2017 Festival Competitors

Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2017 Falcone Festival

X Unable to attend Festival √ Alternate attending Festival

Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Ryan Chen	Orlando FL	Stanford University	Fritz Kaenzig, Dr. Gail Robertson, Ken Amis
Yosuke Ebata	Osaka, Japan	Osaka College of Music	Dr. Hiromasa Kimura
Brandon Hawkins	Harlingen, TX	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman
Yudai Hironaka	Yamaguchi, Japan	University of Arkansas, Kunitachi College of Music	Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kimihiko Hasegawa
Andrew James Lyster	Fort Worth, TX	Royal Northern College of Music	Steven Mead, Dr. Brian Bowman
Ian McCollum	Hillsboro, AL	Florida State University	Paul Ebbers, Dr. Martin Cochran, Andy Miller, Dr. Eddie Elsey
Natsumi Minobe	Mito City, Ibaraki Pref., Japan	Kunitachi College of Music	Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kyohei Ando
Matthew Nunes	Niceville, FL	Montclair State University	Derek Fenstermacher
William E Sutton	Galway, NY	Michigan State University	Philip Sinder, Charles Guy, Michael Meidenbauer
Yuki Yamazaki	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan	Tokyo University of the Art	Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo

Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Rie Kaizuka	Osaka, Japan	Osaka College of Music	Dr. Hiromasa Kimura, Dr. Masami Hukagawa, Dr. Ben Pierce
Moe Kato	Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan	Nagoya College of Music	Kaoru Tsuyuki, Mai Kokubo
Yukino Hamaoka	Tokyo, Japan	Kunitachi College of Music	Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kyohei Ando

Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Brianna Compton	Katy, TX	Baylor University	Dr. Kent Eshelman
Steven Darling	Milwaukee, WI	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Dr. Timothy Northcut, Dr. Jason Smith, Marty Erickson
X Lucas Davey	Miami, FL	University of Miami (FL)	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Justin Benavidez, Warren Deck
Ramon Garavito Jr	Tucson, AZ	Arizona State University	Dr. Deanna Swoboda, Dr. Kelly Thomas, Danielle Van Tuinen, Amanda Cariati, Dr. Travis Netzer
TJ Graf	Roxbury NJ	University of Miami (FL)	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Derek Fenstermacher, Jeffrey Conrad, Paul Scott
Matthew Gray	Little Rock, AR	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Dr. Timothy Northcut, Jason Tacker
Trey Hanis	Allen, TX	Indiana University	Daniel Perantoni, Dr. Kevin Wass
James Land	Memphis, TN	University of Memphis	Dr. Kevin Sanders
Ben Malmer	Sugar Land, Texas	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Dr. Timothy Northcut
Evan Zegiel	Boca Raton, FL	University of Michigan	Fritz Kaenzig

Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
X Brandon Cazden	Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Manhattan School of Music	Kyle Turner
X Max Gerhart	Columbus, OH	University of Kansas	Scott Watson, Dr. Jason Smith, Dr. Timothy Northcut, Tony Zilincik
√ Juan Alonso	Dallas, TX	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Dr. Timothy Northcut, Richard Murrow, Alex Cauthen

Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Isaiah Figueroa	New York, NY	Grand Street Campus	Jonathan Herbert
Cole Foster	Kalamazoo, MI	Lawrence University	Marty Erickson
Gabriel Hart	Austin, TX	Emory University	Adam Frey
MJ Jadeja	Dripping Springs, TX	University of Texas at Austin	Charles Villarrubia
Juan Miguel Lopez	Dallas, TX	University of Houston	Danny Vinson, Carl Vail
Troy Moeller	Land O' Lakes, FL	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman, Sunny Chou

Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)

Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Sean Baker	Wauseon,OH	Bowling Green State University	David Saltzman
Seth Carter	Paris, TX	North Lamar High School	Jason R. Smith, Don Little
Daniel Drake	Naperville, IL	Illinois Wesleyan University	Ed Risinger, Josh Biere
Ethan Gordon	Austin, TX	Baylor University	Dr. Kent Eshelman
Noah Laabs	Mount Horeb, WI	Mount Horeb High School	Dr. Mike Forbes, Will Janssen
Greg Tillotson	Mansfield, TX	University of North Texas	Donald Little

Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Trevor Clipp	Forney, TX	University of North Texas	Donald Little
Diego Stine	Vienna, VA	George C. Marshall High School	David Fedderly, Steve Dumaine
Andrew Murray	Yukon, OK	Yukon High School	Dr. Ryan Robinson

2024 FESTIVAL DATES
March 31...Application Deadline
Early May...Semi-Finalists Notified
August 9-12...Festival Competition