{"id":192567,"date":"2026-03-15T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192567\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:29:10","slug":"hillsborough-students-earn-prestigious-all-state-music-honors-ensembles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192567\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough Students Earn Prestigious All-State Music Honors Ensembles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) proudly announces that 201\u202foutstanding students have earned placement in the highly selective\u202fFlorida Music Educators Association (FMEA) All-State Ensembles, distinguishing themselves among the state\u2019s most accomplished young performers. <\/p>\n

Each year, FMEA conducts rigorous statewide blind auditions to fill positions in 24 different All-State performing groups, spanning elementary, middle and high school levels. Students submit recorded auditions that are evaluated against thousands of peers from across Florida. This year, 20 elementary, 101 middle and 80 high school students in HCPS earned All-State selections from a competitive pool of more than\u202f10,000 audition entries, proudly representing the district at the\u202f2026 FMEA All-State Music Conference\u202fheld in Tampa. <\/p>\n

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Superintendent Van Ayres celebrated the students\u2019 achievements, stating: \u201cTo see such a large number of Hillsborough County students earn All-State recognition from a field of more than 10,000 auditions is truly remarkable. It shows not only their hard work and talent but also the strong music and fine arts opportunities our school district provides. Our students thrive because they are supported by exceptional teachers who build outstanding music programs, and we are incredibly proud of their success.\u201d <\/p>\n

Students selected for All-State represent schools across the district and excel in a wide range of ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, concert bands, jazz groups, guitar ensembles and specialized performance groups. <\/p>\n

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HCPS congratulates the following students from our area for achieving this prestigious honor: <\/p>\n

Elementary School: <\/p>\n

All-State Elementary Chorus <\/p>\n

Cecelia Cannon\u202f\u2014\u202fCollins K-8 School\u202f
\nAzalea Covarrubias\u202f\u2014\u202fCollins K-8 School\u202f
\nAmara Fontanez\u202f\u2014\u202fCollins K-8 School\u202f <\/p>\n

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Middle School: <\/p>\n

All-State Middle School Band <\/p>\n

Giuliana Daniele\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Trombone) <\/p>\n

Middle School Honors Band <\/p>\n

Jocelyn Laseca\u202f\u2014\u202fRandall Middle School\u202f(Bb Clarinet)
\nSeth Carpena\u202f\u2014\u202fBurns Middle School\u202f(Alto Saxophone)
\nJoshua Pinizzotto\u202f\u2014\u202fMulrennan Middle School\u202f(Trombone) <\/p>\n

All-State Middle School Orchestra <\/p>\n

Matthew Maloney\u202f\u2014\u202fBurns Middle School\u202f(Violin 1) <\/p>\n

Middle School Honors Orchestra <\/p>\n

Emanuel Jerald\u202f\u2014\u202fRandall Middle School\u202f(Violin 2) <\/p>\n

All-State Middle School Treble Chorus <\/p>\n

Leah Kim\u202f\u2014\u202fRandall Middle School\u202f(Treble 1)
\nKarys Grimaldo\u202f\u2014\u202fEisenhower Middle School\u202f(Treble 2)
\nKeila Akingboye\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Treble 3)
\nGenesis Hurtado\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Treble 3)
\nNatalie Simos\u202f\u2014\u202fRandall Middle School\u202f(Treble 3)
\nBrunette Telcy\u202f\u2014\u202fRodgers Middle School\u202fTreble 3)
\nLinden Whitman\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Treble 3) <\/p>\n

All-State Middle School Mixed Chorus <\/p>\n

Hannah Wright\u202f\u2014\u202fBurns Middle School\u202f(Soprano)
\nLily Alerta\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Alto)
\nEleanor Floyd\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Alto)
\nNorah Nadeau\u202f\u2014\u202fBurns Middle School\u202f(Alto)
\nCara Stewart\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Alto)
\nRory Steever\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Tenor)
\nClark Bentinganan\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Bass)
\nAndres Ospina\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Bass)
\nRishit Srivastava\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Bass)
\nNoah Ward\u202f\u2014\u202fBurns Middle School\u202f(Bass)
\nAustin Zaifert\u202f\u2014\u202fBarrington Middle School\u202f(Bass) <\/p>\n

