One hundred seventy-six students representing all Fairfax County high schools have been named to the 2023 All-Virginia Band, Chorus, and Orchestra. The students will rehearse and perform with other premier musicians from across the state beginning Thursday, April 27, through Saturday, April 29. The performances are free and open to the public. 

Students throughout Virginia went through a rigorous audition process to audition on their instrument for a position within the ensemble. Participants will rehearse with nationally recognized conductors and collaborate with fellow musicians during the event.

The concerts will be held in the Richmond Convention Center on Saturday, April 29, beginning at 11 a.m. and ending at 4:30 p.m.  

• 11 a.m., SSAA Chorus, Lynnel Joy Jenkins, Conductor.
• 11:45 a.m., SATB Chorus, Ethan Sperry, Conductor.
• 1:15 p.m., Concert Band, Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, Conductor.
• 2:30 p.m., Symphonic Band, Rodney Dorsey, Conductor.
• 3:45 p.m. Orchestra, William LaRue Jones, Conductor.

More information about the event is available online. 

FCPS students selected for the groups in 2023 are: 

Band

• Jenna Ainge, Herndon
• Tyler Anderson, West Springfield
• Sarah Bigley, Oakton
• Jack Bird, Robinson
• Alexander Childs, West Springfield
• Evan Chu, Woodson
• Brady Conner, Westfield
• Benjamin Craven, Hayfield
• Luke Demers, Herndon
• Catherine Dunn, Langley
• Jacqui Go, Langley
• Krista Gregg, West Springfield
• Ryan Healy, Langley
• Jordan Hershaft, Woodson
• Keenan Hicks, South Lakes
• Calvin Hodor, TJHSST
• Adelaide Hofmann, South County
• Andrew Islas, Edison
• Zelmay Jan, Langley
• Miriam Jesse, Robinson
• Sarayu Jilludumudi, West Springfield
• Grant Kahler, Woodson
• Anmol Karan, TJHSST
• Hudson Keeler, TJHSST
• Catherine Kim, McLean
• Elena Kim, South County
• Elias Kim, West Springfield
• Abigail LaFleur, West Potomac
• Alexander Lee, South Lakes
• Henry Lin, Langley
• Benjamin Loeffler, Justice
• Joshua Lugo, Chantilly
• Brady Markin, Chantilly
• James Martens, Lake Braddock
• Caleb McCree, Lake Braddock
• Margaret McDowell, West Springfield
• Abbey Moran, Woodson
• Stuart Murphy, West Potomac
• Nathan Nguyen, Robinson
• Edward Norton, Madison
• Jack Patterson, Robinson
• Lucas Pederson, Fairfax
• Kevin Pierson, TJHSST
• Anna Raymond, McLean
• David Rubinstein, West Potomac
• Rachel Safarian, West Springfield
• Erika Schatz, Lake Braddock
• Jack Siegfried, West Potomac
• Aliza Small, Robinson
• Mateo Stine, Marshall
• Gabriel Sufitchi, Westfield
• Luke Sun, Woodson
• Mitchell Swartz, Centreville
• Myah Tokajer, Langley
• John Jack Trafton, Lake Braddock
• Meredith Turcotte, West Springfield
• Raahi Vyas, South Lakes
• Ian Wallace, Woodson
• Charlotte Witzel, West Springfield
• Joshua Wu, Chantilly
• Emma Yang, McLean

