TMEA 6A Honor Band 2024

[Rubisco]

I didn't see a thread for this. TXBands has posted a list of the state advancers on their Facebook page. Congrats to all of these fine ensembles! I've posted the area rankings I've been able to find through Facebook/Instagram -- also via some deductions. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! 😄 The finalists from last cycle returning to state this year are Flower Mound, Claudia Taylor Johnson, Dawson, College Park, Coppell, and J.J. Pearce. Hebron won it last time and is not eligible. Vista Ridge, Ronald Reagan, and Vandegrift didn't submit either, perhaps because they're going through director changes. Will Flower Mound finally win this thing, after placing 2nd so many times? We'll find out in late July!

Area A

Permian (1st)

Area B

Coppell (1st)

McKinney (2nd)

Haltom

Rock Hill

Area C

Flower Mound (1st)

Wylie (2nd)

Marcus (3rd)

Area D

Waxahachie (1st)

J.J. Pearce (2nd)

Cedar Ridge (3rd)

Area E

Claudia Taylor Johnson (1st)

Lake Travis (2nd)

Area F

Tomball Memorial (1st)

College Park (2nd)

The Woodlands (3rd)

Area G

Steele (1st)

Alexander (2nd)

Area H

Dawson (1st)

Shadow Creek (2nd)

James E. Taylor (3rd)

Seven Lakes (4th)

[Sideswiperr]

39 minutes ago, Rubisco said:

I didn't see a thread for this. TXBands has posted a list of the state advancers on their Facebook page. Congrats to all of these fine ensembles! I've posted the area rankings I've been able to find through Facebook/Instagram -- also via some deductions. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! 😄 The finalists from last cycle returning to state this year are Flower Mound, Claudia Taylor Johnson, Dawson, College Park, Coppell, and J.J. Pearce. Hebron won it last time and is not eligible. Vista Ridge, Ronald Reagan, and Vandegrift didn't submit either, perhaps because they're going through director changes. Will Flower Mound finally win this thing, after placing 2nd so many times? We'll find out in late July!

Area A

Permian (1st)

Area B

Coppell (1st)

McKinney (2nd)

Haltom

Rock Hill

Area C

Flower Mound

Marcus

Wylie

Area D

Cedar Ridge

J.J. Pearce (2nd)

Waxahachie

Area E

Claudia Taylor Johnson (1st)

Lake Travis (2nd)

Area F

College Park (2nd)

The Woodlands

Tomball Memorial

Area G

Steele (1st)

Alexander (2nd)

Area H

Dawson (1st)

Shadow Creek (2nd)

James E. Taylor (3rd)

Seven Lakes (4th)

No cypress woods this year, also congratulations to seven lakes for advancing for the first time!!

[Rubisco]

9 hours ago, Sideswiperr said:

No cypress woods this year, also congratulations to seven lakes for advancing for the first time!!

Yeah, Cypress Woods and Tompkins were the two state finalists from last cycle that missed the cut this time. The competition is tough. While I'm sure they're disappointed, they've both already had some pretty spectacular concert achievements this year. Cypress Woods' Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at Midwest this December. Tompkins' full Symphony Orchestra was also invited to Midwest and was named TMEA Honor Orchestra.

Thrilled for Seven Lakes! Can't wait to see them (or, rather, hear them) build on this success!

[Sideswiperr]

8 hours ago, Rubisco said:

Yeah, Cypress Woods and Tompkins were the two state finalists from last cycle that missed the cut this time. The competition is tough. While I'm sure they're disappointed, they've both already had some pretty spectacular concert achievements this year. Cypress Woods' Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at Midwest this December. Tompkins' full Symphony Orchestra was also invited to Midwest and was named TMEA Honor Orchestra.

Thrilled for Seven Lakes! Can't wait to see them (or, rather, hear them) build on this success!

Agreed, very excited to see what this brings for Seven Lakes building onto it, I know this was Bridgelands first time, and another bands first time advancing to the area round, still waiting on the full placements of Area F

[Oboeish20]

Area D was:

1. Waxahachie

2. JJ Pearce

3. Cedar Ridge

 

Area F was:

1. Tomball Memorial

2. College Park

3. The Woodlands

[JazzRun]

Area C was:

1. Flower Mound

2. Wylie

3. Marcus

[Rubisco]

Updated the original post. Thanks!

