Sherlyn Perdomo, sophomore flute, and Gerardo Rocha, sophomore trombone, will perform with the Texas All-State 4A Symphonic Band in San Antonio, Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Clinic/Convention.
Perdomo and Rocha were chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at district, region, and area levels. Perdomo is a private student of Christie Conaway. She is the child of Sandra Diaz and Douglas Perdomo. Rocha is a private student of Noah Dorsey. He is the child of Martha Galvan and Elias Rocha. Both students play at Kaufman High School under the direction of Gerardo Loya who is a member of TMEA, a more than 14,000-member organization headquartered in Austin. This is Perdomo and Rocha’s first time to perform as members of a TMEA All-State organization.
High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through auditions to qualify at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. 1,875 students are selected through a process that began with over 70,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 18 ensembles.
TMEA sponsors the Texas All-State competition. This competitive process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted by 33 TMEA regions. Individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank 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 eight TMEA area competitions. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA area competitions qualify to perform in a TMEA All-State music group. Only the top 2.6% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.
All-State performances will be held as part of the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention, held between Feb. 8 and Feb. 11. These All-State students participate in four days of rehearsals directed by nationally recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention. Over 30,000 people from Texas and around the world are expected to attend over 290 workshops, 100 performances, and visit over 1,200 exhibit booths at the nation’s largest music educator’s convention. All-State performances will close this extraordinary four-day event. For the All-State concert and conductor information, go to the ‘performances’ section of www.tmea.org/convention.
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