BISD Band and Choir Students Earn All-Sstate Recognition

On January 12, 2019, the Texas Music Educators Association held the Area G audition to select the 2019 All-State Band and Choir members. In order to earn a position in an All-State performing ensemble, students went through district, region, and area auditions where they competed against others from the Rio Grande Valley, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Del Rio, and San Antonio. The BISD Department of Fine Arts is proud to announce that 39 Brownsville fine arts music students earned chairs in these prestigious ensembles, ranking them in the top 2% of music students in Texas! These students will perform in an All-State Band, Orchestra, or Choir at the TMEA convention in San Antonio on February 16, 2019.

This year, BISD students earned nine first chairs at this level of competition and Joshua Tovar, Bass I from Veterans Memorial, earned the distinct honor of becoming a four-year All-State Choir member.

(In the list below, choir students and some instrumental students have already been placed in a specific performing ensemble. The remaining instrumental students will have one more competition at the convention to determine their rankings within one of the All-State Bands or Orchestras.)

Congratulations to the following magnificent, young adults who earned a place as one of the top high school musicians in Texas for the 2018-2019 school year!

HANNA BAND
Karla Flores — Oboe, 6A All-State (1st chair, 6A Area)
Rolando Cespedes — Bb Clarinet, 6A All-State (2nd chair, 6A Area)
Victor Sosa — Bb Clarinet, 6A All-State (3rd chair, 6A Area)
JonCarlo Picazo — Alto Saxophone, 6A All-State (2nd chair, 6A Area)
David Gonzalez — French Horn, 6A All-State (4th chair, 6A Area)

HANNA CHOIR
Rebekah Modesto — Soprano II, All-State Mixed Choir (2nd chair, Area)
Azaria Vasquez — Alto II, All-State Treble Choir (4th chair, Area)
Dominic Chavez — Tenor I, All-State Tenor-Bass Choir (6th chair, Area)
Justin Garza — Tenor II, All-State Tenor-Bass Choir (7th chair, Area)
Allen Pace — Bass II, All-State Mixed Choir (2nd chair, Area)
J. Robert Ruiz — Bass II, All-State Tenor-Bass Choir (7th chair, Area)

LOPEZ BAND
Angela Estrada — English Horn, Symphony Orchestra — 6th in the state
Leon Ramos — Tuba, 5A All-State (1st chair, 5A Area)

PACE BAND
Axel Ramirez — Bb Clarinet, 5A All-State (2nd chair, 5A Area)
Brandon Sanchez — Bb Clarinet, 5A All-State (4th chair, 5A Area)
Joshua Garcia — Baritone Saxophone, 5A All-State — 1st in the state

PACE CHOIR
Karla Rodriguez — Alto I, All-State Treble Choir (6th chair, Area)
Angela Saldivar — Alto II, All-State Mixed Choir (2nd chair, Area)

PORTER BAND
Christian Perez — Bb Clarinet, 5A All-State (1st chair, 5A Area)
Oziel Flores — Bass Clarinet, 6A All-State (1st chair, 6A Area)
Noe Loera — French Horn, 5A All-State (2nd chair, 5A Area)

RIVERA BAND
Diego Arias — Flute, 6A All-State (3rd chair, 6A Area)
Vianca Flores — Eb Clarinet, 6A All-State (1st chair, 6A Area)
Joshua Barron — Bb Clarinet, 6A All-State (7th chair, 6A Area)
Kevin Villela — Trumpet, 6A All-State (5th chair, 6A Area)

RIVERA CHOIR
Krystal Hernandez — Soprano I, All-State Treble Choir (5th chair, Area)
Diego Hurtado — Bass II, All-State Tenor-Bass Choir (5th chair, Area)

VETERANS MEMORIAL BAND
Edith Olivares — Piccolo, 5A All-State — 2nd in the state
Hanna Valle — Oboe, 5A All-State — 5th in the state
Michael Arizmendi — Trumpet, 5A All-State (2nd chair, 5A Area)
Orlando Perez — Trumpet, 5A All-State (4th chair, 5A Area)
Adolfo Peña — French Horn, 6A All-State (2nd chair, 6A Area)
Miguel Rodriguez — Euphonium, 5A All-State (1st chair, 5A Area)
Oscar Cantu — Percussion, 6A All-State (3rd chair, 6A Area)

VETERANS MEMORIAL CHOIR
Sabrina Rodriguez — Soprano I, All-State Treble Choir (8th chair, Area)
Joshua Tovar — Bass I, All-State Mixed Choir (1st chair, Area)
Allen Lopez — Bass I, All-State Tenor-Bass Choir (6th chair, Area)
Alex Cisneros — Bass II, All-State Mixed Choir (1st chair, Area)
Thomas Garcia — Bass II, All-State Mixed Choir (3rd chair, Area)

Grand Total: 39 students