Senior Maanu Karthikeyan acknowledges the audience during the senior recognition portion of the night. “Honestly, it’s all so bittersweet, because even though I’ve had my complaints over the years with how time consuming it can be or how difficult some of the pieces have been, I’m truly going to miss every part of it so much,” Karthikeyan said.

Band director Justin Ratcliff conducts the Concert Band as they play.

Members of the trumpet section wait to be cued in by Rock Ridge band director Justin Ratcliff.

Senior Ragya Verma engages in “#19, Treasury of Scales” by Justin Ratcliff, playing the clarinet.

Members of the clarinet ensemble perform “Forge the Vulcan” by Michael Sweeney.

Playing their flutes, junior Emma Weber and seniors Arjun Alagappa and Rishabh Goel look intently at their music sheets. “I think we [outdid ourselves] with articulation and dynamics during this performance,” sophomore Lyla McKinney said.

After being recognized for their participation in the marching band by Ratcliff, senior Karis Huang and junior Jaquelyn Malapira stand for the audience. “Some of the songs we learned, like ‘Seagate,’ were a challenge at first but after repping the song a lot and some practice outside of class, we ended up sounding good as an ensemble,” Malapira said.

Freshman Stuti Gosai, junior Jadelyn Nguyen, and senior Laasya Sunkara perform one of their pieces with their clarinets.

Stone Hill Middle School band director Brian Morton conducts the eighth grade band.