Congratulations to the following high school band members who competed in the first phase of auditions for the Texas Music Educators Association All State Band and advanced to the second phase of auditions.
Birdville High: Reanna Boydstun, Sydney Hocker, Dominique Jones, Nikki Salkar, Ryan Shelley, Aaron Smith and Bailey Templin
Haltom High: Ian Bassham, Nina Bui, Martin Cazares, Madison Cherryhomes, Alexis Flanery, Hannah Gonzalez, Travis Hammack, Monique Inthirath, Andrea Mercado, Daniel Ramos, Shelby Roberts and Matthew Rodriquez
Richland High: Kayla Barnes, Brittany Baskett, Summer Beckworth, Nicole Griffin, Quinton Hackworth, Haley Hoffman, Anya Kohnke, Deanna Pierce, Samantha Pruett, Tanner Reddoch, Taylor Redmond, Grit Saichua, Payton Scoggins, Amie Tran, Stephen Vu and Katie Weiss
Category Archives: fine arts
High school Region band brass and percussion audition results
Congratulations to the more than 140 BISD high school brass and percussion students who participated in the first phase of auditions for the Texas Music Educators Association All State Band. Students have been working since the beginning of school on difficult performance selections. Special recognition to the following students who advanced to the second round of auditions.
Haltom High: Peter Armendariz, Allen Daniel, Jason Degroote, Sandy Gonzaga, Darren Miller, England Nguyen, Hector Ornelas, Bryan Palos, Jacob Peterson, Zachary Reed, Jorge Reyna*, John Richter and Joshua Trahan
Richland High: Josh Alpert, Adam Buckner, Jake Buckner, Daniel Christensen*, Madalyn Collins, Tylar Cravens, Dean Furrer, Myles Gennuso, Samuel Hoelk, Christina Howell, Taylor King, John MacDonald, David Peters, Colton Reddoch and Taylor Wyatt*
Birdville High: Jordan Amara, Kevin Arce, Jackson Boyd, David Harris, Jared Henry, Dylan Jackson, Reece Neathery, Aaron Norwood, Raul Rodelo, Savannah Shapley, Jonathan Shier and Eli Walker
* First chair
Eight BISD high school singers advance to final All State round
Congratulations to BISD’s high school singers for placing in the top chairs in their voice part during the third-round auditions for the 2015 Texas All State Choir. These students will compete one final time in January in hopes of being selected as an All State choir member.
Birdville HS: Lily Boswell, Sarah Boyd, Sean Cazier and Kiefer Detrick
Haltom HS: Katlyn White
Richland HS: Matt Garner, Gabe Reyer and Eunique Thomas-Belmonte
BISD fine arts students continue to excel
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 bands excel at weekend competitions
Congratulations to BISD’s three high school marching bands for successes at competitions on Saturday, Oct. 18. The Birdville High Mighty Hawk Band competed in the Wylie Marching Invitational and tied for 10th place overall out of 24 bands in preliminary competition. The Richland High Marching Band competed in the Wylie contest placing fourth overall in prelims with awards for Best Woodwinds, Best Percussion, and first place in their division. The Richland Marching Band went on to win the Wylie Marching Invitational. The Pride of Haltom Marching Band traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to compete in the Bands of America Super Regional Competition in the Edward Jones Dome. Out of a huge field of 64 bands in preliminary competition, the Pride of Haltom succeeded in making the top 14 bands for finals and finished 12th overall.
High School Choirs Success at Region Auditions
Congratulations to choir students across Birdville ISD who competed in Region 5 choir competitions. Competing against schools from Arlington, HEB, and Mansfield ISD, singers from BISD had outstanding results. Best of luck to the All-Region Choir members as they prepare for their third round of auditions on Nov. 21, where the top five chairs in each section will advance to the final round of All-State Choir auditions.
Region 5 All-Region Choir
- Birdville HS: Xavier Baker, Sarah Boyd, Lily Boswell, Sean Cazier, Hannah Detrick, Kiefer Detrick, Dennis Gartman, James Frazier (Alternate), Logan Perrin, Austin Perrin, & Emily Schuck
- Haltom HS: Noah Brehm, Haley Clark, Marion DeGuzman, Abigail Del Cristo, Tristan Langrehr, Marcus Medina, Alejandro Narvaez, Marissa Suazo, Cody Vital (Alternate), & Katlyn White
- Richland HS: Alivia Atkinson, Kendall Dobbins (Alternate), Matt Garner, Ruth Kingsbury, Gabe Reyer, & Eunique Thomas-Belmonte
Region 5 All-District Choir
- Birdville HS: Jared Burleson, Victoria Golden, Audrey Ham, Halie Moore, Alecia Pipkin, & Erin Ruhlman
- Haltom HS: Celina Bradley, Katie Cooper, Stanley George, & Alex Hawes
- Richland HS: Alberto Alfaro, Caylee Blocker, Lacie Eagan, Carlie Hagar, Austin Jones, Braden Kelley, Sabrina Trotter, & Josh Watson
9-10 Honor Choir
- Birdville HS: Mason Doyle, Danielle Farnan, Hannah Green, Trey Harmening, Shali Hartman, Sariah Keil, Jesika Lopez, Patrice Pierre, Savannah Shapley, & Maggie Williams
- Haltom HS: Omar Bustillos, Cyan Burkhart, Jesus Castillo, Thomas Jones, Sara Lawson, Kennan Lukacs, Melanie Martinez, Kathy Rivera, Jonathan Salas, Sydney Satibanjong, Shelby Siefkas, & Catherine Suazo
- Richland HS: Ruth Andrews, Brooke Christoffersen, Anastacia Clough, Preston Conger, Caleb Dollarhide, Greg Fehribach, Hailey Frith, Beyonce Green, Kayla Jefferies, Rachel Kelly, Christina Soto, Brad Symank, & Emilie Torres