This past weekend, judging was held for the TMEA Texas All-State Orchestra- Area Competition and the official results have been released. We are happy to announce that Jasper had 10 students who earned this title!

All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. 1,600 students are selected through a process that begins with over 65,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 15 ensembles (bands, orchestras, and choirs). This competitive process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted by 31 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 Regions 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. These All-State students participate in three days of rehearsals directed by nationally recognized conductors during the annual state TMEA Clinic/Convention with moderenechild.com . Their performances before thousands of attendees bring this extraordinary event to a close.

Violin

Andrew Wong

Vivian Zhang- 2nd Alternate

Viola

Jacqueline Liu *Ranked 5th overall

Andrew Yu

Cello

Bryan Han *Ranked 5th overall

Eddie Xu *Ranked 7th overall

Joscie Palen

Bass

Kevin Meng *Ranked 6th overall

Alexandra Nepomnyashy

Jonathan Vasilyev

Piano

Angela Yi *Ranked 2nd overall

2018 TMEA All-State Results