Grapevine High School Mustang Band

Hello Mustang Band Alumni!

We hope you are all well and healthy! We wanted take a moment to connect and keep you up-to-date with what is happening in the Mustang Band program. You are a valued part of our history and we want to keep you connected to our wonderful program.

In this newsletter we will share the most current information in our program. As always, you can visit www.grapevinehsband.com any time to see what's happening.

TMEA sponsors the Texas All-State audition process to promote students’ dedication to their musical knowledge and skill and to encourage educators to support their students in this development.

Beginning each fall, over 70,000 high school students across the state audition in their TMEA Region. Individuals perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank each instrument or voice part. A select group of musicians advances to compete against musicians from other Regions in their TMEA Area. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in one of 18 Texas All-State ensembles sponsored by the Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Divisions.

This year, the Mustang Band program had a great showing at all levels of the TMEA Audition Process with 3 students making an All-State Ensemble!

We are proud of our students for representing Grapevine High School!

Oboe, Sinfonietta Orchestra (1st chair 5A oboe in the state!)

Trombone, 5A Symphonic Band

Bass Trombone, Jazz Ensemble 1 (first All-State Jazz musician from GHS in 20 years!)

This school year (24/25) the GHS Wind Ensemble (Varsity), Honors Band (Non-Varsity), and Symphonic Band (Sub-Non Varsity) all received 1st division ratings at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation!

The Wind Ensemble will be submitting for the TMEA 5A Honor Band contest, the Mark of Excellence, which is a national recognition award presented by the Foundation for Music Education, and the Medal of Distinction.

The Honors Band will be submitting for the Citation of Excellence, also presented by the Foundation for Music Education, which is recording contest for Texas Non Varsity Bands. The band will enter the Medal of Distinction contest as well.

Stay tuned for updates!

Under the direction of Mr. Bender, the Mustang Guard has a fabulous season in the Scholastic AA competitive circuit. The Mustang Guard's 2025 Production, "Le Jazz Hot." placed 12th at the North Texas Color Guard Association Finals back in March. We are so proud of these students!

We are excited for the continued growth and development of the guard program!

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