Nearly 150 LWSD students named to music honor groups

March is Music in Our Schools Month!

The lists are out and Lake Washington School District (LWSD) musicians are major players for this year’s musical honor groups. This year, two organizations chose students in band, orchestra and choir to join all-state and all-northwest groups. Seventy-one high schoolers and 73 middle schoolers come from LWSD schools this year.

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) chooses students throughout the “northwest” region. These students come from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. The Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) chooses students throughout the state for their honor groups.

Over the dates of May 28-30, 2026, High School All-State Band, Choir, and Orchestra ensembles will rehearse and perform in Tacoma. High School Jazz and all Junior All-State ensembles will continue to take place during the 2026 WMEA conference in Yakima. High School Jazz took place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 12, 13 and 14. Junior Jazz and Junior Choir and Youth Choir took place on Saturday, February 14. Junior Bands and Orchestras took place on Sunday, February 15. These outstanding musicians rehearse together under the direction of outstanding music educators and present a final concert.

Any student enrolled in a performing music class is provided an opportunity to audition and participate in these honor groups. Students are selected through an audition process that includes recording and submitting required pieces. Auditions are anonymously screened by select NAfME and WMEA members.

RHS Wind Ensemble present featured concert

In addition to the success of several LWSD students during the WMEA State Conference, the Redmond High School Wind Ensemble was honored to present a featured Concert Hour performance at the WMEA State Conference. The ensemble shared the stage with the Seattle Wind Symphony as part of the conference’s showcase concerts.

Their program, titled “Full Circle,” offered a thoughtfully curated musical journey that connected formative influences with contemporary voices in wind band literature. The opportunity to perform at WMEA represents one of the highest honors for school ensembles in Washington state, recognizing both artistic excellence and sustained dedication to musical growth. The Redmond Wind Ensemble’s appearance at this year’s conference reflects the continued strength and tradition of excellence within Lake Washington School District’s music programs.

Congratulations to the following honorees:

Junior All-State

Baker Band

• Marco Avila, Baritone Saxophone, Kirkland Middle School
• Suhani Bajpai, Bassoon, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Disha Kaja, Flute, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Aarnav Uli, Clarinet, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Shuhan Yin, Flute, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Daniel Zhang, Alto Saxophone, Rose Hill Middle School

Jazz Band

• Josue Uicab-Baez, Trumpet, Kirkland Middle School

Jr. All State Band

• Coll McVicker, Baritone, Finn Hill Middle School
• Insha Javed Shoaib, Tuba, Redmond Middle School
• William Qin, Trombone, Redmond Middle School
• Ryan Lee, Trombone, Redmond Middle School
• Arjun Karthikeyan, Tenor Saxophone, Redmond Middle School
• Evan Kneale, Trumpet, Redmond Middle School
• Tycho Baty, Trumpet, Redmond Middle School
• Forrest Dahl, French Horn, Redmond Middle School
• Rishabh Kalyana Sundaram, Percussion, Redmond Middle School
• Shubh Srivastava, Percussion, Redmond Middle School
• Jane Kang, Flute, Redmond Middle School
• Vihaan Chaurasia, Tuba, Redmond Middle School

Jr. All State Jazz Band

• Malcolm Rehmeyer, Trumpet, Finn Hill Middle School
• Forrest Dahl, Trumpet, Redmond Middle School
• William Qin, Trombone, Redmond Middle School
• Ryan Lee, Trombone, Redmond Middle School

Jr. All-State Baker Band

• Akshara Karthik, Flute, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Kishore Mohan, Clarinet, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Advaith Nallappa, Trombone, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Annirudh Raman, Clarinet, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Vincent Risk, Trumpet, Kamiakin Middle School (Band)
• Hannah Wang, Euphonium, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Jane Kang, Flute, Redmond Middle School
• Tycho Baty, Trumpet, Redmond Middle School
• Vihaan Chaurasia, Tuba, Redmond Middle School
• Rishabh Kalyana Sundaram, Percussion, Redmond Middle School

Jr. All-State Jazz Band

• Kai Lakhani, Piano, Inglewood Middle School (Jazz)

