Krish Relan

Clarinetist of the Year 2023

Krish Relan reaches a new level of achievement with his performance in the London Young Musicians Competition. He was awarded Clarinetist of the Year! Click on the link above to enjoy a recording of one of his amazing performances. We are so proud of Krish!

Hailey Richardson

FBA All State Honor Band 2023

Hailey Richardson was selected to perform with the Florida Band Masters 2023 All State Honor Band and performed beautifully. Congratulations on this high honor!

Holly Whitmore

FBA All State Middle School Band 2023

Holly Whitmore was selected to perform in the highest level of Florida All State Middle School Band in 2023. It was an honor to hear her beautiful performance!

Liam Wong

FBA All State Concert Band 2023

Liam was selected to perform in the highest 9-10 Florida Band Masters Association All State Concert Band. What an amazing performance!

Staples Studio Students

All District Honor Band 2023

We are proud to announce that we had nine students selected to the Duval County All District Honor Band! Their performance on January 29, 2023 was quite a testament to the limitless talent these students so eagerly share with their audiences. Pictured Top Left to Bottom Right: Aidan Turney, Sean Ramsey, Krish Relan, Myka Das, Claire Schilling, Liam Wong. Not Shown (Hailey Richardson, Holly Whitmore).

Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra

Major Minor Concert 2023

It was the perfect end to a perfect year for our studio performers who performed in the Philharmonic Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, the highest level of performing group. Their presentation in this Major Minor concert was simply amazing! Congratulations to Sam Greenhut, Krish Relan, and Juliana Thint on another fantastic year!

Hailey Humphrey

State FFMC Competition 2023 Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Hailey Humphrey on her Honorable Mention in state at the FFMC Junior Convention on her euphonium solo in Primary Class!

Logan & Wisty Gabriel

State FFMC Competition 2023 1st Place & Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Logan Gabriel on his 1st place award at State Federation Junior Convention on his euphonium solo in Elementary Class! We are also very proud of Wisty Gabriel for her Honorable Mention on her clarinet solo in Medium Class 1!

Clement

State FFMC Competition 2023 1st Place

Congratulations to Clement for his 1st place award at State Federation Junior Convention on his euphonium solo in Primary Class!

Zeenat & Zoya Sher

State FFMC Competition 2023 1st Place

Congratulations to Zeenat Sher for her 1st place performance on her flute solo in Medium Class 2. We are also very proud of Zoya Sher for her 1st place performance on her flute solo in Elementary Class 2.

Claire Schilling

State FFMC Competition 2023 Honorable Mention

We are very proud of Claire's Honorable Mention on her clarinet solo in Medium Class 2!

Krish Relan

State FFMC Competition 2023 1st Place

Congratulations to Krish Relan for winning 1st place on his Senior Class clarinet concerto at State!

Juliana Thint

State FFMC Competition 2023 1st Place

A resounding praise goes out to Juliana Thint for winning 1st place on her Senior Class Flute Concerto! She also earned the Endowed Ray Jones Outstanding Flute Scholarship. Amazing job, Juliana!

Liam Wong

State FFMC Competition 2023 Honorable Mention

We are so proud of Liam for his 1st place performance on his euphonium solo in Medium Difficult Class this year at State! He also earned an Endowed Scholarship from FFMC. Way to go!

Lexi Horvath & Wisty Gabriel

State FFMC Competition 2024 1st Place & Honorable Mention

Both Lexi and Wisty worked diligently to prepare and perform their clarinet duet earning 1st place in the Medium Difficult Class. Lexi also earned 1st place on her clarinet solo in Medium Class 1, and Wisty earned Honorable Mention. Congratulations girls!

Claire Schilling

State FFMC Competition 2024 Honorable Mention

Claire had another fantastic performance on her very difficult solo earning an Honorable Mention on her clarinet in Medium Class 2!

Zeenat & Zoya Sher

State FFMC Competition 2024 1st Place

Zeenat & Zoya do it again! They both earned 1st place in State on their flute solos, Zeenat in Moderately Difficult Class and Zoya in Medium Class 1.

Jonathan Sebro

State FFMC Competition 2024 1st Place

Jonathan, also an accomplished pianist, made his debut this year on oboe this year and has already earned 1st place at State on his oboe solo in Primary Class 2!

Logan Gabriel & Hailey Humphrey

State FFMC Competition 2024 1st Place & Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Logan Gabriel for earning 1st Place on his euphonium solo in Elementary Class, and to Hailey Humphrey for earning Honorable mention in the same event!

Liam Wong

State FFMC Competition 2024 1st Place

Liam continues to stay on top at State! He earned 1st Place on his euphonium solo in Difficult Class. Congratulations!

Levi Gillis

State FFMC Competition 2024 Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Levi for earning Honorable Mention on his trumpet solo in Primary Class!

Staples Studio

2024 All District Honor Band

We are thrilled to have so many talented students come through our studio! We had quite a nice representation of students in the Duval All District Honor Bands performances this year. Congratulations to Aidan Turney, Liam Wong, Zack Dimmick, Vibha Chalamalasetty, Myka Das, Holly Whitmore, and Hailey Richardson!

Liam Wong

All State Symphonic Band 2025

Kent and I had the distinct honor to have been a part of Liam Wong's growth as a fine musician. He was one of six euphonium players selected out of several hundred who auditioned across the state. We traveled to Tampa this weekend to see him perform some of the most difficult music we have ever heard performed by students at this level. His section was also selected to perform a feature in a Filmore march...FROM MEMORY!