Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) student, Cherish Varlack, will perform with the Texas All-State Mixed Choir in San Antonio on Saturday, February 15 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2014 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Clinic/Convention. She was chosen for this honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at District, Region and Area levels. This is the second year Varlack has been selected for All-State honors.
High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through several levels of auditions beginning in the fall of 2013 to arrive at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. Over 1,500 student are selected through a process that began with over 60,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 14 ensembles (bands, orchestras, and choirs). TMEA sponsors the Texas All-State competition. This competitive process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted by 28 TMEA Regions. Individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who ran each instrument or voice part. From this ranking, a select group of musicians advances from their Region to compete against musicians from other areas in seven TMEA Area competitions. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in a TMEA All-State music group.
All-State students participate in three days of rehearsals, directed by nationally-recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention. Their performances for thousands of attendees bring the event to a close. For the All-State concert schedule, go to www.tmea.org/convention.
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