Showing posts with label high school bands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high school bands. Show all posts
Sunday, October 21, 2018
UIL Marching Band Contest
Saturday, I went to the UIL Marching Band Competition for Region 16. Evidently this occurs in multiple parts, and I went in the evening when the 4A,5A and 6A schools were competing. A friend of mine has a son in the Lubbock High School band, and she volunteered all day. It was a long day for her, but she was in good spirits. It was cool but we were dressed for the weather, and it was a good evening. Some of the bands performed really well. The band I liked the best had a bright, airy, colorful performance with well done music. The Lubbock High School band performed well. But they had a dark theme, and it came after the bright and light performance. All and all, it was a pleasant evening.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
The All Region High School Band Concert
The son of a friend of mine is a freshman in high school, and has achieved wonderful accomplishments in the high school and regional bands.
Today was the "All Regional High School Band Concert for Region XVI" for the Texas Music Educators Association http://www.tmea.org/. I went to the concerts: There was the TMEA Region 16 Freshman Band, the TMEA Region 16 Symphonic Band, and the TMEA Region 16 Honor Band.
They were wonderful performances. The concerts were brief, less than 30 minutes. They started practicing on Friday morning. What they accomplished in that short period of time was amazing!
There were three conductors: Dr. Brandon Houghtalen, from Abilene Christian University who conducted the TMEA Region 16 Freshman Band, Eric Rath, from the Canyon Middle School who conducted the TMEA Region 16 Symphonic Band, and the final conductor, for the TMEA Region 16 Honor Band, was Brian Britt, University of Oklahoma.
Mr. Houghtalen talked about the financial assistance that is available at universities for music majors. Mr. Rath talked about the opportunity to work with students, and share his compositions (which were wonderful!). Mr. Britt said it was unfortunate that there was no news media present, to record the positive accomplishments of these students. I agree.
This was a wonderful experience.
Today was the "All Regional High School Band Concert for Region XVI" for the Texas Music Educators Association http://www.tmea.org/. I went to the concerts: There was the TMEA Region 16 Freshman Band, the TMEA Region 16 Symphonic Band, and the TMEA Region 16 Honor Band.
They were wonderful performances. The concerts were brief, less than 30 minutes. They started practicing on Friday morning. What they accomplished in that short period of time was amazing!
There were three conductors: Dr. Brandon Houghtalen, from Abilene Christian University who conducted the TMEA Region 16 Freshman Band, Eric Rath, from the Canyon Middle School who conducted the TMEA Region 16 Symphonic Band, and the final conductor, for the TMEA Region 16 Honor Band, was Brian Britt, University of Oklahoma.
Mr. Houghtalen talked about the financial assistance that is available at universities for music majors. Mr. Rath talked about the opportunity to work with students, and share his compositions (which were wonderful!). Mr. Britt said it was unfortunate that there was no news media present, to record the positive accomplishments of these students. I agree.
This was a wonderful experience.
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