KMEA All-State Full Orchestra

All-State Full Orchestra
Century II Concert Hall
Sat - Feb. 28, 2026 - 11:00 AM
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Soo Han
2026 KMEA All-State Full Orchestra Conductor
Soo Han is the Director of Orchestral Studies at George Mason University's Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music in Fairfax, Virginia; Music Director of the Elkhart County Symphony in Indiana; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. He is a composer and arranger with Hal Leonard and is also a contributing editor for Essential Elements for Strings.

As an active conductor, Dr. Han has appeared with numerous professional and university orchestras. He is a frequent conductor for all-state, regional, and honor orchestras, appearing in more than 30 states, and has conducted ensembles in Australia, Austria, China, and Thailand. He has produced multiple recordings of complete symphonies and has premiered several commissioned works for strings and full orchestras. Dr. Han has presented workshops and clinics internationally and for nearly every major national and state music conference, including Australian String Teacher Conference, Maryborough National Australia Conference, The Midwest Clinic, ASTA National Conference, NAfME National Conference, and Ohio University Summer String Teacher Workshop. Prior to his position at George Mason, Dr. Han served as the Director of Orchestral Studies at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio and was the program coordinator and faculty member with Los Angeles Philharmonic's summer YOLA program.

Dr. Han is a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician, and co-author, contributor, and managing editor for Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra, Vol. 4, one of the leading orchestra pedagogical resources published by GIA. He is a past president of the Indiana American String Teachers Association and his high school orchestras were nine-time Indiana State School Music Association champions. Having taught in the public schools for fifteen years, he is a passionate supporter of school music programs and continues to remain active in instrumental classrooms throughout the country.

Soo received his Bachelor of Instrumental Music Education degree from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, where he studied piano under Edward Auer. He received his Master of Science in Education from the Indiana University School of Education, and his Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from the Michigan State University College of Music, where he studied under Kevin Noe.

2025-26

Violin I
  1. Ryan Byun, Andover-Central
  2. Caleb Park, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest
  3. Daniel Chang, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest
  4. Will Suh, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  5. Alyanne Jones, Derby
  6. Nabil Frihat, Olathe-East
  7. Danbee Kim, Olathe-Northwest
  8. Mingcheng (Bobby) Guo, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  9. Yad Kamla, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  10. Joshua (Samuel) Burroughs, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  11. Yoseph Negash, Olathe-East
  12. Aiden Chowdhury, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  13. Marisela Morales, Olathe-East
  14. Nayeli Luna, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  15. Yu Ting (Ariel) Yeh, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  16. Katelynn Murdock, Manhattan
  17. Eddison Chen, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
Violin II
  1. Peter Todorov, Wichita-Collegiate
  2. Evan Nugent, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  3. Ailee McConeghey, Wichita-Classical School
  4. Kianna Ayala, Lawrence-Free State
  5. Cole Brown, Goddard-Eisenhower
  6. Drew Harrison, Lawrence-Free State
  7. Victoria Ward, Wichita-East
  8. Isabel Franz, Prairie Village-Kansas City Christian
  9. Jersey Busenitz, Elbing-Berean Academy
  10. Neil Joshi, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  11. Mikayla Neo, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  12. Jiyeon Kim, Manhattan
  13. Etina Roelofs, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  14. Ashlyn Tang, Overland Park Blue Valley Northwest
  15. Bisandu Buluwana, Olathe-North
  16. Isabella Lee, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
Viola
  1. Alexis Chang, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest
  2. Jasper Kim, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  3. Zack Lee, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  4. Anna Qi, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  5. Taryn Dale, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  6. Hailey Maddox, Derby
  7. Audrey McCoy, Olathe-West
  8. Alex Velasco-Crates, Lawrence
  9. Alina Arceo, Salina-South
  10. Ezra Kwon, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  11. Adrian Oh, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  12. Linda Guzman, Wichita-South
  13. Alison Chung, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  14. Sage Winkleman, Wichita-East
Cello
  1. Curtis Clark, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  2. Varun Kabra, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
  3. Micah Kramer, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  4. Eleanor Grindle, Manhattan
  5. Dominic Marroquin, Olathe-North
  6. Eli Jia, Wichita-East
  7. Grahm Heller, Basehor-Linwood
  8. Noelle Crouch, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
  9. Ethan Chen, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  10. Finley Guccione, Topeka-Washburn Rural
  11. Cole Shyver, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  12. Chloe Han, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
Bass
  1. Brandon Lewis, Olathe-Northwest
  2. Andrew Bowles, Olathe-Northwest
  3. Ethan Steiner, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest
  4. Faith Lewis, Olathe-North
  5. Anastasia Yarsulik, Olathe-Northwest
  6. William Gilligan, Manhattan
  7. Courtney Boutwell, Olathe-Northwest
  8. Nathaniel Gieske, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
Bass (1234A Band)
  1. Fielding Brewster, Spring Hill
Bass (56A Band)
  1. Lincoln Helms, Olathe-Northwest
Harp
  1. Hannah Hillyer, Olathe-Northwest
Placement of winds/percussion is managed by the All-State Band chairs.
Piccolo
  1. Amber Quint, Shawnee-Shawnee Mission Northwest
Flute
  1. Keith Thompson, Junction City
  2. Ashwika Balaji, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  3. Brooke Arnold, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  4. Olivia Suh, Overland Park-Blue Valley North
Oboe
  1. Mollie Domoney, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
  2. Toby Kwan, Lawrence-Free State
  3. Lucia Ohly, Shawnee-Shawnee Mission Northwest
  4. Stella Forster, Overland Park-Blue Valley West
Bassoon
  1. Henry Wheat, Olathe-South
  2. Rhianna Marney, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  3. Leonard Schneider, Andover-Central
  4. Riley Jabara, Goddard
B-flat Clarinet
  1. Keegan Flynn, De Soto
  2. Chris Dunn, Andover
  3. Gabriel Griffith, Maize-South
  4. Taylor Holland, Olathe-East
Bass Clarinet
  1. Michael Leach, Overland Park-Blue Valley
Horn
  1. Chase Smith, Maize-South
  2. Isaac Booth, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  3. Eli Johnson, Olathe-Northwest
  4. Wade Wilding, Derby
  5. Hannah Khan, Buhler
  6. Tori Jelks, Horton
  7. Ben Cobb, Olathe-South
  8. Ruby Schmeidler, Wichita-North
Trumpet
  1. Lane Benton, Olathe-West
  2. Carter Prost, Leavenworth
  3. Nolan Schmanke, Olathe-East
  4. Tessa Chaffee, Topeka-Washburn Rural
Trombone
  1. Sam Garner, Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights
  2. Nick Maskil, De Soto
  3. Jayce Anson, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest
  4. Micah DuMont, Shawnee Mission-South
Tuba
  1. Heisman Law, Andover
Percussion
  1. Anthony Seck, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  2. Nick Heffner, Shawnee Mission-West
  3. Akhila Jayasinghe, Wichita-East
  4. Rylan Cobos, Overland Park-Blue Valley
  5. Sean Brady, Olathe-Northwest
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