TMEA All-State Women’s Choir Members

Paige and HaileyPaige Bagley and Hailey Vestal, members of the White Oak High School Varsity Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State Women’s Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2016 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. They were chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at District, Region, and Area levels. Paige Bagley is a private voice student of Mrs. Lora Robison and sings in choir at school under the direction of Ms. Ruthie Hughes who is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, a 12,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin. Hailey Vestal is a private student of Ms. Hughes, and sings in choir at school under her direction as well. Both young ladies are 3 time members of a TMEA All-State Choir. Paige Bagley is the daughter of David and Janet Bagley. Hailey Vestal is the granddaughter of Donny and Debbie Pickard.

High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through several levels of auditions beginning in the fall of 2015 to qualify at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. Over 1,600 students are selected through a process that begins with over 64,000 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 28 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 seven 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 3% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.

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