2018 Festival Competitors

Semi-Finalists and Alternates for 2018 Falcone Festival

X Unable to attend Festival √ Alternate attending Festival

Euphonium Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Blake Birmingham	Broken Arrow, OK	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman
Eric Dluzniewski	Livonia, MI	University of Georgia	David Zerkel, Dr. Mark Cox, Mark Kellogg
Kevin Fenske	Houston, TX	University of Texas at Austin	Charles Villarrubia, Danny Vinson, Mark Barton
Cody Hutchison	Springdale, AR	University of Arkansas	Drs. Benjamin Pierce, Ed Owen, Jamie Lipton, Jeff Baker
John Ingram	Memphis, TN	University of North Texas	Drs. Brian Bowman, Kevin Sanders
Boonyarit Kittaweepitak	Bangkok, Thailand	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman, Steven Mead
Matthew Kundler	Staten Island, NY	Northwestern University	Matt Gaunt, Rex Martin, Jeremy Crawford, Drs. Demondrae Thurman, Martin Cochran
Will Sutton	Galway, NY	Michigan State University	Philip Sinder, Dr. Charles Guy, Michael Meidenbauer
Tommy Vo	Burnaby, Canada	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman, Peder MacLellan
X Abraham Zimmerman	Melrose, MA	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall

Euphonium Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
√ Kaho Kusayanagi	Hayama-machi, Kanagawa, Japan	Kunitachi Music College	Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Kyohei Ando
Chasse Duplantis	Houma, LA	Louisiana State University	Dr. Joseph Skillen
Yudai Hironaka	Yamaguchi, Japan	University of Arkansas, Kunitachi College of Music	Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Dr. Mitsuru Saito, Toru Miura, Kimihiko Hasegawa

Tuba Artist Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Matthew Baker	Cary, NC	University of Michigan	Fritz Kaenzig, Tony Granados
Philip Beatty	Tampa, FL	University of Miami	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Jay Hunsberger
Logan Carnes	Erie, PA	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Dr. Zach Collins
Nolan Derrick	Church Hill, TN	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Timothy J. Northcut, Chris Olka
Jake Fewx	Sherwood, OR	Yale University	Carol Jantsch, Michael Grose, JáTtik Clark
Alan Honeker	Tucson, AZ	University of Arizona	Dr. Matthew Tropman
Zach Marley	Louisville, KY	University of North Texas	Donald Little, Rex Martin
Keith Packman	Denton, TX	University of North Texas	Donald Little, Charles Villarrubia
Mason Soria	Denton, TX	University of North Texas	Donald Little, Zack Marley
Benjamin Vasko	El Paso, TX	University of Georgia	David Zerkel, Charles Villarrubia, Sam Pilafian

Tuba Artist Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Guytano Martorano III	Muhlenberg, KY	Texas Tech University	Dr. Kevin Wass, Donald Little, Joe Stites
David Esteban Mercedes	Brentwood, NY	University of North Texas	Donald Little, Jeff Baker, Charles Guy
Clayton Dungey	Issaquah, WA	Biola University	Beth Mitchell, Jonathan Hill, Chris Olka, Ryan Schultz, Philip Dungey

Euphonium Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Dale (Jordan) Alimena	Owasso, OK	University of Arkansas	Dr. Benjamin Pierce, Kevin Miller
Isaac Brooks	Ann Arbor, MI	Huron High School	Angel Elizondo
Jordan Drake	Euless, TX	University of North Texas	Boonyarit Kittaweepitak, Takahiro Iwamitsu, Dr. Brian Bowman
Isaiah Figueroa	Brooklyn, NY	Purchase College (SUNY)	Jack Schatz
Michael Van Wagenen	Suwanee, GA	University of Georgia	David Zerkel, David Heinsen
X Aaron Wallick	San Antonio, TX	University of North Texas	Jonathan Watkins, Dr. Brian Bowman

Euphonium Student Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
√ Greg Stevens	Sebastian, FL	University of North Texas	Dr. Brian Bowman, Takahiro Iwamitsu, Boonyarit Kittaweepitak
Jason Donnelly	Oviedo, FL	University of Miami Frost School of Music	Dr. Aaron Tindall, Joseph Vascik
Peyton Sills	Madison, MS	Madison Central High School	Chuck Reynolds

Tuba Student Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
Robert Black	Vernon Hills, IL	Vernon Hills High School	Scott Tegge
X Destin Hoskins	Orange City, FL	University High School (Volusia)	Ryan Sorenson
Donovan Klutho	Bettendorf, IA	University of Northern Iowa	Drs. Jesse Orth, Golden Lund
Ernesto Luis Moor	Norcross, GA	Valdosta State University	Daniel Rowland, Sam LoBue
Errol Garth Rhoden III	Fayetteville, GA	Fayette County High School	Michael Moore
Evan Sacks-Wilner	Belle Mead, NJ	University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music	Timothy Northcut, Christopher Olka

Tuba Student Alternates (in this order)

Name	Hometown	School/University	Teacher(s)
X Liam Morgan	Guthrie, OK	Oklahoma State University	Stephen Kunzer
√ Chrisjovan Masso	Chicago, IL	Chicago High School for the Arts	Scott Tegge
Noah Laabs	Mount Horeb, WI	Mount Horeb High School	Dr. Mike Forbes, Will Janssen

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