Sophia Suante’s career in music began at an instrument audition at Berry Middle School, an experience that left her future as a musician uncertain. She auditioned for several instruments and remembers receiving modest scores on most of them, with the exception of tuba and percussion. After being invited back for a second audition, Director John Bingaman saw Suante’s potential and gave her an opportunity that she credits with changing the trajectory of her life. Years later, the lessons she learned in band have carried her from Mesquite ISD to stages and classrooms across the United States and abroad.

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