A total of six students from A&M Consolidated and College Station High Schools were recently selected to perform with a Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Texas All-State Band.
All-state is the highest honor a Texas music student can achieve.
CSISD All-State Band Members (Ensemble)
- Edward Yan, CSHS (5A Symphonic Band)
- Riho Miyamoto, CSHS (5A Symphonic Band)
- Luke Hudgins, CSHS (5A Symphonic Band)
- Cooper Allen, CSHS (5A Symphonic Band)
- Mauricio Garcia, CSHS (5A Symphonic Band)
- Nathan Taylor, AMCHS (5A Symphonic Band)
The ensemble performances will be held Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio as part of the TMEA Clinic/Convention.
These students were chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at district, region, and area levels, and they are under the direction of Jon Seale and Michael Dixon at CSHS, Steve Fry and Andrew Parham at AMCHS.
Out of the 74 students selected for one of the region bands, 22 also earned the area distinction and the opportunity to audition for the all-state band.
In addition to these distinctions, nine students(*) ranked high enough in the overall audition process and were chosen to place with the Region 7 high school full orchestra on December 10 at Baylor University.
CSISD All-Region Selections (Ensemble)
FLUTE
- Riho Miyamoto, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA*
- Kelly Ding, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Jessica Gomillion, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Sarah Kakwan, AMCHS -Symphonic Band
- Emile Reid, AMCHS - Concert Band
- Joshua Poirot, CSHS - Concert Band
- Izabella Vizquerra, CSHS - Freshman Band - 1st Chair
- Regan Francis, CSHS - Freshman Band
- Elliot Cunningham, CSHS - Freshman Band
- Derek Nguyen, CSHS - Freshman Band - 1st Alternate
OBOE
- David Paull, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA*
- Maya Gentry, AMCHS - Concert Band
BASSOON
- Acton Healy, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA*
Eb CLARINET
- Luke Hudgins, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA
Bb CLARINET
- Edward Yan, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA*
- Mia Hancock, CSHS - Symphonic Band - AREA
- Lexi Findley, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- Madison Jackson, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- Elyse Keister, AMCHS – Concert Band
- Julianna Day, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Matthew Norman, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Daniel Zhou, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Wendi Lin, CSHS - Concert Band
BASS CLARINET
- Cooper Allen, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA
- Kat Humphreys, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Ben Moran, AMCHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair- AREA
- Brayden Senkel, CSHS - Concert Band
- Haley Knight, CSHS - 1st Alternate
- Edward Yang, CSHS - Freshman Band
TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Zach Carpenter, CSHS - 1st Alternate
BARI SAXOPHONE
- Eric Britton, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA
- Brandon Bell, CSHS - 1st Alternate
TRUMPET
- Mauricio Garcia, CSHS - Wind Symphony - 1st Chair - AREA*
- Nathan Taylor, AMCHS - Wind Symphony - AREA*
- Jack Chupp, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Peyton Faulkner, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Kendall McKinney, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- Chole Wingfield, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- Andrew Finberg, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Hunter Ford, CSHS - Concert Band
- Calvin Baker, AMCHS – 1st Chair Freshman Band
- William Latham, CSHS - Concert Band
- Joshua Mathews, CSHS - Freshman Band
HORN
- Elliott Lewis, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA*
- Nicholas Johnson, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Grant Perry, CSHS - Symphonic Band - AREA
- Jonathan Perryman, CSHS - Concert Band
- Dylan Borak, CSHS - Concert Band
- Presley Button, CSHS - Freshman Band
- Grayson Zorn, AMCHS – Freshman Band
TROMBONE
- Uzair Ali, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Caleb Arnold, CSHS - 1st Alternate
- Isaac Schmeichel, AMCHS – Concert Band
- Luis Vasquez, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- James Ellison, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Caleb Pampell, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Jacob Goheen, CSHS - Freshman Band - 1st Chair
- Noah Hudgins, CSHS - Freshman Band
- Clare Cochran, CSHS - Freshman Band
BASS TROMBONE
EUPHONIUM
- Parker Moratzka, AMCHS – 1st Chair - Wind Symphony,
AREA
- Cade Shannon, AMCHS – Symphonic Band
- Kiara Josenberger, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Trenton Fernandez Hall, CSHS - Freshman Band - 1st Alternate
TUBA
- Nolan Tipton, CSHS, Freshman Band - 1st Chair
PERCUSSION
- Joshua Zhou, CSHS - Wind Symphony - AREA
- Daniel Lee, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Joshua Gutierrez, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Casey Hawkins, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Cooper Satterfield, CSHS - Symphonic Band
- Allen Li, CSHS - Concert Band
- Thomas Crosthwait, AMCHS – Concert Band
- Carlos Baltazar, AMCHS – Freshman Band
- Sebastian Smith, AMCHS – Freshman Band
Out of more than 70,000 students from around the state who audition, 1,875 are selected through the audition process for this honor to perform in one of 18 ensembles in orchestra, band, and choir. Only the top 2.6 percent of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.
All-State students will participate in three days of rehearsals directed by nationally-recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention. Their performances for thousands of attendees bring this extraordinary event to a close.
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