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Five Denton jazz students named to regional ensemble
Five Denton High School student jazz musicians recently earned chairs in the Texas Music Educators Association’s Region 2 5A/6A Jazz Ensemble, giving the school a quarter of the band’s 20 spots.
Denton’s Gabriel Aponte (bass guitar), Jonathan Bennett (tenor trombone), Peyton Dunworth (bass trombone), Miles Koroly (tenor trombone) and Alex Souris (percussion) each earned a spot on prestigious regional band. As a result of their spots on the regional band, the five musicians will now record performances for potential positions on the all-state band.
The Denton jazz program has received multiple critical honors in the past year, including recently receiving a certificate of merit from the national Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition. Essentially Ellington is the largest high school jazz competition in the world.
For more information about the Denton High jazz program, please contact Jesse Woolery, director of jazz studies and associate director of bands, by phone at 940-369-2209 or via email at jwoolery@dentonisd.org.
Denton’s Gabriel Aponte (bass guitar), Jonathan Bennett (tenor trombone), Peyton Dunworth (bass trombone), Miles Koroly (tenor trombone) and Alex Souris (percussion) each earned a spot on prestigious regional band. As a result of their spots on the regional band, the five musicians will now record performances for potential positions on the all-state band.
The Denton jazz program has received multiple critical honors in the past year, including recently receiving a certificate of merit from the national Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition. Essentially Ellington is the largest high school jazz competition in the world.
For more information about the Denton High jazz program, please contact Jesse Woolery, director of jazz studies and associate director of bands, by phone at 940-369-2209 or via email at jwoolery@dentonisd.org.