Ten choir,
band and orchestra students from Spring Branch ISD have earned the highest
honor possible in their chosen areas of musical study as newly named Texas
All-State winners.
This year,
half of the district’s All-State recognized students are also members of the
acclaimed Memorial High School Choir. The choir students reflect the strongest
showing by a high school choir in many years.
“It is hard
to explain how proud I was to see the tremendous payoff for so many Memorial
High choir students,” Choir Director Lawrence Johnson said.
Almost
13,000 choir students from across Texas last fall began auditions with a panel
of judges. The top singers narrowed to 504 students earlier this month,
reflecting the top 3 percent of all vocalists in the state.
“It takes
tremendous dedication and talent to learn nine different songs and then to go
through essentially four different, head-to-head competitions during the fall
semester,” Memorial’s Johnson said.
“Sometimes
the hardest part of the job of a choir director is being a part of the audition
process for any contest or performance. As one of your students' biggest
supporters, it's really hard to sit and watch or listen helplessly as your
students put countless hours of work and preparation on the line during a
5-minute audition against some of the best singers in Texas,” he added.
Students in
choir, band and orchestra from Memorial and Stratford high schools now join
about 1,500 students from across Texas named All-State Winners. They will now
perform in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State music groups
during the association’s convention, scheduled Feb. 8-11 in San Antonio.
Four Stratford High Orchestra and Band students qualified for All-State.
Stratford Band directors are Richard Graham and Robert Littlefield.
Stratford High Orchestra and Band All Stgte Winners Left to right:
Zachary Barnett, Sydney Simmons, Isabella Bengochea and
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Four Stratford High Orchestra and Band students qualified for All-State.
- Isabella Bengochea, Orchestra, Violin, 12th Grade
- Catherine Wu, Orchestra, Violin, 9th Grade
- Zachary Barnett, Band, Trumpet, 12th Grade
- Sydney Simmons, Band, Trumpet, 11th Grade
Stratford Band directors are Richard Graham and Robert Littlefield.
Memorial
High Band student All-State Winner Jimmy Herrington
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Six Memorial
High Choir and Band students qualified for All-State.
Memorial Band directors are Suzanne Thompson and David Kastor.
All-State qualifying students and their families will be honored during a regular monthly meeting of the SBISD Board of Trustees soon. Congratulations to all our student winners!
- Cameron Trout, Choir, Bass 2, 12th Grade
- Joshua Gao, Choir, Bass 2, 12th Grade
- Mariam Haider, Choir, Soprano 1, 11th Grade
- Lola Budimir, Choir, Alto 1, 11th Grade
- Allison Gentry, Choir, Alto 2, 11th Grade
- Jimmy Herrington, Band, French Horn, 12th Grade
Memorial Band directors are Suzanne Thompson and David Kastor.
All-State qualifying students and their families will be honored during a regular monthly meeting of the SBISD Board of Trustees soon. Congratulations to all our student winners!
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