Waco Regional Championship, presented by Yamaha and Sweetwater
BAND PROGRAM INFORMATION
October 24, 2026 - Waco, TX
This document is provided to our adjudicators as we no longer print program books at our regional championships. It is listed in prelims performance order as of a few days prior to the show. However, performance orders can change. Please take great care to be certain that you are referencing the correct band program information for the correct performance. If information is missing for a participating group, visit the online spectator guide for this show at marching.musicforall.org/schedule.
William H. Taft H.S., TX
San Antonio, TX
Director(s): Greg Mills
Drum Major(s): Dani Jenks, Ira De Los Santos, and Cadence Lunstrum
Repertoire: Voyages Extraordinaire
Musical Selections Include: "The Leviathan" by James Newton-Howard; "Aquarium" by Camile Saint-Saens; "The Explorer and the Bear" by Tom Fletcher; "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky; and "Harvest: Concerto for Trombone" by John Mackey
Grand Oaks H.S., TX
Spring, TX
Director(s): Michael Flake
Drum Major(s): Natalie Hilbrich, Olivia Knight, Bree Miller, and Fiona Monreal
Repertoire: Sky Above
Musical Selections Include: "Merry Go Round of Life" by Joe Hisaishi; "Variations Concertante" by Alberto Ginastera; "Without Warning" by Stephen Melillo; "Feed the Birds" by Richard and Robert Sherman; "Divertimento" by Oliver Waespi; and "Sky Above" by Jacob Collier
Waxahachie H.S., TX
Waxahachie, TX
Director(s): Justin Bell
Drum Major(s): Kendrick Wallace, Kenny Benson, Brianna Christian, and Stephanie Picena
Repertoire: Get to the Point
Musical Selections Include: "Twisted Mind" by Edouard Ferlet; "An American Symphony" by Adam Schoenberg; "The Point of Return" by Tyler Duncan; "Duende" by Luis Alarcon; and "Concerto for Orchestra" by Bela Bartok
Cedar Ridge H.S., TX
Round Rock, TX
Director(s): Arminda Velasquez
Drum Major(s): Dmitry Dempsay, Izaiah McQuaige, William Murphy, and Jordan Yacoub
Repertoire: Reinvent the Wheel
Musical Selections Include: "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff; "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears; and "Wheel in the Sky" by Journey
Winston Churchill H.S., TX
San Antonio, TX
Director(s): Amy Plazek
Drum Major(s): Peyton Parker, Vincent Marriott, and Maria Reyes
Repertoire: Butterfly In The Sky
Musical Selections Include: "Reading Rainbow Theme Song" by Steve Horelick; "LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE" by CHUCK MANGIONE; "RAINBOW CONNECTION" by KENNY ASCHER, PAUL H WILLIAMS; and "BUTTERFLIES" by THOMAS BERGERSEN
Austin H.S., TX
Austin, TX
Director(s): Jesus Torres
Drum Major(s): Avi Lee, Will Achtermann, Mahdiar Banihashemrad, and Gauri Kharod
Repertoire: Phi: the Golden Ratio
Musical Selections Include: "Can You Hear the Music" by Ludwig Goransson; "Church Windows" by Ottorino Respighi; "Kaleidoscope of Mathematics" by James Horner; "No Time for Caution" by Zimmer; "Ripples in the Sand" by Zimmer; and "Time" by Zimmer
Hutto H.S., TX
Hutto, TX
Director(s): Ryan Manders
Drum Major(s): Lyndee Brown, Jheremy Dinopol, Elliott Larsen, Katherine Thornton, and Ava Zwierlein
Repertoire: Proceed With Caution
Musical Selections Include: "Symphonic Movement" by Vaclav Nelhybel; "The Way We Were" by Gladys Knight; "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid; and "No Time For Caution" by Hans Zimmer
Round Rock H.S., TX Horizon
Round Rock, TX
Director(s): David Mobley
Drum Major(s): Avery Chong and Caton Bao
Repertoire: Blood Moon Visions
Musical Selections Include: "Requiem" by Verdi; "Lacrimosa" by Mozart; "Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovsky; and "All this Shall be Yours" by Stephen Melillo
Plano East Senior H.S., TX
Plano, TX
Director(s): John Brennan
Drum Major(s): Hudson Cornell, Anna Martin, Aniruddh Mellacheruvu, and Noah Perdue
Repertoire: Alter Ego
Musical Selections Include: "Swan Lake" by PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY; "Kopi Luwak" by ALAN DOUGLAS FERBER; and "Erghan Diado" by LES VOIX BULGARES
Westlake H.S., TX
Austin, TX
Director(s): Thomas Turpin
Drum Major(s): Jacob Philbrook, Harry Forst, Mayan Kasturi, and Collin Revels
Repertoire: Les Liaisons