[packwick]

hope the prelims/semis judges like Glory of the Yankee Navy 'cause they're gonna hear it 6 times. well actually maybe not, bc the prelims are split up now.

cool to see tw make it to state for the first time in over 20 years. last time was my era, think we got 10th lol, and the only reason we made it to state was bc Westfield had won the previous time and freed up one of the 2 spots. marching/concert quality split, kinda like LD Bell in the early naughts. gotta develop that concert band musicianship!!

[JazzRun]

1 hour ago, Asaiah said:

Flower Mound:

The Battle of Shiloh (C.L. Barnhouse)
Fireworks Fantasy, Op. 4 (Igor Stravinsky)
Symphony in Bb for Band (512) (play at least one mvt) (Hindemith)

Coppell:

Hands Across the Sea (Sousa)
Masks and Machines (20774)  (Dooley)
The Firebird [1919] (598)  (Stravinsky/Patterson)

Waxahachie:

The Glory of the Yankee Navy (John Phillip Sousa/Frederick Fennell)
Hammersmith (515)  (Holst)
Southern Harmony (504) (play all) (Grantham)

I got to see Coppell & Wylie HS perform at a pre-UIL festival this past March and both ensembles sounded AMAZING. 

[Oboeish20]

 -----LIST  OF  HONOR BAND  SEMI-FINALS  SUBMISSIONS  (Alpha order)-----

Cedar Ridge:

American Salute (Gould/Lang)
Enigma Variations, Opus 36 (Elgar/Patterson)
Redline Tango (Mackey)

Claudia Taylor Johnson:

Jupiter (Holst)
J'ai ete au bal (Grantham)
The Glory of the Yankee Navy (Sousa/Fennell)

College Park:

Barnum & Tesla's Tandem Bicycle (Svanoe)
Angel of Mercy (Maslanka)
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, Mvt. III (Rachmoninof/Lavender)

Coppell:

Hands Across the Sea (Sousa)
Masks and Machines (Dooley)
The Firebird [1919] (Stravinsky/Nefs)

Dawson:

Masks and Machines (Dooley)
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Strauss/Morita)
Hands Across the Sea (Sousa)

Flower Mound:

The Battle of Shiloh (Barnhouse)
Fireworks Fantasy, Op. 4 (Stravinsky/Rogers)
Symphony in Bb for Band (Hindemith)

Haltom:

The Glory of The Yankee Navy (Sousa)
Circus Overture (Schuman/Owen)
Enigma Variations, Opus 36 (Elgar/Patterson)

James E. Taylor:

On Parade (Sousa)
Paris Sketches (Ellerby/Reynish)
The Sorcerors Apprentice (Dukas/Hindsley/Patterson)

JJ Pearce:

The Glory of the Yankee Navy (Sousa)
La Procession du Rocio (Turina/Reed)
Symphony No. 4 - Unforsaken (Walczyk)

John B. Alexander:

The Gallant Seventh (Sousa/Bourgeois)
Overture to "La Forza del Destino" (Verdi/Suzuki)
Wine-Dark Sea (Symphony for Band): (Mvts 2&3)

Lake Travis:

The Gallant Seventh (Sousa)
Lincolnshire Posy (Grainger/Fennell)
Equus (Whitacre)

Marcus:

The Glory of the Yankee Navy (Sousa)
Masque (Hesketh)
Symphonic Metamorphosis (Hindemith/Wilson)

McKinney:

Commando March (Barber/Collinsworth)
L'isle joyeuse (Debussy/Mashima)
Give Us This Day (Maslanka)

Permian:

Entry March of the Boyars (Halvorsen/Fennell)
La Procession du Rocio (Turina/Reed)
Traveler (Maslanka)

Rock Hill:

Commando March (Barber/Collinsworth)
Laboring Songs (Welcher)
Rocky Point Holiday (Nelson)

Seven Lakes:

In Storm and Sunshine (Reed/Bourgeois)
Paris Sketches (Ellerby/Reynish)
Jupiter (Holst)

Shadow Creek:

Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Grainger/Rogers)
Finale (from Symphony No. 5) (Shostakovich/Righter)
L'isle joyeuse (Debussy/Mashima)

Steele:

Gallop from "Moscow, Cheremushky" (Shostakovich/Hunsberger)
Famishius Fantasticus (Markowski)
El Camino Real (Reed)

The Woodlands:

The Glory of the Yankee Navy (Sousa/Fennell)
Symphony in Bb for Band (Hindemith)
Overture to "The School for Scandal" (Barber/Hudson)

Tomball Memorial:

The Battle of Shiloh (Barnhouse/Paynter)
Fiesta Del Pacifico (Nixon)
J'ai ete au bal (Grantham)

Waxahachie:

The Glory of the Yankee Navy (Sousa/Fennell)
Hammersmith (Holst)
Southern Harmony (Grantham)

Wylie:

Comrades Of The Legion (Sousa)
Firefly (George)
Symphonic Metamorphosis (Hindemith/Wilson) (1,3,4)

[Vidal28]

Curious to see where waxahachie ends up, played Hammersmith back in High school too and the nostalgia is strong there, so I'm a bit biased for them and it's a unique selection amongst the bands here this year, so that's very interesting too! Not the most played piece for sure

[Oboeish20]

TMEA 6A State Semi-Finals will take place at a high school in the San Antonio area on Wednesday, July 24th.

