LG’s Estrada Picked For All-State Band
The Association of Texas Small School Bands is pleased to announce the selection of the 2022 ATSSB All-State Band. More than 10,000 high school band students from across Texas auditioned in twenty-two different regions for a place in their respective all-region bands. The top chairs in each region advanced to one of the five area auditions held this past weekend across the state and only 286 of these students were selected for all-state honors.
Jose Estrada, a member of the La Grange High School Band, was selected as a member of this band. He were chosen for this honor in competitive auditions held this year across the state at region and area levels. Estrada is a student of Buzz Parker and plays the trumpet at school under the direction of Chris Cooper, who is a member of the Association of Texas Small School Bands, a 1,257 member group of band directors in class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A high schools in Texas. This is their first time to perform as a member of the ATSSB All-State Band.
Estrada is also active in church activities at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and enjoys the Rubik’s cube, guitar and origami as well. He is the son of Jose and Brenda Estrada of La Grange.
The ATSSB All-State Bands will meet in rehearsals in San Antonio, Feb. 9-12 and will present a concert beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12 in the Lila Cockrell Theater of the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in downtown San Antonio.
Dr. Caroline Beatty (Texas State University) will be the clinician-conductor of the All-State Concert Band which will premier Rising by Clifton Jones (commissioned by ATSSB). Dr. Emily Threinen (University of Minnesota) will be the clinicianconductor of the All-State Symphonic Band which will premier The Essence of Memory by BJ Brooks (commissioned by ATSSB in honor of Darin K.Johns). Russell Schmidt (Valley Jazz Cooperative, Phoenix, Arizona) will be the clinicianconductor of the All-State Jazz Ensemble which will perform at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in the Convention Center Hemisfair Ballroom 1-2.