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

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

Groups

BLOW Brass Band (2023)- Alto Saxophone
UNT Studio Orchestra (2023)- Principal Oboe
Mckinney Philharmonic (2023)- Tenor 1
AACB: Disney All-American College Band (2022)- Tenor 2
SoCal Jazz Academy (2019-2020)- Intern/Alto & Tenor Sax
Tournament of Roses Honor Band (2017-2020)- Alto Sax
St. Martin de Porres Orchestra (2017-2019)- Oboe

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

Broadway Books Performed

Legally Blonde (UK Version)- Reed 2: Flute, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone

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

Saxophone

Places Performed- Blue Note Hawaii, Disneyland (CA), California Adventure (CA), Rose Parade (Pasadena Tournament of Roses), Jazz Jam (Performing Arts Center Placentia), Richard Nixon Presidential Library, OC Musician’s Union, Florentine’s (Fullerton), Gaslamp (Long Beach), The Bayside Restaurant (Newport Beach), The Lumberyard (Laguna Beach), Reno Jazz Festival, Campus JAX, Pageant of The Masters (Laguna Beach), UNT Murchison (Denton,TX), Denton Arts and Jazz Festival (Denton, TX), The World Stage (Los Angeles, CA)

Drum Major

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