Recognitions

Awards

Downbeat Award- UNT Zebras Ensemble: Graduate Blues and Rock

Saxophone Awards

Competitive Saxophone Scholarship- University of North Texas (2020)
Orange County Artist of the Year Jazz Finalist (2020)
Louis Armstrong Award- YLHS Band (2020)
Tournament of Roses Honor Band (2017 to 2020) – Alto Saxophone
Scholarship- Saddleback Jazz Camp (2018/19)
Soloist Award- Reno Jazz Festival (2018)
Scholarship- Friends Of Jazz (2018)
Outstanding Musicianship- Reno Jazz Festival (2018)

Drum Major Awards

Second Place Drum Major- Hawaii Invitational (2019)
First Place Drum Major Lynwood Candy Cane Lane Parade (2017/2019)
First Place Conducting- World Drum Major Association Novice Class (2017)
First Place Military Drum Major- World Drum Major Association Open Class (2017)

Played With/For

Synesthesia Sinfonietta
Saddleback Big Band
The Great American Band
Disney All-American College Band
Tournament of Roses Honor Band
Phat Cat Swinger/ Slim Cat
Tony Guerrero’s Quintet
Tom Kubis Big Band
OC Musician’s Union
BLOW Brass Band

Through YLHS

Eric Marienthal
Wayne Bergeron
Fransisco Torres
Bill Liston
Alex Hahn
Rob Verdi

Through AACB

Sal Lozano
Meloney Collins
Duane Benjamin
Jiggs Whigham
Gordon Goodwin
Vangie Gunn

Through UNT

Arturo O’Farrill
Bryan Carter

Through Saddleback Big Band

Eric Marienthal

Broadway Books Performed

Legally Blonde (UK Version)- Reed 2: Flute, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
The Drowsy Chaperone- Reed 2: Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
Footloose- Swing Reed: Flute, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
Assassins- Reed 3: Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
The Importance of Being Earnest- Reed Book: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Hello, Dolly!- Reed 1: Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Annie- Reed 2: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone

Other’s Recitals Performed

DMA Recitals- 1 (Instruments: Flute, Oboe, Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Master’s Recitals- 8 (Instruments: Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano/Alto/Tenor Saxophone)
Undergraduate Recital- 3 (Instruments: Oboe, Flute, Alto Saxophone

Groups

Synesthesia Sinfonietta (2024-2025)- Woodwinds
Saddleback Big Band (2024-2025)- Tenor Saxophone 1
SoCal Brass Association: The Great American Band (2025)- Tenor 2
BLOW Brass Band (2023)- Alto Saxophone
UNT Studio Orchestra (2023)- Principal Oboe
Mckinney Philharmonic (2023)- Tenor Saxophone 1

AACB: Disney All-American College Band (2022)- Tenor Saxophone 2
SoCal Jazz Academy (2019-2020)- Intern/Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Tournament of Roses Honor Band (2017-2020)- Alto Saxophone
St. Martin de Porres Orchestra (2017-2019)- Oboe

Saxophone

Places Performed- Blue Note Hawaii (Honolulu, HI), The Disneyland Resort (Anaheim, CA), California Adventure (Anaheim, CA), Rose Parade: Tournament of Roses (Pasadena, CA), PYLUSD Performing Arts Center (Placentia, CA), Richard Nixon Presidential Library (Placentia, CA), OC Musician’s Union (Santa Ana, CA), Florentine’s (Fullerton, CA), Gaslamp (Long Beach, CA), The Bayside Restaurant (Newport Beach, CA), The Lumberyard (Laguna Beach, CA), Reno Jazz Festival (Reno, NV), Campus JAX (Newport Beach, CA), Pageant of The Masters (Laguna Beach, CA), UNT Murchison (Denton, TX), Denton Arts and Jazz Festival (Denton, TX), Texas State Fair (Fort Worth, TX) The World Stage (Los Angeles, CA), The First Congregational Church (Los Angeles, CA)

Drum Major

Places & Circuits Performed/Competed- Hawaii Invitational (Honolulu, HI), Chinese New Year’s Day Parade (San Francisco, CA), World Drum Major Association (Arcadia, Diamond Bar), Disneyland (Anaheim, CA), California Adventure (Anaheim, CA), Placentia Heritage Day Parade (Placentia, CA), Chino Hills Band Review (Chino Hills, CA), Loara Band Review (Loara, CA), Candy Cane Lane Parade (Lynnwood, CA)

Photography Credits

Eddison Esteban– High School Performance Photos
Sarah Harasty– Phat Cat Swinger Photos
Jayson Antonio- Disney All-American College Band 2022 (AACB)
Richard Takenaga- AACB ’22
Mykee Yusada- AACB ’22