• DMMS Symphonic Band 2020-2021
             
      Alarcon, Joshua   Lee, Samuel  
      Alba, Trevor   Long, Siwen  
      Almazan, Luis   Ly, Ryan  
      Alvarez, Ysabella   Magday, Cassey  
      Anaya, Bella   Marich, Mason  
      Armerding, Brighton   Mincey, Jack  
      Barr, Jillian   Namvong, Kenny  
      Berglund, William   Olaes, Mark  
      Bosna, Justin   Paran, Chad  
      Bottegoni, Isabella   Pelletier, Riley  
      Burgos La Luz, Noah   Perez, Angellie  
      Conan, Nicholas   Perry, Delia  
      Cook, Sophia   Phon, Andrew  
      Del Valle, David   Prieto, Lindley  
      Detert, Gavin   Ramirez, Carlos  
      DeVeney, Andon   Regaspi, Savannah  
      Di Giovanni, Dominic   Reid, Cara  
      Diaz, Quintin   Renales, Aleyah  
      Duncan-Creger, Colin   Richardson, Jack  
      Evans, Sarah   Ricks, Neo  
      Fogal, Zachary   Rider, Matthew  
      Freeby, Kathryn   Rodriguez, Samantha  
      Garcia, Ylnevaeh   Ryan, Parker  
      Gomez, Alize   Simon, Samantha  
      Gonzalez, Isabella   Sisouphone, Alyssa  
      Greyer, Alana   Smith, Cooper  
      Grumkoski, Colin   Stone, Calleigh  
      Iliescu, Sage   Stone, Johnathan  
      Ingan, Tristan   Suarez Cardona, Laura  
      Jaramillo, Cloe   Toledo, Jeremy  
      Jensen, Ethan   Vega, Andrew  
      Johnson, Allee   Villacis, Arianna  
      Johnson, Nolan   Williams, Madison  
      Juarez, JJ   Wilton, Haley  
      Kodama, Joaquin   Worley, Michael  
      Koehn, Wyatt   Zettlemoyer, Alyssa  
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Mr. Merrin

Phone: 951-304-1885 ext. 3502

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Degrees and Certifications:

Bachelor of Arts in Music Master of Arts in Teaching Master of Music in Music Education

Mr. Merrin

Mr. Merrin has been the Director of Bands at Dorothy McElhinney Middle School since the Fall of 2017.  Prior to coming to Dorothy McElhinney Middle School, he served as the Director of Instrumental Music for Olds Junior High & Connell High School (Connell, WA), Calvary Murrieta Christian Schools (Murrieta, CA) and James L. Day Middle School (Temecula, CA).  Mr. Merrin is a graduate of George Fox University with a BA in Music, University of Portland with a MAT and American Band College/Central Washington University with an MM in Music Education.  He resides in Winchester with his wife Laura and their children.

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