High school students join All-State Choir

Lindale—Seven students with the Lindale High School Chorale program earned spots in the Texas Music Educators Association All-State Choir. Elijah McGuire, Riley Franks, Delaney Smith, Isabella Spencer, Zia Pitts, Cale Thomason, and Aalivia Stroud established a new Lindale Choir program record, with the most members selected for All-State. They also represent the most All-State singers from any school in the region 7 education service area.

“Mrs. Sherman and I could not be more proud of these singers and all of our hard-working choir students,” Director of Choirs Kerry Baham said. 

These students were chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held across the state at District, Region, and Area levels. Individual singers perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank voice. From this ranking, a select group of musicians advance from their Region to compete against singers from other areas in eight TMEA Area competitions. 

“The Lindale Choir program has established itself as the top choir program in East Texas,” Superintendent Stan Surratt said. “Our students continue to amaze me with their talents and how well they represent Lindale schools and our community.”

The highest-ranking singers qualify to perform in the TMEA All-State music group. Only the top 2.6 percent of those who initially audition join the All-State Choir. Students are selected through a process that began with more than 60,000 students from around the state.

These All-State students will now participate in four days of rehearsals directed by nationally recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention. Their performances for thousands of attendees bring this extraordinary event to a close. Their performance with the Texas All-State Small School Mixed Choir is in San Antonio on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Henry B. González Convention Center. For the All-State concert and conductor information, go to the Performances section of www.tmea.org/convention.

SOURCE Lindale ISD