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