Jr. All-State Rainier Band

• Ethan Gao, Clarinet, Timberline Middle School (Band)
• Hannah Peng, Oboe, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Aryan Sathish, Percussion, Inglewood Middle School (Band)
• Colin Xie, Trombone, Kamiakin Middle School (Band)
• Arjun Karthikeyan, Tenor Saxophone, Redmond Middle School
• Evan Kneale, Trumpet, Redmond Middle School
• Forrest Dahl, French Horn, Redmond Middle School
• Richard Woodyear, French Horn, Redmond Middle School
• Ryan Lee, Trombone, Redmond Middle School
• William Qin, Trombone, Redmond Middle School
• Insha Javed Shoaib, Tuba, Redmond Middle School
• Shubh Srivastava, Percussion, Redmond Middle School

Junior All State Adams Orchestra

• Lily Chen, Cello, Redmond Middle School
• Lizzie Chen, Viola, Redmond Middle School
• Sharon Crick, Viola, Redmond Middle School
• Trystan Hao, Viola, Evergreen Middle School (Orchestra)
• Ruby Hu, Violin, Redmond Middle School
• Arjun Moghe, Viola, Redmond Middle School
• Viraj Vaidya, Cello, Timberline Middle School (Orchestra)
• Melinda Zhu, Cello, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)

Junior All State St Helens Orchestra

• Sahana Arvind, Violin, Redmond Middle School
• Lucas Chang, Cello, Redmond Middle School
• Keshav Iyer, Violin, Timberline Middle School (Orchestra)
• Chloe Jang, Viola, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)
• Hamin Jeon, Viola, Redmond Middle School
• Joohyung Lee, Violin, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)
• Archie Li, Bass, Redmond Middle School
• Seoyeon (Jessica) Lim, Violin, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)
• Sahasra Momidi, Bass, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)
• Nivriti Narayanan, Violin, Inglewood Middle School (Orchestra)
• Sridhar Raamakrishnan, Bass, Redmond Middle School
• Katherine Shuai, Violin, Redmond Middle School
• Ethan Son, Violin, Evergreen Middle School (Orchestra)
• Jessica Xie, Violin, Redmond Middle School

Junior All-State Orchestra - Adams Orchestra

• Jooha Seo, Cello, Kirkland Middle School
• Alex Ellerbrock, Viola, Kirkland Middle School

Mixed Choir

• Svanik Gayakwad, Voice - Baritone, Redmond Middle School
• Pranav Nunna, Voice - Baritone, Redmond Middle School
• Anwesha Pani, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Anya Sathri, Voice - Soprano, Redmond Middle School

Rainier Band

• Logan Eason, Percussion, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Diya Karthik, Percussion, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Ella Ragoler, Flute, Evergreen Middle School (Band)
• Mint Zhou, Clarinet, Rose Hill Middle School
• Sanvi Hiremath, Percussion, International Community School

Treble Choir

• Abigail Catlin, Voice - Soprano, Rose Hill Middle School
• Moureei Charles, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Nyiah Cormier, Voice - Alto, Rose Hill Middle School
• Tanisha Joshi, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Lydia Liu, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Samiksha Ram, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School

Youth Choir

• Mahati Gopalan, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Ella Headrick, Voice - Soprano, Redmond Middle School
• Aniya Kolayi, Voice - Alto, Rose Hill Middle School
• Ananya Krishnan, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Ira Maharjan, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Sloane McGavran, Voice - Alto, Redmond Middle School
• Rose Prata, Voice- Alto, Finn Hill Middle School
• Laya Raghu, Voice - Soprano, Rose Hill Middle School
• Arshati Sati, Voice - Soprano, Redmond Middle School
• Claire Schroeder, Voice - Soprano, Redmond Middle School
• Ishika Surana, Voice - Soprano, Redmond Middle School
• Yarden Talmon, Voice - Soprano, Rose Hill Middle School
• Chaithra Vadde, Voice - Soprano, Rose Hill Middle School
• Clarissa Wright, Voice - Soprano, Rose Hill Middle School

High School All-State

All State Chamber Orchestra

• Sophia Li, Viola, Redmond High School (Orchestra)

All State Philharmonic String Orchestra

• Isabella Chang, Viola, International Community School
• Alice Chen, Violin, Redmond High School (Orchestra)
• Seungmin Ka, Violin, Redmond High School (Orchestra)

All State Symphony Orchestra

• Yunshang Chen, Violin, Redmond High School (Orchestra)
• Victoria Son, Violin, Redmond High School (Orchestra)

