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Dr. Dee Spencer, Director

Saxophones

Ben Flocks
Senior, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz

Jesse Scheinin
Senior, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz

Iris Yellum
Junior, Leigh High School, San Jose

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

John Palowitch
Junior, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton

Trumpets

Nick Bianchini
Junior, Soquel High School, Soquel

Aaron Bahr

Junior, Campolindo High School, Moraga

Ariel Vento
Senior, Albany High School, Albany

Theo Meneau
Senior, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael

Trombones

Jeff Yen
Junior, San Marin High School, Novato

Nick Grinder
Senior, Marin School of the Arts, Novato

Mariel Austin
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Brama Sukarma
Senior, Lincoln High School, San Jose



Piano

Danny Mertens
Sophomore, El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito

Sam Reider
Senior, The Urban School, San Francisco

Guitar

Ari Chersky
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Bass

Eliana Athayde
Sophomore, Acalanes High School, Lafayette

Jonathan Stein
Junior, Skyline High School, Oakland

Percussion

Chris Hansen, drums
Senior, Valley Christian High School, San Jose
 
Evan Hughes, drums
Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley

Vocals

Hale Baskin
Senior, Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton

Alternates

Saxophones: Christopher Almada, Senior, Independence High School, San Jose; Michael Czaja, Sophomore, Foothill High School, Pleasanton; Kamal Ghammache-Mansour, Sophomore, Albany High School, Albany; Kaz George, Senior, MetWest High School, Oakland; James Perdelwitz, Senior, Marin School of the Arts, Novato; Maxime Stinnett, Junior, Acalanes High School;
Trumpets: Benjamin Kreitman, Freshman, Gunn High School, Palo Alto; Daron Lin, Senior, Berkeley High School, Berkeley
Trombone: Rachel Woods-Robinson, Sophomore, Lowell High School, San Francisco
Piano: Samora Pinderhuges, Sophomore, Berkeley High School, Berkeley
Guitar: Kyler Siegel, Senior, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto
Bass: Sam Copperman, Junior, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz; Thomas Mykytyn, Senior, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael
Drums: Benny Amon, Senior, Davis Senior High School, Davis; Tim Carr, Senior, San Marin High School, Novato; Will Ewing, Senior, Acalanes High School, Lafayette; Jesse Simpson, Senior, Sonoma Academy, Santa Rosa; Samir Uppaluru, Senior, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino

the Ensemble live!

SFJAZZ High School All-Stars w/Miguel Zenon
Sunday, October 19, 7PM
Great American Music Hall