Texas All-State Jazz Band results announced
The Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) announced results of the recently completed auditions for the Texas All-State Jazz Ensembles.  Congratulations to Richland High School junior alto saxophonist Quinton Hackworth and senior baritone saxophonist Evan Milligan for their selection to the TMEA Jazz Ensemble 1.  Hackworth placed second chair overall in the state and Milligan landed the coveted first chair. These young students will perform with their group at the 2015 TMEA convention in February at the San Antonio Convention Center.

BISD middle school band members dominate region auditions
Congratulations to BISD middle school band members who competed at the region band auditions. They competed against nearly 500 auditioners from Arlington and Mansfield school districts. More than 100 BISD instrumentalists were selected for one of the middle school region bands.  Almost half of the 2014 region bands are comprised of Birdville band students, who also had the most top chair placements with nine first chairs and nine second chairs.

ALL-REGION MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND

• Haltom MS:  Ethan Dong, Jose Juarez, Jocelyn Morales, Andres Moreno and Brandon Ortega
• North Richland MS:  Alaina Chauvin, Lydon Gideon, Tai Ha, Morgan Layfield, Deanna Milligan and Joshua Walz
• Richland MS:  Lucas Almy, Bryan Cano*, Jesus Gonzalez*, Bryce Hutchison, Dylan Hutchison, Janice Le, Zachary Le, Joshua Martinez, Adrian Matancillas*, Imanol Ortiz, Karina Rodelo, Carlos Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alyse Stiles, Alyssa Thao and Arlo Walker*
• North Oaks MS:  Caroline Berry*, Lukas Dominguez, Gerardo Garcia*, Taylor Koehn, Ethan Willinger and Kodie Winnings
• Watauga MS:  Izaiah Curry, Jasmine Edwards and Kes Yager
• Smithfield MS:  Harrison Caltagirone, Tatum Daniels, Cami Henyan, Evan Pallanes, Keegan Pierce, Jenna Ruhlman, Jonathan Schirmer, Matthew Taylor and Alex Tuggle
• North Ridge MS:  Brandon Ford*, Fisher Griffin, Gracie Hackworth, Chase Johnson, Tyler Lindstrom, Emily Mcclain, Kevin Pang*, Josh Pruett* and Allyson Renteria

ALL-REGION MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT BAND

• Haltom MS:  Alex Barron, Mateo Deleon, Alex Esparza*, Javier Garcia and Andrea Mendoza (Omar Alassi and Eduardo Trevizo were named alternates.)
• North Richland MS:  Angelis Brashear, Michael Britt Jr., Thomas Conner*, Zoe Harris, Isaiah Knight, Diana Martinez, Julianna Thompson, Aubrey Wiley and Ian Wright; Seth Adams was named an alternate.
• Richland MS:  Aiden Lindsey, Joceyln Renteria* and Catherine Tran*
  North Oaks MS:  Ayana Anaya, Jefferson Arnold, Jason Burkhart, Sylvia Carrier, Trenton Jones*, Calysta Legarreta*, Deo Masungi, Christine Nguyen, Megan Stroud, Austin Sundara and Patricio Vela
• Watauga MS:  Zachary Hills, Ethan Jasso and Josiah Wright. Aman Kumar was named an alternate.
• Smithfield MS:  Joshua Dinkel, Sanaa El Chami, Janessa Gonzalez, Louis Plagianos, Hannah Wyneken and Isabella Ybarra*. Abby Bouchelle, Willow Harrah and Lexi Lynch were named alternates.
• North Ridge MS:  Ali Greaves, Sam Holleman, Drew Shake and Natalie Simmons. Cole Brown was named an alternate.

*First chair