Carlos Luna, Director

 

MISSION STATEMENT:

  

The individuals of the wind ensemble will promote music education through the venue of the band literature idiom by offering performances and recordings.  Through our music, the wind ensemble will be successful in leading our young musicians into the next century.  The ensemble will link our youth to a positive experience that will exist for the enjoyment and love of music.

 

GOALS:

 

1.  To promote unity among Laredo

     area musicians and educators.

2.  To rehearse and record selections

     not easily accessible/available.

3.  To submit a recording to T.M.E.A.

     and/or T.B.A. for performance

     consideration.

 

 

WIND ENSEMBLE HISTORY

 

 

PICCOLO

Carina Cisneros        

FLUTE

Jacinto Davila           

Melissa S. Hinojosa

Rosario De Leon

San Juanita Rodriguez

OBOE

Hector Pedraza

Patricia Plascencia    

CLARINET

David Andrus

Graciela Y. Gonzales

Lisa Lopez     

Yvette R. Miranda

Vanessa Rodriguez

Angelica I. Solis        

BASS CLARINET

Jennifer Laurel         

CONTRA BASS CLARINET

Marissa Luna

BASSOON

Reynaldo Flores        

Leslee Williams

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Jesus M. Garcia

Victoria J. Buller

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Carlos Miranda         

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Leo Garza      

 

TRUMPET

Jorge L. Garcia         

Hiram I. Gonzales

Daniel Lugo   

Michael S. Rodriguez

John  Spillane

Abel Vergara 

FRENCH HORN

Nick Balli      

Esperanza Hernandez

Virginia Martinez      

Jose Luis Solis, Jr.    

Juan G. Sosa 

TROMBONE

Oscar Diaz, Jr.

Abel Garza, Jr.

Reymundo Ramos    

Michael Smellie

BARITONE

Hector A. Navarro

Talisha Salas

TUBA

Mike Parker

Tom Pena

PERCUSSION

John Mallon

Chris Jarrell

Gordon Jarrell           

Michael Garcia

Gustavo Gil   

Jose Villarreal

 

 

 

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

 

JACINTO DAVILA

GRACIELA GONZALEZ

CARLOS LUNA

MARISSA LUNA
JOHN MALLON

CARLOS MIRANDA

HECTOR NAVARRO

SAN JUANITA RODRIGUEZ

JOHN SPILLANE