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Children Singing in a Choir

Elementary Choir
4th, 5th, 6th Grade

Ben Torres
2026 Elementary Choir Director

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Ben Torres teaches in Richardson, TX, school district. He also is the K-6 music specialist at Brentfield Elementary in Dallas, where he also directs the Brentfield Singers, the Rhythm Cats Orff Ensemble and serves as the JJ Pearce Area Team Leader. Prior to this, he was the K-6 music specialist at Richland Elementary, where he also directed a choir and an Orff ensemble, the latter of which was selected to perform at the 2011 TMEA Convention.
 
Torres received his bachelor’s degree in music education from West Texas A&M University in Canyon. He teaches movement in the Orff Schulwerk training course at Trinity University in San Antonio, movement and recorder in the Orff Schulwerk course at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, and other courses across the country. He is currently the president of the North Texas Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

2026 Elementary Choir Participants

Soprano 1

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Suraiya Ahuja

Elise Alexander

Delali Asamoa-Tutu

Emily Aubert

Anyahia Baker

Scottie Briggs

Grace Buffett

Lydia Burgess

Addison Berndt

Kennedy Cassida

Quinn Cavanaugh

Keenan Chiang

London Christensen

Whitney Clark

Deezdiin Collins

Sage Cook

Janie Cundick

Samantha DeYoung

Bradleigh Dodson

Elias Ekman

Cambri Endrizzi

Perla Feuille

Kammy Fine

Brielle Fiske

Sophia Gabaldon

Emmy Gonzales

Tony Gonzalez

Mireille (Mimi) Graves

Victoria Guzman

Hazel Harris

Eliseo Hernandez

Louisa Hogge

Alijah Hugo

Taylor Kinney

Soprano 2

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Paige Lambson

Ximena Lopez

Matilda Mack

Cosette Madsen

Caroline Mannas

Hannah Mannas

Savannah Marquez

Mackenzie Martin

Sarah Martinez

Dakota Mayer

Rosemary McCarty

Magnolia McCormick

McCartney McGarrity

Layla Mortensen

Lucas Mortensen

Violet Myers

Charlie Nelson

Jazlyn Nolasco

Claire Ogan

Damaris Orrantia

Zoey Ortiz

Clara Podolsky

Theophilus Portillo

McKinley Proctor

Gabriella Ramirez

Reese Ramos

Amy Rivera

Maggie Rogers

Mila Romero

Abigail Tarango

Zoe Velasco

Annabelle Voita

Bailey VonBrimer

Sofia Welch

Nevaeha Ybarra

Alto 1

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Lexi Abbott

Elise Aufiero

D'Layne Baca

Lexie Barrera

Brent Bassett

Chelsea Berry

Benny Bauman

Yailin Carbajal Moreno

Aubrey Cardenas

Isabella Carreon

Emma Castañeda

Grant Cavanaugh

Emelia Charging

Annalicia Clark

Quinczy Cline

London Davis

William Deifel

Nora Dickenson

Parker Donoghue

Lauren Edmonds

Jackson Frashier

Grace Gallegos

Isabelle Gandara

Kurtis Gardner

Rylee Gomez

Catalina Gonzales

Isabel Gonzales

Viviana Gonzales-Chavez

Daniel Gutierrez

Noah Gutierrez

Gracie Hagedorn

Harper Hall

Hailey Harrell

Isla Harsh

Hope Hilton

Hudson Hoy​

Quinn Hughes

Aleya Islava

Harley Jenkins

James Jimenez

Alto 2

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Lila Johansen

Quinn Lambert

Matthis Lerma

Miranda Lerma

Olivia Lund

Palmer Malecki

Benjamin (Ben) Martinez

Mudra Maung

Kamryn Maynes

Karen Maynez

Austin McFall

Skyla Milleson

Analaina Montoya

Myles Mortensen

Peyton Murchio

Leanna Negrete

Stevie Nelson

Lena Newell

Jayden Olivas

Elodie Olmon

Estfany Otero

Sebi Quiroz

Aubree Reinhardt

Isabelle Rodriguez

Adelynn Salazar

Abigail Salcedo-Martinez

Sianne Sanchez

Josie Scanlan

Annabelle Sitton

Owen Spackman

Sunder Stotzfus

Desmond Tea

Vivienne Telles

Elie Van Den Avyle

Emerson Wachter

Davis Wade

Drew Wade

Lucy Walker

Elysiana West

Dylann Zalma-Wofford​

Repertoire List

Over the Rainbow – arr. Audrey Snyder 2-pt 


*Follow the Drinking Gourd – arr. Rollo A. Dilworth 2-pt (Elementary Audition mm. 31-47)


Risseldy Rosseldy – arr. Jay Broker SA


I See the Moon – Douglas Beam 2-pt 

 
Liza (Water Come a Me Eye) – arr. Steven Burnett SA 


Al Shlosha D’Varim – Allan E. Naplan SA

 
I’se the B’y – arr. John E. Govedas SA 

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