Student Achievements: Sweet Sounds of All-State Successes

March 26, 2021March 25, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments All State Choir, education, Highland Park High School, Schools, Student Achievements

After competing with thousands of high school students across the state, five Highland Park High School students have made the All-State Band and one All-State Choir.

FROM LEFT: senior Saif Saleh (French horn), sophomore Vincenzo Guandolo (bassoon), Michelle Cheng (flute), and Tyler Sharpe and Maddox Linder (percussion) made the Texas Music Educators’ Association All-State Band. Junior Juliet Allan was named second chair, Alto 1, in the All-State Mixed Choir.

“The Highlander Band has had a successful season with 68 students earning All-Region status and 28 earning All-Area status, both school records,” HPISD Director of Instrumental Music Rylon Guidry added.

This marks Saleh’s and Guandolo’s second year to be selected for the highest honor a Texas high school music student can achieve.

“Despite the innumerable challenges encountered throughout this school year, 2021 All-Staters remained committed to their personal musical development,” Guidry said. “They demonstrated the very perseverance and dedication that ongoing participation in a music program fosters.”

Because of the pandemic, TEMA will not have an All-State Performance this year.

Allan, a member of the Lads & Lassies and Park Version choral groups, began her preparation with a virtual choir camp in July.

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