Musical Selections Include: "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel; "Scaramouche" by Darius Milhaud; "White Rabbit" by Grace Slick; and "Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor" by Francis Poulenc
Aledo H.S., TX
Aledo, TX
Director(s): Dexx Moore
Drum Major(s): Harper Jones, Kylie Kirkland, Brayden DeBoer, and Ruby Shaver
Repertoire: The Other Side of Here
Musical Selections Include: "Cloud Folk" by John Psathas (jah-n sathuhz); "Distance of Sounds, Sinfonietta No. 3" by Hirokazu Fukushima (hee-roh-kah-zoo foo-koo-shee-mah); "Agape" by Nicholas Brittell (NI-kuh-lus bri-TEL); "Giza, 1928 (from Stargate)" by David Arnold; "Geist" by Russell Wharton; and "Crystal" by Simon Dobson
Rockwall H.S., TX
Rockwall, TX
Director(s): Brandon Downs
Drum Major(s): Lillian Kalinovic, Emma Kistler, Cole Kluge, Allison McCabe, and Evelyn McCasslin
Repertoire: Not Found: A Study in Connection
Musical Selections Include: "Layers" by Cristobal Tapia de Veer; "Slip" by Shubh Saran; "Lights" by Ellie Goulding; and "The First Circle" by Pat Metheny
Westwood H.S., TX
Austin, TX
Director(s): Brittany Dacy and Brandon Winters
Drum Major(s): Laura Yoes, Lillia Jones, Lucy Petiprin, Jillian Riethmiller, and Sterling Vaughn
Repertoire: Infinite Perspectives
Musical Selections Include: "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles; "Danzas de los Duendes" by Nancy Galbraith; "Paramour" by Anna Meredith; and "Dancer in the Dark" by Bjork
Forney H.S., TX
Forney, TX
Director(s): Cody Newman
Drum Major(s): Dom Yambao, Gracie Stephens, Sophia Winn, Ethan Hernandez, and Mikayla Angala
Repertoire: On the Shoulders of Giants
Musical Selections Include: "5th Symphony" by Beethoven; "Requiem" by Mozart; "Barber of Seville" by Rossini; "Little Fugue" by Bach; "Fur Elise" by Beethoven; "8th Symphony" by Bruckner; "Diabolic Variations" by Helble; and "On the Shoulders of Giants" by Peter Graham
Dripping Springs H.S., TX
Dripping Springs, TX
Director(s): Derek Woods
Drum Major(s): Bella Hajari, Abigail Jang, Julius Kramer, and Jaylyn Stiles
Repertoire: the uncommon man
Musical Selections Include: "Symphony no 3" by Aaron Copland; "Movement VII (Finale) The Emperor of Centrifuge" by Sufjan Stevens; "Prisms, Cycles, Leaps" by Prisms, Cycles, Leaps; "Blackbird" by John Lennon/Paul McCartney; and "Oh What A World" by Rufus Wainwright
Copperas Cove H.S., TX
Copperas Cove, TX
Director(s): Mario Morales
Drum Major(s): Maddyln Gorres, Zavier Fitzpatrick, Dylan Peacock, and Santiago Bautista
Repertoire: Arcane Dissonance
Musical Selections Include: "Caves" by Cody Fry; "Verdi Requiem-dies irae" by Giuseppe Verdi; "What Could have been" by Sting; and "El Dorado" by Two Steps from Hell
Vandegrift H.S., TX
Austin, TX
Director(s): Jarrett Lipman
Drum Major(s): Dante Leffler, Manshik Pasala, Luke Xu, and Sherri Xu
Repertoire: The Persistence of Memory
Musical Selections Include: "The Rhythm of the Heat" by Peter Gabriel; "The Four Sections" by Steve Reich; "Concerto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo; and "A Midsummer's Night Dream" by Felix Mendelssohn
Wylie H.S., TX
Wylie, TX
Director(s): Paul Heuer
Drum Major(s): Miles Adams, Asher Casias, Joanna George, and Gracyn Miller
Repertoire: Luna
Musical Selections Include: "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig Von Beethoven; "New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms" by Michael Kamen; and "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussey
Lake Ridge H.S., TX
Mansfield, TX
Director(s): Brad Bonebrake
Drum Major(s): Thuc Le, Charlotte Stevenson, Shaiya Turner, and Sophia Vivoni
Repertoire: The Persistence of Time
Musical Selections Include: "Aha!" by Imogen Heap; "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce; and "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
Gatesville H.S., TX
Gatesville, TX
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Lake Belton H.S., TX
Temple, TX
Director(s): Bobby Yerigan
Drum Major(s): William Graham, Andy Thomas, Micah Swift, and Selah McAfee
Repertoire: Skyworld
Musical Selections Include: "Now We Are Free" by Hans Zimmer; "Message For The Queen" by Tyler Lee Bates; "Flameheart" by Thomas Bergersen; "My Whole Life" by Stefano Sacchi; and "Age of Discovery" by Yoav Goren
L.D. Bell H.S., TX
Hurst, TX
Director(s): Suzanne Dell