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High School: <\/p>\n

High School Honors Orchestra <\/p>\n

Angel Mercado\u202f\u2014\u202fSumner High School\u202f(Violin 1)
\nChase Copeland\u202f\u2014\u202fBloomingdale High School\u202f(Cello)
\nMadison Moncrief\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Cello) <\/p>\n

All-State Symphonic Band <\/p>\n

Nicolas Hart\u202f\u2014\u202fRiverview High School\u202f(French Horn) <\/p>\n

High School Honors Band <\/p>\n

Tamara Yasin\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Flute)
\nAdam Goodenough\u202f\u2014\u202fBloomingdale High School\u202f(Bb Clarinet)
\nAllison Mazuchowski\u202f\u2014\u202fBrandon High School\u202f(Trumpet)
\nRyan Tardy\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(French Horn)
\nIan Cortes\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Euphonium)
\nDavid Baca\u202f\u2014\u202fDurant High School\u202f(Percussion)
\nRyan Chandy\u202f\u2014\u202fStrawberry Crest High School\u202f(Percussion) <\/p>\n

All-State Popular Music Collective <\/p>\n

Tamara Yasin\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Vocalist) <\/p>\n

All-State Concert Orchestra <\/p>\n

Grace Ge\u202f\u2014\u202fStrawberry Crest High School\u202f(Cello)
\nRebecca Jorgensen\u202f\u2014 Newsome High School\u202f(Bass) <\/p>\n

All-State Symphonic Orchestra <\/p>\n

Michael Iwanicki\u202f\u2014 Newsome High School\u202f(Cello)
\nRomeo Mongaya\u202f\u2014\u202fDurant High School\u202f(Bass)
\nJalina Guo\u202f\u2014 Newsome High School\u202f(Oboe) <\/p>\n

All-State Concert Chorus <\/p>\n

Julia Guarnieri\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Soprano 2)
\nKAnjali Pathania\u202f\u2014\u202fBloomingdale High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nNitya Srikant\u202f\u2014\u202fStrawberry Crest High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nMatthew Bowman\u202f\u2014\u202fRiverview High School\u202f(Tenor 1)
\nIan Silverman\u202f\u2014\u202fEast Bay High School\u202f(Tenor 2)
\nRyan Noe\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Bass 2)
\nGavin Taylor\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Bass 2) <\/p>\n

All-State SSAA Chorus <\/p>\n

Parker Herold\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Soprano 1)
\nAlexis McLean\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Soprano 1)
\nElla Bucko\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Soprano 2)
\nOlivia Heinis\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Soprano 2)
\nHayrah Rahman\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Soprano 2)
\nPatience Bond\u202f\u2014\u202fRiverview High School\u202f(Alto 1)
\nEliana Estes\u202f\u2014\u202fEast Bay High School\u202f(Alto 1)
\nNitya Hargewar\u202f\u2014\u202fStrawberry Crest High School\u202f(Alto 1)
\nDevi Schmidt\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Alto 1)
\nLayla Williams\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Alto 1)
\nAdra Allen\u202f\u2014\u202fLennard High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nLorena Figueroa-Carrillo\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nNeela Lee\u202f\u2014\u202fRiverview High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nBrooke McOrmond\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Alto 2)
\nSusanna Perez\u202f\u2014\u202fDurant High School\u202f(Alto 2) <\/p>\n

All-State TTBB Chorus <\/p>\n

Jacob Lachance\u202f\u2014\u202fSumner High School\u202f(Tenor 1)
\nBrock Bartlett\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Tenor 2)
\nOwen Kudia\u202f\u2014\u202fNewsome High School\u202f(Tenor 2)
\nJacob Loviska\u202f\u2014\u202fEast Bay High School\u202f(Tenor 2)
\nPatrick Mares\u202f\u2014\u202fBloomingdale High School\u202f(Bass 1)
\nKeegan Hartung\u202f\u2014\u202fEast Bay High School\u202f(Bass 2)<\/p>\n

To learn more about fine and performing arts at HCPS, visit\u202fwww.hillsboroughschools.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) proudly announces that 201\u202foutstanding students have earned placement in the highly selective\u202fFlorida Music…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-192567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}