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Alcove Trails Middle School

81 Frenship Students Make All-Region Band

Last week, approximately 650 students from Lubbock ISD, Lubbock-Cooper ISD, Plainview ISD, and Frenship ISD competed in the Middle School All-Region Band Competition. All-Region Band is a competition through the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) and is the first round of the All-State process for high school. At the middle school level, there is only one round of auditions that functions to teach students about the process and recognize student achievement. 

The middle school band students individually performed a set of music, called Etudes, as well as Scales, which are fundamental tenets of music The students are then ranked and approximately the top 1/3 of each section were awarded the title of Region Band Audition Winner" and a place in one of the three region bands.  

This year, Frenship excelled at the competition, and of the 218 students who are now Audition Winners, 37% of those are Frenship ISD students. This is the highest percentage of any district represented in the All-Region bands.  

“We are extremely proud of all our students who prepared the music and auditioned this year,” stated Bridgett Parson, the Alcove Trails Middle School Band Director. “The level of difficulty of music that they had to learn, combined with all the other demands of their time like academics and athletics, meant that our students had to manage their time and be organized.” 

All four middle school band directors stated they were proud of the hard work the students put in this semester. The students showed the directors just how talented they’ve become by not only learning difficult audition music but also by balancing the different styles of music for various performances around the same time of the audition process.  

While it is an honor to be selected for the All-Region band, Roel Sanchez, the Terra Vista Middle School Band Director, stated there are several benefits simply from auditioning. They use the All-Region audition material as a benchmarking tool to improve the skills and overall performance ability of the students. This helps them work to learn more difficult, challenging, and fun music with the students' improved acquired skill levels. 

“By working to improve student performance on the individual level we improve the overall ability of the entire group” stated Sanchez. “Through this process, we hope to instill in the students that winning isn't really a goal worth having in the long term, but learning how to work diligently towards a goal over a long period of time is.” 

Next week, the students will join those from the other districts and form one big band, with just a day and a half rehearsal to prepare for a concert. This is a special event that happens each year, and they bring in directors to conduct and rehearse the band from all over the state.  

The performance will be particularly special this year, the Region has commissioned a piece for the Region Band to perform as a world premiere. The piece is written in memoriam of Frenship ISD’s Robyn Judd, a former band director at Frenship Middle School, who was killed in a car crash a few years ago. 

Congratulations to all the Frenship students who were selected for the TMEA All-Region Middle School Band!  

Instrument Rank Name School
Flute 2 Keian Bautista Heritage MS (2C)
Flute 3 Chyanne N. Garcia Terra Vista MS (2C)
Flute 12 Scarlett Baird Heritage MS (2C)
Flute 14 Haidyn N. Acebedo Terra Vista MS (2C)
Flute 15 Sierra N. Lowrance Terra Vista MS (2C)
Flute 16 Paleigh Montoya Frenship MS (2C)
Flute 19 Eva Bryer Frenship MS (2C)
Flute 22 Neomiah J. Villegas Terra Vista MS (2C)
Oboe 1 Lauren Hill Frenship MS (2C)
Oboe 2 Jasmine V. Silva Terra Vista MS (2C)
Oboe 3 Andrew Hull Frenship MS (2C)
Oboe 5 Jadyn Sedberry Frenship MS (2C)
Clarinet 7 Karen E. Corrales Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 8 Olivia Ortiz Frenship MS (2C)
Clarinet 9 Jasmine B. Howard Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 13 Jovan M. Sanders Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 15 Floresme F. Alvarado Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 18 Laurent Leroy Nana Kenfack Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 24 Josiah D. Sharp Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 26 Addyson G. Martinez Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 27 Sarah Acosta Frenship MS (2C)
Clarinet 28 Giselle Ortega Heritage MS (2C)
Clarinet 29 Izabella Hinojos Alcove Trails MS (1C)
Clarinet 31 Coby Schaunaman Frenship MS (2C)
Clarinet 32 Zosia Storey Heritage MS (2C)
Clarinet 35 Blaire Bohannon Frenship MS (2C)
Clarinet 36 Tucker R. Baeza Terra Vista MS (2C)
Clarinet 38 Meleah Jones Heritage MS (2C)
Clarinet 40 Chassady D. Torres Terra Vista MS (2C)
Bass Clarinet 2 Samuel Olmos Frenship MS (2C)
Bass Clarinet 4 Annalee Rutherford Heritage MS (2C)
Bassoon 1 Dominic Garcia Heritage MS (2C)
Bassoon 3 Brandon O. Serralde Terra Vista MS (2C)
Bassoon 6 Piper VanGundy Frenship MS (2C)
Alto Saxophone 3 Jordan M. Nazareno Terra Vista MS (2C)
Alto Saxophone 4 Ruby Boone Frenship MS (2C)
Alto Saxophone 9 Josiah J. Moreno Terra Vista MS (2C)
Alto Saxophone 11 Irem Belirgen Heritage MS (2C)
Tenor Saxophone 5 Chloe King Heritage MS (2C)
Bari Saxophone 3 Owen Haigood Heritage MS (2C)
Trumpet 4 Logan D. Garrett Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 5 Daniel E. Wood Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 6 Malakai E. Ramirez Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 7 Wesley Demaray Heritage MS (2C)
Trumpet 10 Sebastian A. Leyva Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 11 Jayden L. Torres Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 16 Jacob Racca Frenship MS (2C)
Trumpet 18 Joseph J. Romero Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trumpet 20 Rylan Smith Alcove Trails MS (1C)
F Horn 2 Keagan Bearden Heritage MS (2C)
F Horn 4 Gabriel A. Torres Morales Terra Vista MS (2C)
F Horn 6 Adeline Bartlett Heritage MS (2C)
F Horn 11 Keira L. Norris Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trombone 2 Kiley C. Stidham Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trombone 5 Elias R. Mesquias Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trombone 6 Kaden Phares Heritage MS (2C)
Trombone 9 Marco Pando Heritage MS (2C)
Trombone 11 Riley J. Sais Terra Vista MS (2C)
Trombone 12 Wesley Allen Heritage MS (2C)
Trombone 13 Logan Uziel Frenship MS (2C)
Trombone 14 Shan Clayson Heritage MS (2C)
Trombone 17 Izaiah Sotelo Heritage MS (2C)
Trombone 24 Brinley Craft Heritage MS (2C)
Euphonium 1 Calvin Baldwin Frenship MS (2C)
Euphonium 3 Kody I. Apolinar Terra Vista MS (2C)
Euphonium 5 Julian Martinez Heritage MS (2C)
Euphonium 7 Brett T. Pagan Terra Vista MS (2C)
Tuba 1 Nathan Polly Frenship MS (2C)
Tuba 3 John Glover Frenship MS (2C)
Tuba 6 Yleina R. Landin-Hernandez Terra Vista MS (2C)
Tuba 8 Noah Trinidad Heritage MS (2C)
Tuba 11 Jacob M. Davis Terra Vista MS (2C)
Tuba 12 Samuel Jennings Heritage MS (2C)
Percussion 2 Eli Morales Heritage MS (2C)
Percussion 4 Alexis N. Soto Terra Vista MS (2C)
Percussion 11 Sterling W. Foster Terra Vista MS (2C)
Percussion 12 Grady Thomson Heritage MS (2C)
Percussion 16 Quentin J. Jr. Johnson Terra Vista MS (2C)
Percussion 17 Amelia Olivas Alcove Trails MS (1C)
Percussion 21 Hadyn Hymel Frenship MS (2C)
Percussion 23 Fisher White Frenship MS (2C)

 

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