Congratulations to the thirty-three Round Rock ISD students who auditioned into this year’s Texas Music Educators Association All State ensembles! Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) sponsors the Texas All-State audition process to promote students’ dedication to their musical knowledge and skills and to encourage TMEA member directors to support their students in this development. Beginning each fall, over 70,000 high school students across the state audition in their TMEA Region. Individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank each instrument or voice part. A select group of musicians advances to compete against musicians from other Regions in their TMEA Area. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in one of 18 Texas All-State ensembles sponsored by the Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Divisions. Unfortunately, there will be no in person All-State ensembles this year, but traditionally these groups rehearse for three days, directed by nationally recognized conductors, and perform on the closing day of the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
In addition to this accomplishment, TMEA selects students and teachers for scholarship into further studies in music education. We are proud of our two TMEA scholarship recipients Wesley Wynn (McNeil High School, Student) and Joshua Munoz (McNeil High School, Teacher)!
