These talented high school and university students from across the province make up the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble. Bold indicates a returning member. Bold Red indicates a section leader.
2022-2023
Flute/Piccolo
Karine Coderre,
Woodlawn High School
Bianca Daskalov,
Lockview High School
Kaylee Harding
Avon View High School
Julian Kinnear,
Halifax West High School
Allison Leyte,
Charles P. Allen High School
Kingsley Murphy,
Eastern Shore District High School
Elisabeth Pickart,
Dalhousie University
Maya Ryan,
Woodlawn High School
Anika Turner,
Lockview High School
Denis Voloshin,
Cole Harbour District High School
Andrea Xing,
Halifax West High School
Oboe
Matthew Johnston,
Charles P. Allen High School
Edith Mummery,
North Nova Education Centre
Bassoon
Nicolas Green,
Lockview High School
Cassandra Oakes
Acadia University
Clarinet
Grace Bannerman,
Dr. J. H. Gillis Regional High School
Hoyeon Chang,
Charles P. Allen High School
Anneka Dunnewold (Miller),
Acadia University
Daniel Li,
Charles P. Allen High School
Oliver Long,
Dr. J.H. Gillis Regional High School
Casey Norse,
Halifax West High School
Sappho Thompson,
Cobequid Educational Centre
Bass Clarinet
Olivia Guy,
Halifax West High School
Mya Theriault,
Lockview High School
Alto Saxophone
Eric Lyu,
Halifax Grammar School
Maria Mihai,
Lockview High School
George Rusanovskiy,
Rocky Lake Junior High School
Tenor Saxophone
Venessa Barker,
Nova Scotia Community College, Kingstec Campus
Jack Lerner,
Lockview High School
April Lucas,
Lockview High School
Baritone Saxophone
Colin Roberts,
Charles P. Allen High School
Trumpet
Oliver Baker,
Northeast Kings Education Centre
Jonah Carrington,
Halifax West High School
Sierra Caswell,
Halifax West High School
Kristina Forbes,
North Nova Education Centre
Alice Klenavic,
Caledonia Junior High
Mattingly Lunn,
Lockview High School
Marina MacDonald,
Halifax West High School
Matthew Mulvihill,
Riverview Rural High School
Jamal Sinno,
Halifax West High School
Ricky Yang,
Charles P. Allen High School
French Horn
E. Barrett,
Acadia University
Adam Saweczko,
Halifax West High School
Trombone
Cameron Boulter,
North Nova Education Centre
Celeste Cook,
Cole Harbour District High School
Charlie Saunders,
Lockview High School
Rhodri Williams,
Charles P. Allen High School
Evan Boulter,
North Nova Education Centre
Phillip Graham,
Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School
Euphonium
Ryan Stevens
Sandy Lake Academy
Simon Bannerman
Dr. J. H. Gillis Regional High School
Tuba
Innes Burtt,
Charles P. Allen High School
Rory Saweczko,
Halifax West High School
Brooklynn Williams,
Glace Bay High School
Percussion
Brady Gillis,
Lockview High School
Blake Shepherd,
Riverview Rural High School
2021-2022
Flute/Piccolo: Section Lead Ella Burtt, Acadia University; Karine Coderre, Prince Andrew High School; Bianca Daskalov, Lockview High School; Mary Henderson, North Nova Education Centre; Julian Kinnear, Halifax West High School; Kingsley Murphy, Eastern Shore District High; Rachel Roy, Charles P. Allen High School; Maya Ryan, Caledonia Junior High School; Cassidy Veinot, Bay View High School; Andrea Xing, Halifax West High School
Oboe: Matthew Johnston, Bedford Academy; Section Lead Sarah MacInnis, Cobequid Educational Centre; Yasmin Mehrpooya, Charles P. Allen High School; Simone Smith, Horton High School
Bassoon: Logan Deveau, Saint Mary’s University, Cassandra Oakes, Dalhousie University
