Over the weekend in Gatlinburg, 10 upper school student-musicians from McCallie and GPS attended the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association Clinic.
The clinic auditions are extremely competitive, so much so that only a handful of students are chosen out of hundreds of musicians.
Students are asked to play scales, two prepared pieces, and sight-read a piece they have never seen or played before.
The list of McCallie/GPS musicians is as follows:
Kohen Kilburn '24 - 9/10 String Orchestra - Violin
Nishanth Basava '25- 9/10 String Orchestra - Violin
Soree Kim (GPS) - 11/12 - Full Orchestra - Violin
Harry Carter '24 - 9/10 Red Band - Horn
Abigail Carpenter (GPS) - 9/10 Red Band - Clarinet
Simon Kitts '22 - 11/12 Red Band - Clarinet
Ricky Wang-Polendo '23 - 11/12 Red Band - Tuba
Owen Taggart '23 - 11/12 Red Band - Tenor Saxophone
Connor Parks '23 - 11/12 Blue Band - Trombone
Byron Zou '22 - 11/12 Blue Band - Percussion
The ensemble performed at the clinic on Saturday evening following 11 hours of rehearsals.
In addition, McCallie had three students participate in the All-East Jazz Clinic at Walker Valley High School.
Byron Zou '22 - Blue Band - Drum Set
Owen Taggart '23 - Red Band - Tenor Saxophone
Will Danks '24 - White Band - Trumpet