The 22 competing bands will be split into 2 rooms of 11 bands. The top 5 bands from each room will advance to the state finals round taking place on Thursday, July 25th at the Texas Bandmasters Association annual convention.

[Oboeish20]

Alright folks! For the few people who check this forum every once and a while lets see those predictions!

[Rubisco]

Congratulations to our TMEA Honor Band State Finalists! I'm just going down the list of entries on the TMEA website. No idea how the top 5 were ranked in each semifinals room. The final listening session is tomorrow.

Coppell (Area B, Region 31)

Flower Mound (Area C, Region 2)

Marcus (Area C, Region 2)

Waxahachie (Area D, Region 20)

Claudia Taylor Johnson (Area E, Region 12)

Lake Travis (Area E, Region 32)

College Park (Area F, Region 9)

The Woodlands (Area F, Region 9)

Shadow Creek (Area H, Region 17)

Dawson (Area H, Region 19)

 

(Edited to reflect tie-breaker between Haltom and Shadow Creek)

[Sharkstan]

Hey, TMEA changed their finalists. They should have never posted Haltom as a result because there was a tie with Shadow Creek and a replay. Shadow Creek advanced instead.

[Rubisco]

8 minutes ago, Pearbear said:

Hey, TMEA changed their finalists. They should have never posted Haltom as a result because there was a tie with Shadow Creek and a replay. Shadow Creek advanced instead.

Updated the post to reflect that. Thanks!

[packwick]

1 hour ago, Rubisco said:

(Edited to reflect tie-breaker between Haltom and Shadow Creek)

ugh, and we were so close to having Glory of the Yankee Navy be 50% of the marches in finals!! wish they had let in Haltom as an 11th band.

congrats to all. some interesting shifts b/w area and state, but when doesn't that happen? very subjective, esp having to consider difficulty of the rep versus cleanliness. curious who was in each room for semis.

[aaron067]

Zone 2 order: was

Coppell by majority rule

Dawson

Waxahachie 

The Woodlands

Lake Travis

[aaron067]

It wouldn't let me edit, and I meant to add that all recordings in this room had some truly exceptional moments, and students and staff of each program should be *very* proud of the recording they put out.

[packwick]

27 minutes ago, aaron067 said:

Zone 2 order: was

Coppell by majority rule

Dawson

Waxahachie 

The Woodlands

Lake Travis

does that mean first place tie broken b/w Coppell and Dawson?? not surprising, both super strong as usual.

college park was 2nd in the other room according to their fb page. also not surprising, thought they sounded like a top 5er again, we'll see. shadow creek 5th then. leaving flomo, ctj, and marcus. guessing flomo in 1st but maybe not.

[Oboeish20]

1. Flower Mound

2. College Park

3. CTJ

4. Marcus

5. Shadow Creek

 

1. Dawson 

2. Coppell

3. Waxahachie 

4. The Woodlands

5. Lake Travis

 

(from a director in the room)

(Apparently) A correction has been made from TMEA, Dawson placed first yesterday in Zone 2.

[Rubisco]

Dawson is listed as the 6A State Honor Band on the TMEA entries website. Wow! Congratulations! Amazing accomplishment!

And of course congrats to all the other amazing finalists. Over 100 submissions this year!

[Oboeish20]

Official TMEA 6A Honor Band results:

1. Dawson

2. Coppell

3. Flower Mound

4. College Park

5. Claudia Taylor Johnson

6. Waxahachie 

7. Lake Travis

8. Marcus

9. The Woodlands

10. Shadow Creek

[Tubalord11]

Congratulations to Dawson on this amazing accomplishment! There marching band program has been amazing these past few seasons and it's no surprise to see their musical talent transfer to the concert band stage. And ofc, great job to all of our other bands who competed! 

[northtexasbandfan]

Congrats to all and a special shoutout to Flower Mound - they’ve finished in the top four in their last five Honor Band competitions (three second-place finishes, one third-place and one fourth-place).