Drum Major(s): Makenna Baggett, Lawson Deck, Karma Kamel, and Shelby Saunders
Repertoire: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Musical Selections Include: "Concerto for Orchestra" by Bela Bartok; "Dance Movements, movements 2 and 4" by Philip Sparke; and "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell
Leander H.S., TX
Leander, TX
Director(s): Ryan Sirna
Drum Major(s): Maria Lezcano, Ari Chun, Rebekah Smith, Rithvik Akasam, and Calen Stewart
Repertoire: Twisted
Musical Selections Include: "Taxi Driver" by Bernard Herrmann; "Cape Fear" by Bernard Herrmann; "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann; "Laura" by Johnny Mercer, David Raksin; "Prelude/Outer Space/Radar" by Bernard Herrmann; "The Wild Ride from North by Northwest" Bernard Herrmann; and "Prelude from Psycho" by Bernard Herrmann
James Bowie H.S., TX
Austin, TX
Director(s): Jennifer Hanford
Drum Major(s): Clair Broome, Alex Flores, Jazmin Snowden, Grace Bingham, and Milo Taras
Repertoire: Blue World Symphony
Musical Selections Include: "Ecstatic Waters" by Steven Bryant; "Concerto for Wind Ensemble" by Steven Bryant; "New World" by Bjork; "Sea Symphony" by Vaughan Williams; and "Symphony # 9" by Antonin Dvorak
Wakeland H.S., TX
Frisco, TX
Director(s): Amanda Mariño Stevenson
Drum Major(s): Abby Belknap, Sabeen Jamali, Nakila Venkatiahgari, and Emmeline Ward
Repertoire: Sacred Spaces
Musical Selections Include: "Amen!" by Carlos Simon; "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.; "Stained Glass" by Andrew Markworth; and "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Richard Wagner
Rock Hill H.S., TX
Frisco, TX
Director(s): Nathaniel Neugent
Drum Major(s): Connor Hall, Makayla Hall, Sindhu Kaza, and Vethaa Karthikeyan
Repertoire: UnPhased
Musical Selections Include: "Bolero" by Ravel; "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Hindemith; and "Music for 18 Musicians AND Electric Counterpoint" by Reich
Granbury H.S., TX
Granbury, TX
Director(s): Cody Haddock
Drum Major(s): Emma Farrell, Lynnen Freeman, Braden McCandless, and Ashley Olea
Repertoire: New Moon
Musical Selections Include: "Over the Moon" by Frank Ticheli and "Goodnight Moon" by Eric Whitacre
Keller Central H.S., TX
Fort Worth, TX
Director(s): Andrew Nance
Drum Major(s): Angelo Cruz, Isabel Lee, Shelby Niebling, and Bekah Simpson
Repertoire: Botanica Toxica
Musical Selections Include: "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal; "Toxic" by Brittany Spears; "Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!" by AVNER DORMAN; and "You are so Beautiful" by BILLY PRESTON, BRUCE FISHER
Princeton H.S., TX
Princeton, TX
Director(s): Dr. Steven Knight
Drum Major(s): Hayden Brister, Audrey Gonzalez, Dean Peritz, and Samantha Robles
Repertoire: Wicked Games
Musical Selections Include: "Symphonie Fantastique" by Hector Berlioz; "Alice's Theme" by Danny Elfman; "Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka" by Johann Strauss II; "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak; and "White Rabbit" by Grace Slick
Nimitz H.S., TX
Irving, TX
Director(s): Nathan Ewing
Drum Major(s): Yariksa Alvarez, Israel Batres, Jaden Garza, and Natasha Hernandez
Repertoire: Through Rose Colored Glasses
Musical Selections Include: "Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses" by Sinatra; "Church Windows" by Respighi; "La Vie en Rose" by Piaf; "Joy" by Curiale; and "What About Us" by Pink
Churchill Fulshear H.S., TX
Fulshear, TX
Director(s): Andrew Lee
Drum Major(s): Will Hopkins, Sydney August, Ashlinh Davis, and Logan Wallace
Repertoire: Not Meant to Stay
Musical Selections Include: "The Magic Music Box" by Jojo Comps; "Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 119: Mvt II" by Camille Saint-Saens; "My Immortal" by Evanescence; and "Swan Lake Reimagined" by Tchaikovsky and Jupe7us
Performing In Exhibition: Baylor University
Waco, TX
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South Grand Prairie H.S., TX
Grand Prairie, TX
Director(s): Michelle Ross
Drum Major(s): Jubilee Nguyen, Luis Loya, Kinlee Simmalavong, and Alexa Varga
Repertoire: Black Widow: Silk and Venom
Musical Selections Include: "Apres Moi" by Regina Spektor; "Seven Devils" by Florence + The Machine; "North by Northwest" Bernard Hermann; and "Medea's Dance of Vengeance" by Barber