Chorus

• Lea Ahrens, South County
• Sophia Argueta, West Potomac
• Colt Armstrong, Falls Church
• Eric Bach, South County
• Annie Barata, Woodson
• Andrew Beasley, South County
• Akhil Bhatt, Marshall
• Catherine Brown, West Springfield
• Nicholas Brunson, West Springfield
• Jackson Byrd, Edison
• Jackie Copeland, Centreville
• Alexander Cox, Centreville
• Lia Davila, Marshall
• Aannali De Franco, South County
• Nicholas Doan, Lake Braddock
• Sarah Driessen, Oakton
• Andrew Evans, McLean
• Erik Figueroa, Hayfield
• Elena Fischinger, Marshall
• Ella Fox, Lake Braddock
• Nicholas Frazier, West Springfield
• Gianna Gecan, Madison
• Natalie Gillum, Lake Braddock
• Advai Govind, Madison
• Rachel Griffith, Lake Braddock
• Adi Gupta, Langley
• Graham Ishaq, South Lakes
• Maria Jackle, Marshall
• Cleia Jones, Langley
• Ally Kelso, Lake Braddock
• Brielle Kirk, West Potomac
• Jason Kris, West Springfield
• Mary Laun, Robinson
• Jacob Lee, Marshall
• Charlotte Levine, West Potomac
• Kirsten Lunsford, Woodson
• Godwin Mensah, Mt. Vernon
• Tyler Miller, Annandale
• Lucy Montgomery, Westfield
• Luke Mudrick, Madison
• Christina Nguyen, Centreville
• Alexa Norris, South Lakes
• Maddie Orchard, West Springfield
• Mariela Palencia, Falls Church
• Maya Pattison, Edison
• Grace Paul, Chantilly
• Sarah Peckham, South County
• Sara Porjosh, Marshall
• Ariana Rahman, South County
• Maggie Ricciardiello, Madison
• Pamela Rodriguez-Escalante, Westfield
• Thomas Seeger, West Springfield
• Salam Siam, Lake Braddock
• Megan Smith, South County
• Olivia Smith, South County
• Abby Sparks, South County
• Ellie St. Pierre, West Potomac
• Ramzy B. Tabbah, Annandale
• Abril Tello Cornejo, Fairfax
• Catherine Thomas, West Springfield
• Millicent Vanstory, Marshall
• Emilie Verton, Lake Braddock
• Elizabeth Windt, Marshall
• Joshua Wise, Herndon
• Kaylee Wisner, West Springfield
• Caelan Wommack, South County

Orchestra

• Morgan Altier, Woodson
• Jonah Ascoli, Lake Braddock
• Varsha Athreya, TJHSST
• Ramona Ban, Robinson
• Kaiwan Bilal, TJHSST
• Gabriel Cha, Chantilly
• Birka Chen, McLean
• Ethan Chien, Chantilly
• Kian Choi, McLean
• Ryan Chun, McLean
• Isaiah Garrett, Oakton
• Sophia Go, TJHSST
• Audrey Goodner, Langley
• Jenny Hosken, Lake Braddock
• Christine Hwang, South County
• Emma Ishii, Hayfield
• Angelee Kang, TJHSST
• Zayd Khan, South County
• Mira Kim, TJHSST
• Nikhil Kuntipuram, South Lakes
• Nathan Kurland, Woodson
• Kathryn Lang, Woodson
• Eujin Lee, Marshall
• Jayden Lee, Langley
• James Leggett, West Potomac
• Eleanor Liang, Marshall
• Yuna Lim, Madison
• Elina Liu, TJHSST
• Ryan Liu, TJHSST
• Aakash Natarajan, Herndon
• Jack Papandon, Madison
• Alison Pollock, Robinson
• Christopher Qian, TJHSST
• Michelle Qiu, Oakton
• Kyle Ryu, Robinson
• Joseph Schechtel, Woodson
• Serenna Semonsen, TJHSST
• Junhee Sim, South County
• Justin Smith, Madison
• Valerie Su, Oakton
• Colin Surabian, South Lakes
• Joshua Thrush, Madison
• Luke Viskupic, Marshall
• Matthew Vu, Robinson
• Kai Wang, TJHSST
• Spencer Wang, TJHSST
• Will Wo, Woodson
• Jessica Yi, Woodson

Please Note: Additional students may be called in to participate next week that are not listed and will be added by the Virginia Music Educators Association.  Alternates are not listed in the above list.