Clarinet: Hoyeon Chang, Charles P. Allen High School; Gracie Cook, Cole Harbour District High School; Section Lead Anneka Miller, Lockview High School; Olivia Short, Eastern Shore District High School; Sappho Thompson, Cobequid Educational Centre
Alto Saxophone: Section Lead Autumn Allen, St. Mary’s University; Kate Beazley, Charles P. Allen High School; Caroline Boulter, North Nova Education Centre; George Rusanovskiy, Rocky Lake Junior High School
Tenor Saxophone: Venessa Barker Lockview High School; April Lucas, Lockview High School
Baritone Saxophone: Colin Roberts, Charles P. Allen High School
Trumpet: Oliver Baker, Northeast Kings Education Centre; Kristina Forbes, North Nova Education Centre; Mattingly Lunn, Lockview High School; Marina MacDonald, Halifax West High School; Matthew Mulvihill, Riverview Rural High School; Jamal Sinno, Halifax West High School
French Horn: Anna Cordeiro Santanach, guest; Kiera Newsome, Charles P. Allen High School; Section Lead Ameilia Parks, Citadel High School
Trombone: Charlie Cook, Cole Harbour District High School; Section Lead Lauren Inglis, Acadia University; Charlie Saunders, Lockview High School; Rhodri Williams, Charles P. Allen High School
Euphonium: Cameron Boulter, North Nova Education Centre; Section Lead Dylan Rutledge, Acadia University
Tuba: Innes Burtt, Charles P. Allen High School; Rory Saweczko, Halifax West High School; Brooklynn Williams, Glace Bay High School
Percussion: Brady Gillis, Lockview High School; Erin Inglis, Dalhousie University; Jervik Hsien Serrano, Citadel High School; Blake Shepherd, Riverview Rural High School
2020-2021
Flute/Piccolo
Ella Burtt, Charles P. Allen High School; Sarah Goguen, Auburn Drive High School; Mary Henderson, North Nova Education Centre; Kate Noftell, Park View Education Centre
Oboe
Sarah MacInnis, Cobequid Educational Centre; Simone Smith, Horton High School
Bassoon
Logan Deveau, Millwood High School; Sasha Dill, Acadia University
Clarinet
Isabelle Conrad, Dalhousie University; Makayla Gerroir, West Kings District High School; Lauren Kearns, Prince Andrew High School; Sydney Klenavic, Dartmouth High School; Keely Lenihan, Lockview High School; Anneka Miller, Lockview High School;
Bass Clarinet
Thomas Josey, Dartmouth High School; Sohyun (Kate) Woo, Citadel High School
Saxophone
Keigan Allen, Lockview High School; Brogan Bishop, Citadel High School; Caroline Boulter, North Nova Education Centre; Madison Card, Avon View High School; Samantha Conrad, Lockview High School; Johnathan MacKinnon, Lockview High School; Daniel Moser, Acadia University
Trumpet/Cornet
Chloé Duguay, Cobequid Educational Centre; Kristina Forbes, North Nova Education Centre; Shaw Nicholson, University of Ottawa; Rishi Shard, Citadel High School; Joseph Yurchesyn, Prince Andrew High School
French horn
E. Barrett, Glace Bay High School; Ameilia Parks, Citadel High School
Trombone
Nolan Beaudin, Central Kings Rural High School; Charlie Cook, Cole Harbour District High School; Noah Haase, Park View Education Centre; Lauren Inglis, Liverpool Regional High School; Ethan Larose, University of Toronto; Simon Rostis, Citadel High School;
Euphonium
Cameron Boulter, North Nova Education Centre; Aiden Kawahara, Prince Andrew High
Tuba
Innes Burtt, Charles P. Allen High School; Sidney Lee, Charles P. Allen High School; Dylan Rutledge, Lockview High School; Brooklynn Williams, Glace Bay High School
Percussion
Owen Chandler, Halifax West High School; Trinity Conrad, Lockview High School; Brady Gillis, Lockview High School; Erin Inglis, University of King’s College
2019-2020
