks to come out and support our amazing musicians at this nationally televised performance.  Congratulations Dulles Middle School and the Dulles Middle School Band students!

  

Be on the lookout in a month for specific details.  Currently our focus is on UIL and contest season - however a bit of good news goes a long way!

BAND BOOSTER CLUB FORMATION.....CAST YOUR VOTE BELOW!

Name of Organization:  Viking Band Boosters (VBB)

Purpose of Organization:

The primary purpose of the Viking Band Boosters is to assist the Band Directors in the development of excellence in music education, performance skills, and leadership in our students. The Viking Band Boosters accomplishes this by providing financial, logistical, and moral support in a balanced fashion for the students who participate in the Dulles Middle School Bands.  Viking Band Boosters is a non-profit organization that will fuel the expansion of the Dulles MS Band Program and further the success of all students involved.

Please scroll down and CAST YOUR VOTE regarding this IMPORTANT ISSUE facing our DMS Band Program.