All-State Concert Band

• Arthur Chen, Trombone, Tesla STEM High School

All-State Philharmonic Strings

• Hannah Ha, Violin, Tesla STEM High School
• Katie Lee, Cello, Tesla STEM High School

All-State Philharmonic Winds

• Abbas Shakir, Bb Soprano Clarinet, Tesla STEM High School
• Chloe Wu, Flute, Tesla STEM High School
• Sarah Youn, Flute, Tesla STEM High School

All-State Symphonic Choir

• Akash Krothapalli, Tenor 1, Redmond High School
• Andrew Oakley, Bass 2, Redmond High School
• Mariann Carla Roberto, Soprano 2, Redmond High School
• Justin Xia, Bass 1, Redmond High School
• Kateryna Ziuzina, Soprano 2, International Community School

All-State Symphony Orchestra

• Rachel Ren, Violin, International Community School
• Nathan Wong, Cello, International Community School
• Grace Yu, Violin, International Community School

All-State Treble Choir

• Alice Goulding, Soprano 2, Redmond High School
• Radhika Sharma, Alto 1, Redmond High School
• Georgia Stipe, Soprano 2, Redmond High School
• Taashi Waghmare, Alto 2, Redmond High School

All-State Wind Ensemble

• Ved Agrawal, Bb Soprano Clarinet, Tesla STEM High School
• Timothy An, Bassoon, Tesla STEM High School
• Sachita Ghosh, Percussion, Tesla STEM High School
• Aniruddh Shastri, Percussion, Tesla STEM High School

All-State Wind Symphony

• Gregory Lee, Trumpet (Cornet), Tesla STEM High School
• Adrienne Ma, Bassoon, Tesla STEM High School
• Khloe Zhuang, French Horn, International Community School

Chamber Orchestra

• Brinda Aniga, Violin, Eastlake High School
• Anthony Chan, Viola, Juanita High School
• Brooke Lin, Oboe, Eastlake High School
• Vivian Xie, Violin, Eastlake High School
• Jamie Zhu, Violin, Eastlake High School
• Jiayi Zhu, Violin, Eastlake High School

Concert Band

• Ross Baker, Tuba, Juanita High School
• Harang Hwang, Euphonium, Eastlake High School
• Zachary Illsley, Trumpet, Eastlake High School
• Nora Johnson, Flute, Juanita High School
• Advait Krishnan, Percussion, Eastlake High School
• Jibin Park, Clarinet, Juanita High School
• Grace Zheng, Clarinet, Eastlake High School

Philharmonic Winds

• Ethan Brambilla, Trumpet, Juanita High School
• Aviv Chatterjee, Clarinet, Eastlake High School
• Rohit Venkatesan, Percussion, Eastlake High School

Symphonic Choir

• Srishti Boral, Alto 1, Eastlake High School
• Benjamin Damon, Bass 1, Juanita High School
• Nicole Sullivan, Alto 1, Eastlake High School
• Evan Zhao, Bass 1, Tesla STEM High School

Symphony Orchestra

• Ankita Datta, French Horn, Eastlake High School
• Isha Deshmukh, French Horn, Eastlake High School
• Seonmok Jang, Viola, Eastlake High School
• Hayoon Kang, Cello, Eastlake High School
• Gia Kim, Cello, Eastlake High School
• Jason Lim, Violin, Eastlake High School
• Ila Lu, Cello, Eastlake High School
• Jasmine Puri, Violin, Eastlake High School
• Yue Xia, Flute, Eastlake High School
• Arthur Xu, Oboe, Juanita High School

Wind Ensemble

• Gavyn Illsley, Clarinet, Eastlake High School
• Aaratrika Paul, Clarinet, Eastlake High School
• Evan Singleton, Percussion, Eastlake High School
• Pranav Tripathi, Trumpet, Eastlake High School
• Jewel Zhuang, Oboe, Eastlake High School

Wind Symphony

• Hailey Choi, Clarinet, Eastlake High School
• Saransh Kumar, Percussion, Eastlake High School
• Changhyung Lee, Trumpet, Eastlake High School
• Tiankai Wang, Clarinet, Eastlake High School
• Noah Worcester, Trumpet, Eastlake High School

Updated 3/6/26