ALTO SAXOPHONE: Keigan Allen, Lockview High School; Meagan Benwell, Sackville High School; Sam Johnston, Charles P. Allen High School; Daniel Moser, Lockview High School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Madison Card, Avon View High School; Devin Oakes, Alumni
BASS CLARINET: Isabelle Conrad, Lockview High School; Thomas Josey, Dartmouth High School; Sohyun Woo, Citadel High School
BASS TROMBONE: Kyle Bauld, Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus; Nolan Beaudin, Central Kings Rural High School
BASSOON: Logan Deveau, Millwood High School; Sasha Dill, Central Kings Rural High School; Kaisa Morrison, Central Kings District High School; Cassandra Oakes, Parkview Education Centre
CLARINET: Emma Forsyth, J. L. Isley High School; Sydney Klenavic, Dartmouth High School; Keely Lenihan, Lockview High School; Jessy MacNeil, Prince Andrew High School; Abigail Mendel-Elias, Hants East Rural High School; Anneka Miller, Lockview High School; Emma Wilkie, Horton High School
EUPHONIUM: Cameron Boulter, North Nova Education Centrel; Abby Rhynold, Central Kings Rural High School
FLUTE/PICCOLO: Ella Burtt, Charles P. Allen High School; Nicola Downward, Charles P. Allen High School; Nellena Gilmet, Glace Bay High School; Mary Henderson, North Nova Education Centre; Daniel MacInnis, Cobequid Educational Centre; Kate Noftell, Park View Education Centre
FRENCH HORN: E. Barrett, Glace Bay High School; Mason Crober, Dartmouth High School; Jay Le Lacheur, Lockview High School; Ameilia Parks, Citadel High School
OBOE: Mitchell Larkin, Kings Edgehill School
PERCUSSION: Janne Bross, Sackville High School; Trinity Conrad, Lockview High School; Erin Inglis, Prince Andrew High School; Shay Keefe, Lockview High School; Blake Shepherd, Munro Academy
PIANO: Ilan Mendel, Halifax West High School
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Samantha Conrad, Lockview High School; Xingliang Li, Citadel High School
TROMBONE: Lauren Inglis, Liverpool Regional High School; Ilan Mendel, Halifax West High School; Simon Rostis, Citadel High School
TRUMPET: Luke Dobson, Charles P. Allen High School; Chloé Duguay; Cobequid Educational Centre; Jaylyn Harri, Citadel High School; Eytan Mendel-Elias, Hants East Rural High School; Shaw Nicholson, Citadel High School; Evan Pierce, Charles P. Allen High School; Joseph Yurchesyn, Prince Andrew High School
TUBA: Innes Burtt, Madeline Symonds Junior High School; Aiden Kawahara, Prince Andrew High School; James Meers, Park View Education Centre; Dylan Rutledge, Lockview High School
2018-2019
ALTO SAXOPHONE: Samantha Conrad, Lockview High School; Sam Johnston, Charles P. Allen High School; Shirin Mehrpooya, Charles P. Allen High School; Daniel Moser, Lockview High School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Keigan Allen, Lockview High School; Devin Oakes, Nova Scotia Community College
BASS CLARINET: Isabelle Conrad, Lockview High School; Sohyun Woo, Citadel High School
BASSOON: Myles Fox, Cobequid Educational Centre; Kaisa Morrison, Central Kings District High School; Cassandra Oakes, Parkview Education Centre
CLARINET: Sydney Hood, Horton High School; Alexandra Keefe, Dr. John Hugh Gillis High School; Sydney Klenavic, Dartmouth High School; Keely Lenihan, Lockview High School; Jessy MacNeil, Prince Andrew High School; Lucas March, North Nova Educational Centre; Abigail Mendel-Elias, Hants East Rural High School; Anneka Miller, Lockview High School; Caitlyn Skelhorn, Halifax West High School
EUPHONIUM: Kyle Bauld, Citadel High School; Jillian Rowan, Lockview High School; Abby Rhynold, Central Kings Rural High School; Evan West, Halifax West High School
