Matt Ballard & Andrew Munoz

PYLUSD Performing Arts Center - 6:30P 

Matt Ballard is an active professional woodwind artist, educator, composer and arranger who lives and works in Southern California. He has performed with artists such as The Temptations, The Four Tops, Wayne Newton, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra. He also plays and tours with bands such as The Urban Renewal Project, The Pandemonium Big Band, The Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Ensemble as well as Die (pronounced dee) Sauerkrauts Polka Band. He has also performed in several musical theater productions, orchestra concerts and rock shows as well as a wide variety of jazz ensembles.

In addition to performing, Matt is also a very active educator and has taught music in several Southern California schools since 2008. He currently directs a jazz ensemble at Northwood High School in Irvine, CA and has served as a clinician and adjudicator for various other schools and festivals around the area.

Most days, Matt can be seen performing at The Disneyland Resort with The Disneyland Band and Five & Dime. He has also played and arranged music for a wide variety of albums and recordings with styles ranging from jazz and hip-hop to rock and polka.

  Andrew Muñoz is a trombonist, composer and educator based in Yorba Linda, CA. He went to school through PYLUSD and attended the University of North Texas, where he was lead trombone in the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. Since returning from Texas, Andrew has played across Southern California with bands such as the Tom Kubis Big Band, the MONK’estra, and the Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra. In addition to his playing career, Andrew is a prolific educator, with a private studio of over 25 students and teaching positions at Don Bosco Technical Institute and Yorba Linda High School. Andrew currently attends California State University Fullerton and is recording his first album as leader in the Fall.  

Bincins Garcia,  Conductor

Day Tripper 

Autumn Leaves 

Remember Me 

Swing Song 

Maxwell Lowe, Conductor

Birks Works

Dizzy Gillespie

Arr. Rick Stitzel

Sao Paolo Nights

Greg Yasinitsky

Estancia

Doug Beach

Buffalo Head

Dean Sorenson and Bruce Pearson

Bincins Garcia, Conductor

Movin Uptown by Ellington 

Soloist: 

Conner Hearron, Casey Cunningham, Alex Popa

It Could happen to you  Arr. Matt Ballard

soloist: Matt Ballard

There will Never be Another You 

Soloist: Andrew Munoz  

Amazing Grace  Arr. Lenny Pickett 

Soloist: Casey Cunningham 

LOVE 

Sololist: Keith Jones 

Green Bossa  by Tom Kubis

Soloist: Matt Ballard 

Boogie Man by Tom Kubis 

Soloist: 

Matt Ballard, Andrew Munoz, Gannon Briones, Casey Cunnigham, Conner Hearron, Alex Lewis

Maxwell Lowe, Conductor 

Alto Sax

Ha-Vi Le

Kristen Kim

Tenor Sax

Eva Brenes

Bari Sax

Tara Jorgensen

Trumpet

Giovanny Gonzalez

Nathan Keller

Luke Kneubuhl

Trombone

Nolan Estrada

Hannah Burk

Isabella Hernandez

Mickenzie Nguyen

Bass

Sydney Rodriguez

Guitar

Mikala Sampson

Piano

Sophia Li

Isaac Radu

Drum Set

Roan Muscat

Vibraphone/Auxiliary Percussion

Austin Lorance

Taylor Weisskopf

Bincins Garcia, Conductor

Alto Saxes 

Casey Cunnigham- Lead 

Sebastian Cutron 

Winnie hsieg 

Tenors

Conner Hearron - lead 

Paul Jorgensen 

Holden Muscat 

Bari

Levi Jennings 

Eain Ibanez 

Trombone

Kyla Moll- lead 

Shane Skiles 

Noah Sanchez 

Sydney Sands 

Miguel Palmas

Hayden Pham 

Trumpet 

Alex Popa- lead 

Ed Lim

Julian Noriega 

Anna Joo 

Rhythm 

piano 

Gwen Nielson 

Bass 

Julian Vallero 

Drums 

Alex Lewis 

Sophia Noriega 

Jacob Tranchida 

Guitar 

Gannon Briones 

Bincins Garcia, Conductor 

Emma Jenkins 

Caelyn Liu

Audrina 

Kara Thompson 

Lizzy Schneyvas

Charlotte 

Jasper Chen 

Ethan Palmas