Forty-one Mt. Pleasant Junior High School band students have qualified for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region IV Middle School All-Region Band, a school record. Twenty-six students qualified for the Symphonic Band and fifteen qualified for the Concert Band.<\/p>\n
Ten students earned 1st chair, essentially 1st place in their category. Eight of those earned 1st chair in the Symphonic Band: Karli Hill on Flute, Shpat Zeqaj on Oboe, Manoa Bagsic on Bb Clarinet, Kayla Jackson on Bass Clarinet, Hannah Bowles on Contr-Bass Clarinet, Ezequiel Castaneda on Alto Saxophone, Clinton Debord on Trumpet, and David Macareno on Trombone.\u00a0 Javier Vazquez earned 1st chair on Baritone Saxophone and Luis Garcia earned 1st chair on Trombone in the Concert Band.<\/p>\n
This is the largest number of students to earn 1st chairs in the history of the MPJH Band program!\u00a0 MPJHS also earned more 1st chairs than all the participating schools!<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so proud of all the MPJH students who auditioned for the All-Region bands,\u201d said MPJHS Band Director Karen Luckett.\u00a0 \u201cWe took 61 students to Pine Tree JH School for the auditions. Out of 61 students, 41 of them earned chairs in the All-Region bands! All of these students put in an extensive amount of time and effort to prepare for these auditions. We have been preparing for them since the second day of school. I am so ecstatic that so many of them auditioned. I congratulate all of these students whether they made the All-Region bands or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students who qualified for the All-Region Bands include:<\/p>\n
Flute Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Karli Hill, 1st chair; Madison Thompson, 6th chair; Gracie McClendon, 9th chair
\nFlute Concert Band:\u00a0 Lourdes Tovar, 5th chair; Bianca Quistian, 12th chair
\nOboe Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Shpat Zeqaj, 1st chair
\nBb Clarinet Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Manoa Bagsic, 1st chair; Andrew Perez, 6th chair; Juanita Gutierrez, 7th chair; Jose Fuentes, 11th chair; Viridiana Portillo, 13th chair
\nBb Clarinet Concert Band:\u00a0 Kaitlyn Reese, 7th chair; Derek Arrington, 8th chair; Jacqueline Reyes, 9th chair
\nBass Clarinet Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Kayla Jackson, 1st chair; Angel Nava, 2nd chair
\nContra-Bass Clarinet Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Hannah Bowles, 1st chair
\nAlto Saxophone Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Ezequiel Castaneda, 1st chair; Brian Ayala, 2nd chair
\nAlto Saxophone Concert Band:\u00a0 Maria Sauceda, 6th chair
\nBaritone Saxophone Concert Band:\u00a0 Javier Vazquez, 1st chair
\nTrumpet Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Clinton Debord, 1st chair; Madison Carpenter, 3rd chair; Orion Senence, 4th chair; Dana Memije, 6th chair; Nayeli Palacios, 10th chair
\nFrench Horn Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Cesar Gonzalez, 2nd chair; DeAndre Galloway, 6th chair
\nFrench Horn Concert Band:\u00a0 Marcela Mata, 2nd chair; Fernando Robles, 4th chair
\nTrombone Symphonic Band:\u00a0 David Macareno, 1st chair
\nTrombone Concert Band:\u00a0 Luis Garcia, 1st chair; Yadeline Perez, 3rd chair; Oscar Castellanos, 8th chair; Eli Rider, 9th chair
\nBaritone Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Sebastian Campos, 2nd chair; Daniel Garcia, 4th chair
\nBaritone Concert Band:\u00a0 Victor Olvera, 4th chair
\nTuba Symphonic Band:\u00a0 Edgar Arias, 2nd chair; Juan Serna, 3rd chair
\nPercussion Concert Band:\u00a0 Hector Rocha, 7th chair.<\/p>\n
The 41 Mt. Pleasant Junior High All-Region Bands members, along with those who made the High School Jazz and Freshman All- Region bands will perform in the TMEA Region IV Middle School\/Freshman\/Jazz Clinic & Concert on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Paris Junior High School in Paris, Texas.<\/p>\n
Pictured: The MPJHS All-Region Band members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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