FLUTE/PICCOLO: Ella Burtt, Charles P. Allen High School; Nicola Downward, Charles P. Allen High School; Nellena Marie Gilmet, Glace Bay High School; Daniel MacInnis, Cobequid Educational Centre; Georgia Sinclair, Charles P. Allen High School
FRENCH HORN: Albany Goucher, Central Kings Rural High School; Claire Hartlen, Cobequid Educational Centre; Julianne Le Lacheur, Lockview High School; Ameilia Parks, Ridgecliff Middle School
OBOE: Jessica Carver, Avon View High School; Sarah Perrault, Homeschool
PERCUSSION: Trinity Conrad, Harold T. Barret Junior High School; Zachary Fraser, Sydney Academy; Svenja Hoffmann, Halifax West High School; Maddie Tufts, Lockview High School
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Madelyn Carter, Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School; Mitchell Hiscock, Glace Bay High School; Xingliang Li, Citadel High School
TROMBONE: Nolan Beaudin, Central Kings High School; Lauren Inglis, Liverpool Regional High School; Hannah Patrice Lever, Cobequid Educational Centre; Ilan Mendel, Halifax West High School; Simon Rostis, Citadel High School
TRUMPET: Luke Dobson, Charles P. Allen High School; Gillian Fuller, Horton High School; Bralee Hiscock, Glace Bay High School; Eytan Mendel-Elias, Hants East Rural High School; Shaw Nicholson, Citadel High School; Evan Pierce, Charles P. Allen High School; Jaylyn Harrie-Publicover, Citadel High School; Tyson Walsh, Millwood High School; Gwendolyn Williams, Liverpool Regional High School
TUBA: Breton Hickey, Acadia University; Aidan Kawahara, Prince Andrew High School; Maxim Kemp, Citadel High School; Dylan Rutledge, Lockview High School
2017-2018
ALTO SAXOPHONE: Ryan Kingston, Charles P. Allen High School; Shirin Mehrpooya, Charles P. Allen High School; Daniel Moser, Lockview High School; Zachary Robinson, Digby Regional High School; Sophia Waddell, St. Mary’s University; Christina Wong, Glace Bay High School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: James Lloyd, Dalhousie University; Devin Oakes, Park View Education Centre
BASS CLARINET: Isabelle Conrad, Lockview High School; Anneka Miller, Georges P. Vanier Junior High School
BASSOON: Corrine A. Ambler, Alumnus; Jonah Innis, Avon View High School; Kaisa Morrison, Central Kings District High School
CLARINET: Kieran Bhaskara, Dalhousie University; Jonathan Fewer, Musquodoboit Rural High School; Sydney Hood, Horton High School; Sarah Johnston, Charles P. Allen High School; Alexandra Keefe, Dr. John Hugh Gillis High School; Bailey Lenihan, Lockview High School; Morgandy Levy, Acadia University; Lucas March, North Nova Educational Centre; Celine Opitz, Horton High School; Alyssa Wells, Avon View High School; Katrina Whitenect, Musquodoboit Rural High School
EUPHONIUM: Kyle Donald Bauld, Citadel High School; Emily Riding, Park View Education Centre
FLUTE: Nicola Downward, Charles P. Allen High School; Miranda Goodman, North Nova Educational Centre; Arlene Johnson, Prince Andrew High School; Daniel MacInnis, Cobequid Educational Centre; Georgia Sinclair, Charles P. Allen High School
FRENCH HORN: Grace Day, Millwood High School; Kate DesRoches, Citadel High School; Claire Hartlen, Cobequid Educational Centre; Julianne LeLacheur, Lockview High School; Sara Murphy, Lockview High School
OBOE: Jessica Carver, Avon View High School
PERCUSSION: Zachary Fraser, Sydney Academy; David Scott, Acadia University; Maddie Tufts, Lockview High School; Felicia Wassom, Lockview High School; Raquel Wassom, Dalhousie University
