AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 1-21-2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 1-21-2025

Greetings Eagle family! Since this is my official first update of the school year, I hope that everyone is having an amazing start of the school year! We are unbelievably already on the 3rd week of school! We have tremendously exciting things happening in our program, and we are delighted to come back strong for another exciting semester of high school band.

TMEA All-State: Beginning each fall, over 70,000 high school students across the state audition in their TMEA Region. Individuals perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank each instrument or voice part. A select group of musicians advances to compete against musicians from other Regions in their TMEA Area. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in one of 18 Texas All-State ensembles. Only 1% of band students across the state make it this far and represent the best of the best in Texas on their instruments.

This year, we would like to congratulate EVEN SALAS and OWEN SALAS on advancing to the Texas Music Educators Association 6A All-State Band! Their concert will be held in San Antonio at the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center at the Lila Cockrell Theatre, Saturday February 14th.

CALENDAR: let’s take a look at the calendar and go over all the details as they are from here to February. 

• January 21: Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal 3PM
• January 23: Boys Basketball Game vs Summer Creek. This is for jazz band, but students who wish to participate have an opportunity to sign up.
• January 28: Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal 3PM
• January 29: Wind Ensemble only, Side By Side with Atascocita MS
• February 2: Symphony Orchestra, rehearsal 3PM
• February 4: Wind Ensemble only, Side By Side with WLMS during the school day, and TMS after school
• February 6: Solo and Ensemble after school
• February 9-13: February break
• February 16: Band Booster Meeting 6:30 board, 7:00 general meeting, all welcome to attend
• February 17: Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal
• February 18: Symphony Orchestra PRE-UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluation
• February 23: Symphony Orchestra final rehearsal
• February 24: Symphony Orchestra UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluation

AFTER SCHOOL SECTIONALS AND REHEARSALS: the 3rd Period, 4th Period, and 5th Period band have scheduled after school sectionals and full band rehearsals on the times listed below.

BASKETBALL GAME: Select members of the high school band will be playing at this Friday’s boys basketball game against Summer Creek HS. Call time in the band hall for those students is 5:30PM and the game starts in the competition gym at 7PM. We will be arriving early to setup.