Garrett Covey, a member of the Wortham High School Choir Program will perform with the Texas All-State Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2017 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. He was chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at District, Region, and Area levels.
Garrett is a student of Mrs. Linda Ferris and sings at school under her direction. She is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, a 12,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin.
In a Tenor I position, this is Garrett’s first time to perform as a member of a choral TMEA All-State organization (although in 2016 performed in the ATSSB All-State Jazz Band).
Covey is active in the Ferris Piano Studio as member of the Texas Federation All-State Winner group and Student Fraternity of the American College of Musicians as pianist. He was also a state UIL Vocal soloist and brass ensemble performer in 2016.
Covey is the son of Cheryl and Craig Covey.
High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through several levels of auditions beginning in the fall of 2016 to qualify at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. 1,780 students are selected through a process that begins with over 68,000 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 33 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 eight 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 2.6% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.
These All-State students participate in three days of rehearsals directed by nationally-recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention, being held February 8-11, 2017. Their performances for thousands of attendees bring this extraordinary event to a close.
For the All-State concert schedule and conductor information, go to the Performances section of www.tmea.org/convention.
The Texas Music Educators Association is an association of over 12,000 school music educators dedicated to promoting excellence in music education. Go to www.tmea.org/convention for more information.