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Emma Barr, Horton High School; Mitchell Hiscock, Glace Bay High School
TROMBONE: Macarius Burton, Charles P. Allen High School: Sophie Haverstock, Charles P. Allen High School; Lauren Inglis, Liverpool Regional High School; Duncan Linsdell, Charles P. Allen High School; Ilan Mendel, Halifax West High School
TRUMPET: Aiden Deveau, Charles P. Allen High School; Gillian Fuller, Horton High School; Bralee Hiscock, Glace Bay High School; Shaw Nicholson, Citadel High School; Evan Pierce, Charles P. Allen High School; Evan Shaw, Prince Andrew High School; Alec Thompson, Avon View High School; Tyson Walsh, Millwood High School; Gwen Williams, Liverpool Regional High School
TUBA: Breton Hickey, Glace Bay High School; Maxim Kemp, Citadel High School; Dylan Rutledge, Lockview High School
2016-2017
ALTO SAXOPHONE: Ryan Kingston, Charles P. Allen High School; Sophia Waddell, St. Mary’s University; Nicolas Wannamaker, Auburn Drive High School; Christina Wong, Glace Bay High School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: James Lloyd, Dalhousie University; Devin Oakes, Park View Education Centre
BASS CLARINET: Miranda King, Halifax West High School
BASSOON: Corrine A. Ambler, Charles P. Allen High School; Jonah Innis, Avon View High School; Kathleen Lane, Sackville High School
CLARINET: Kieran Bhaskara, Charles P. Allen High School; Jonathan Fewer, Musquodoboit Rural High School; Abigail Greek, Auburn Drive High School; Sydney Hood, Horton High School; Sarah Johnston, Charles P. Allen High School; Bailey Lenihan, Lockview High School; Lucas March, North Nova Educational Centre; Alyssa Wells, Avon View High School; Katrina Whitenect, Musquodoboit Rural High School
E-FLAT CLARINET: Morganda Levy, Horton High School
EUPHONIUM: Ross Macintosh, Cobequid High School; Emily Riding, Park View Education Centre
FLUTE: Katelyn Alward, Lockview High School; Jessica Bennett, Horton High School; Miranda Goodman, North Nova Educational Centre; Abbey Robertson, Horton High School; Georgia Sinclair, Charles P. Allen High School
FRENCH HORN: Caitlin Ahern, Prince Andrew High School; Kate DesRoches, Citadel High School; Julianne Le Lacheur, Lockview High School; Sara Murphy, Lockview High School; Mikayla Wadden, Lockview High School
OBOE: Maddie Stewart, Horton High School
PERCUSSION: Tristan Hopkins, Acadia University; Kaitlin Lightfoot, Central Kings Rural High School; Alex Marr, Auburn Drive High School; David Scott, Sir John A. MacDonald High School; Felicia Wasson, Lockview High School; Raquel Wasson, Lockview High School
TENOR SAXOPHONE: Emma Barr, Horton High School; William Mann, Prince Andrew High School
TROMBONE: Mark Carroll, Cobequid Educational Centre; Sophie Haverstock, Charles P. Allen High School; Duncan Linsdell, Charles P. Allen High School; Spencer Nichols, West Kings District High School
BASS TROMBONE: Macarius Burton, Charles P. Allen High School
TRUMPET: Gillian Fuller, Horton High School; Kate Gingell, Eastern Shore District High School; Noah Hartlen, Cobequid Educational Centre; Bralee Hiscock, Glace Bay High School; Megan Hodder, Prince Andrew High School; Margaret Hopkins, Horton High School; Rebecca Mader, Lockview High School; Nicolas Purcell, Dalhousie University; Kenneth (Jake) Sheppard, Cole Harbour District High School; Alec Thompson, Avon View High School
TUBA: Alexander Bessant, Fairview Junior High School; Malcolm Dort, Prince Andrew High School; Breton Hickey, Glace Bay High School; Hope Salmonson, Eastern Shore District High School