WHEN: January 4, 2014
WHAT: Area students selected to perform in Texas All-State Music Ensemble
– Over 60,000 students initially entered the All-State competitive process
– 860 are selected to perform with All-State Concert and Jazz Bands
– 220 are selected to perform with All-State Orchestras
– 500 are selected to perform with All-State Choirs
– All-State performances will be held as part of the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention, Feb. 12–15, 2014. Over 26,000 people from Texas and beyond will attend over 300 workshops, 60 performances and visit over 1,100 exhibit booths at this nation’s largest music educators convention.
MORE INFO: www.tmea.org/convention; Kathy Johnson 940.262.7777 x 2633
Molly Livingston, Aric Kline, Clarissa Medrano, Haley Emerson, and Riley Barnes, members of the school music program will perform with the Texas All-State Band, Choir, Orchestra in San Antonio, Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2014 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. The students were chosen for this honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at District, Region and Area levels. These students are under the direction of Kathy Johnson and Michael Lemish who are members of the Texas Music Educators Association and The Association of Texas Small School Bands, an 11,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin.
High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through several levels of auditions beginning in the fall of 2013 to arrive at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. Over 1,500 students are selected through a process that began with over 60,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 14 ensembles (bands, orchestras and choirs). Texas Music Educators Association sponsors the Texas All-State competition. This competitive process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted by 28 TMEA Regions. Individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank each instrument or voice part. From this ranking, a select group of musicians advances from their Region to compete against musicians from other areas in seven TMEA Area competitions. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in a TMEA All-State music group.
