CY CREEK CHOIR SECURES MULTIPLE AWARDS

Congratulations to Cypress Creek High School Choir TMEA Area Candidates,  All State Treble Choir Member, Emily Pace,  and 1^st Alternate to All-State Men’s Choir, Quinton Parmenter

Cypress Creek High School Choir TMEA All-State Area Candidates Nathan Montgomery, Tenor 2, Norman Devera, Tenor 1, Emily Pace, Soprano 1, and Quinton Parmenter, Bass 1, competed at the final round of the TMEA Area All-State auditions at The Woodlands HS against the top 20 students from over 90 high schools in Houston and the surrounding areas. These students competed in four rigorous auditions to qualify for the competition.

Emily Pace, freshman, earned and qualified for a top position in the TMEA All-State Treble Choir and Quinton Parmenter, Junior, qualified for 1^st Alternate to Men’s All-State Choir. Annually, 70,000 students audition for this honor. All-State is highest honor a Texas Music Student can receive. This places All-State students in the top 2.5% of musicians in the state of Texas.

Emily Pace will attend the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, February 14-17, in San Antonio to perform in the All-State Treble Choir and attend College Night with over 100 Colleges and Universities from across the nation.

High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through 4 auditions to qualify at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. Students are selected through a process that begins with over 70,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 15 ensembles (bands, orchestras, and choirs). Texas Music Educators Association 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 2.5% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.

Congratulations on representing Cypress Creek with pride!