Six La Porte High School students earned a chair in the Region 19 All-Region Orchestra after Oct. 3 auditions at Pasadena Memorial High School.   

• Drake Leija (violin) 

• Leilanni Cassanova-Romano (violin) 

• Evan Garcia (viola) 

• Ethan Garcia (cello) 

• William Hoffman (cello) 

• Jason Schumacher(cello) 

About 360 orchestra students competed for 65 spots on the All-Region Orchestra, according to Head Orchestra Director Christina Bires. 

All-Region honorees will participate in a Region Clinic on Jan. 15-16 and will play a concert at Deer Park High School. 

Pictured left-to-right: Drake Leija, Evan Garcia, Ethan Garcia, William Hoffman, Jason Schumacher ; Not pictured: Leilanni Cassanova-Romano