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Dr. Dee Spencer, Director

Saxophones

Ben Flocks
Junior, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz

Jesse Scheinin
Junior, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz

Morgan Jones
Senior, Davis High School, Davis

Iris Yellum
Junior, Leigh High School, San Jose

Daniel A.J. Brown
Junior, Independence High School, San Francisco

Trumpets

Andrew Byars
Senior, San Rafael High School, San Rafael

Billy Buss
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Kyle Athayde
Senior, Acalanes High School, Lafayette

Aaron Bahr
Sophomore, Campolindo High School, Moraga

Ariel Vento
Junior, Albany High School, Albany

Trombones

Danny Lubin-Laden
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Jeff Yen
Junior, San Marin High School, Novato

Natalie Cressman
Freshman, School of the Arts, San Francisco

Nick Grinder
Senior, Marin School of the Arts, Novato

Piano

Julian Pollack
Junior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Guitar

Samuel Dickey
Senior, Davis High School, Davis

Bass

Joe Costantini
Senior, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose

Percussion

Michael Davis, drums
Senior, Valley Christian High School, San Jose
 
Charlie Ferguson, congas
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Kyle Athayde, vibraphone
Senior, Acalanes High School, Lafayette

2nd Chairs

Saxophones: Maxime Stinnett, Sophomore, Acalanes High School; Steven Lugerner, Senior, Burlingame High School; Christopher Almada, Junior, Independence High School; Colin Borges, Senior, Davis High School; Morgan McLoughlin, Sophomore, Albany High School
Trumpet: Justin Fordyce, Senior, Tracy High School
Trombones: Ryan Baker, Junior, Foothill High School; Alex Pfeifer-Rosenblum, Senior, El Cerrito High School; Mariel Austin, Junior, Berkeley High School; Brama Sukarma, Junior, Lincoln High School
Piano: Yuma Sung, Senior, Valley Christian High School
Guitar: Jeff Stein, Junior, Monte Vista High School
Bass: Alex Greve, Senior, Berkeley High School
Drums: Chris Hansen, Junior, Gunn High School

3rd Chairs

Saxophones: John Palowitch, Sophomore, Amador Valley High School;
Eric Ashkenas
, Senior, Berkeley High School; Raffi Garabedian, Senior, Berkeley High School
Trombones: Ritchie Chen, Senior, Albany High School
Piano: Sam Reider, Junior, The Urban School
Guitar: Zachary Jensen, Senior, Valley Christian High School
Bass: Eliana Athayde, Freshman, Acalanes High School
Drums: Will Ewing, Junior, Acalanes High School

Alternates

Kamal Ghammache-Mansour (saxophone), Sophomore, Albany High School; Evan Hughes (drums), Junior, Berkeley High School; Alexander Lewis (trombone), Junior, Vacaville High School; Danny Mertens (piano), Freshman, El Cerrito High School; James Perdelwitz (saxophone), Junior, Marin School of the Arts; Samora Pinderhughes (piano), Freshman, Berkeley High School; Chris Sugiura (bass), Senior, San Rafael High School; Ali Warrick (drums), Senior, Acalanes High School

Mentorships

Nelson Bean (bass), Junior, Head Royce School; Kaz George (saxophones), Junior, MetWest High School; Jesse Simpson (drums), Junior, Sonoma Academy; Toby Siu (saxophone), Junior, Oakland High School; Jonathan Stein (bass), Sophomore, Skyline High School

the Ensemble live!

“Jazz Generations: The Music of Wayne Shorter”
SFJAZZ High School All-Stars w/Miguel Zenon
Sunday, June 1, 7PM
Herbst Theatre