** 32 The John P. Stevens High School Band program, under the direction of Andrew DeNicola, John Zazzali & Pamela Ferrali is proud to announce that 32 students from their program were selected by audition to the 2022-23 Central Jersey Region Band. These students represent the highest number from anyone school in Central New Jersey! (13 seniors, 10 juniors, 8 sophomores, 1 freshman)
** 21 The John P. Stevens High School Band program, under the direction of Andrew DeNicola, John Zazzali & Pamela Ferrali is proud to announce that 21 students from their program were selected by audition to the 2022-23 NJMEA All-State Band &/or Orchestra. These students represent the highest number from any one school in all of New Jersey! (9 seniors, 7 juniors, 5 sophomores)
** 8 The John P. Stevens High School Band program, under the direction of Andrew DeNicola, John Zazzali & Pamela Ferrali is proud to announce that 8 students from their program were selected by audition to the 2022-23 MENC Eastern Division Band. These students represent the highest number from any one school throughout 11 states!!
32
Regional Acceptances
(13 seniors, 10 juniors, 8 sophomores, 1 freshman)
Mia Zhong – Flute
Christiana Chihadeh – Bassoon
Rishi Gurnani – Clarinet
Hong Cheng – Clarinet
Justin Ni – Clarinet
Kevin Dai – Clarinet
Sejin Kim– Clarinet
Luke Shen– Clarinet
Charvi Iruganti – Alto Clarinet
Benjamin Alter – Bass Clarinet
Andrew Xiong – Alto Sax
Aadarsh Balaji – Alto Sax
Siddharth Vaidya – Baritone Sax
Arya Shahane – Baritone Sax
Peter Lyga – Trumpet
Samarsimha Munagala - Trumpet
Anirudh Ramkumar - Trumpet
Brooks Yang - Trumpet
Akhil Gopal – French Horn
Christopher Juan – French Horn
Riana Sherali – French Horn
Saksham Kulkarni – French Horn
Amol Bhingarde – Trombone
Madhav Narayan – Trombone
Ella Wong – Trombone
Sumit Kulkarni – Trombone
Rishith Duggimpudi – Trombone
Andrew Li – Tuba
Matthew Nelson – Battery Percussion
Andy Xu – Battery Percussion
Siddharth Perikala – Battery Percussion
Abhishek Gurubaskaran – Battery Percussion
Bold = 1st Overall in region
21
All State Acceptances
(9 seniors, 7 juniors, 5 sophomores)
Mia Zhong – Flute
Rishi Gurnani – Clarinet
Hong Cheng – Clarinet
Justin Ni – Clarinet
Kevin Dai – Clarinet
Andrew Xiong – Alto Sax
Aadarsh Balaji – Alto Sax
Siddharth Vaidya – Baritone Sax
Samarsimha Munagala - Trumpet
Peter Lyga – Trumpet
Akhil Gopal – French Horn
Christopher Juan – French Horn
Riana Sherali – French Horn
Saksham Kulkarni – French Horn
Amol Bhingarde – Trombone
Madhav Narayan – Trombone
Sumit Kulkarni – Trombone
Rishith Duggimpudi – Trombone
Andrew Li – Tuba
Matthew Nelson – Battery Percussion
Andy Xu – Battery Percussion
Bold = 1st Overall in All-State
8
All Eastern Acceptence
Mia Zhong – Flute
Rishi Gurnani – Clarinet
Hong Cheng – Clarinet
Kevin Dai – Clarinet
Andrew Xiong – Alto Sax
Samarsimha Munagala - Trumpet
Andy Xu – Battery Percussion
Brandon Chang – Battery Percussion
John P. Stevens HS
855 Grove Ave
Edison, NJ 08820
Band Directors
John M Zazzali
john.zazzali@edison.k12.nj.us
Ray Henricksen
raymond.henricksen@edison.k12.nj.us
Pamela Ferrali
pamela.ferrali@edison.k12.nj.us
Office Phone:
(732) 452-2808
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