CURRENT MEMBERS

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Andrew Grabowski, a student at George Mason U., has played banjo and guitar with the band since 2020. Andrew also plays in the Not So Modern Jazz Quartet trad jazz band, as well as The Indigo Group.

Minh Vo, a student at Rockville HS, is new to the band this year on piano. Minh also plays in the Jazz Academy Orchestra and the VMT Jazz Trio.

Vinesh Sridhar, a graduate of the U. of Maryland, is new to the band this year on trumpet. Vinesh will soon be headed to the U. of California-Irvine for graduate school.

Ashley Hsu, a graduate of the U. of Maryland, has played clarinet with the band since 2022. Ashley was twice named to the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Band. She won first place in the Gaithersburg Young Artist Award Competition’s Woodwinds Division, and second place in the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition. Ashley has participated in the Honors Performance Series’ Virtual Music Summit and the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute, and has interned at the Jazz Academy of Music’s JAM Camp. She is majoring in music education and clarinet performance.

We are currently auditioning for the trombone chair!

Hudson Tao, a student at Wheaton HS, is new to the band this year on drums. Hudson was named to All-State Jazz and All-County Jazz.  He has played in the Jazz Academy Orchestra and the VMT Jazz Trio, and has performed at Mr. Henry’s on Capitol Hill.

Grace Tifford, a student at the U. of Maryland, has played tuba in the band since 2022. Grace was chosen as a National Symphony Orchestra youth fellow. She has served as principal tubist of the National Youth Orchestra of America, the American Youth Philharmonic, and the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. Grace also plays in the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band and the 380th Reserve Band. She has attended Tanglewood Institute, and was first place winner of the Gaithersburg Young Artist Competition, also receiving Honorable Mention in the US Army Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Grace aspires to be a professional tubist in the military.

Quinn Sarracco, a recent graduate of the U. of Maryland, has played tuba with the band since 2020. Quinn also plays in the New Leaf Brass Quintet, the Maryland Low Brass Trio, the Capital Wind Symphony, the Brass Band of Northern Virginia, and the American Pops Orchestra, and teaches tuba and euphonium at the College of Southern Maryland. Quinn is also a manager at the Strathmore Music Center concert hall.