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Superior Achievement: High school students selected for TMEA All State music ensembles

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Not pictured: Jacob Fierro who was named to the All-State Men’s Choir on January 27.

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January 27 update: Jacob Fierro – HHS Senior – Bass 1 has been named a member of the All-State Men’s Choir.

Select high school students in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District music programs recently received one of the highest honors a music student can achieve – to be recognized among best student-musicians in the state of Texas.

Seventeen HCISD students earned spots on the 2015 Texas Music Educators Association All State ensembles. The Harlingen High School choir and band had four and five students awarded chairs respectively. Five students from the Harlingen High School South choir, and three students from band earned a position in their corresponding ensemble.

To qualify for All State ensembles, students went through a series of audition rounds, in which their musical skills were put to the test and as each level of auditions increased so did the difficulty and competition.

Approximately 20,000 high school students began the audition process early in the fall and only around 700 6-A musicians earned a coveted spot in their respective All State division. As a result of their All State qualification, selected students will travel to San Antonio to participate in the TMEA Convention/Clinic on February 11-14.

During the convention, students will participate in three days of intense rehearsals directed by nationally recognized conductors, and they will perform before thousands of attendees to bring the event to a close.

TMEA All-State Concerts will be held Saturday, February 14, in the Lila Cockrell Theater, Ballroom A, and Ballroom B of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio.

The full results and schedule are as follows:

HHS Choir All State Students
Student Grade All State Ensemble Area Chair Instrument Times at All State
Jazmin Almendarez  12  Women’s Choir 1st Soprano 2 1st time All State
Madison Defoor  12  Mixed Choir 2nd  Alto 2 1st time All State
Matthew Benavides  12  Mixed Choir 1st Tenor 1 3rd time All State
Alexander Alvarez  11  Men’s Choir 3rd Tenor 2 1st time All State
Jacob Fierro  12  Men’s Choir Alt Bass 1 1st time All State
South Choir All State Students
Student Grade All State Ensemble Area Chair Instrument Times at All State
Alyssa Rodriguez  11 Women’s Choir 2nd  Soprano 2 1st time All State
Jordan Funk  12 Mixed Choir 3rd  Alto 1 2nd time All State
Benjamin Ruiz  12 Men’s Choir 2nd Tenor 1 3rd time All State
Ricky Cantu  12 Men’s Choir 4th Tenor 2 1st time All State
Jose Sanchez  12 Mixed Choir 3rd Bass 2 2nd time All State
HHS Band All State Students
Student Grade All State Ensemble Area Chair Instrument Times at All State
Aaron Balboa 11 All State Band 1st  Alto Clarinet 1st time All State
Gilberto Cardenas 12 All State Band 2nd Bass Clarinet 1st time All State
Alejandro Leal 12 All State Band 4th French Horn 2nd time All State
Israel Yanez 11 Jazz Ensemble I 1st Drums 1st time All State
Myles Rosenbaum 12 Jazz Ensemble II 3rd Drums 1st time All State
South Band All State Students
Student Grade All State Ensemble Area Chair Instrument Times at All State
Ryan Mowers 11 Jazz Ensemble II 6th Trumpet 1st time All State
Ivan Trevino 12 All State Band 1st Oboe 2nd time All State
Brandon Cabrera 12 All State Band 4th Trumpet 1st time All State

 

11:30 a.m.—TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Ballroom B)

12:00 p.m.—TMEA Mixed Choir (Ballroom A)

2:30 p.m.—TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Ballroom B)

3:30 p.m.—TMEA Women’s Choir (Ballroom A)

3:30 p.m.—TMEA Concert Band (Lila Cockrell Theater)

5:00 p.m.—TMEA Men’s Choir (Ballroom A)

5:00 p.m.—TMEA Philharmonic Orchestra (Lila Cockrell Theater)

6:30 p.m.—TMEA Symphonic Band (Lila Cockrell Theater)

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