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GCM Students Selection for Texas All-Region Choir
11/04/2020
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Thirty-eight Goose Creek Memorial High School students were selected virtually for the Texas All-Region Choir. Pictured are several of the All-Region Choir members.

 

 

GCM Students Selection for Texas All-Region Choir

 

By: Susan Passmore

 

Thirty-eight Goose Creek Memorial Choir students have been selected as Texas All-Region Choir Musicians. Through a competitive process held across the region, these students were chosen for this prestigious honor. They are under the direction of Holly Lewalllen and Mireya Mejia, members of the Texas Music Educators Association, a 19,000+ member organization headquartered in Austin.

 

Individual musicians performed selected music for a panel of judges who ranked each singer by voice part. Those who ranked in the top 20 will advance to the next round of the Texas All-State Choir auditions December 2, 2020.

 

All-Region Choir members and rankings for Mixed Choir are Olivia Cottar, soprano 2, 1st; Kevyn Salazar, bass 1, 3rd; Breanna Martinez, alto 1, 4th; Zoe Johnson, alto 1, 5th; Robert Bailey, tenor 1, 7th; Faith Coates, alto 2, 7th; Jason Richards, tenor 2, 8th; Betzy Carbajal, soprano 2, 9th; Kennedy Jacquet, soprano 1, 10th; Justin Molina, tenor 1, 10th; Evan Cottar, bass 1, 10th; Montse Garcia, soprano 1, 11th; Daphne Bailey, soprano 1, 12th; Kendel McGinty, soprano, 14th; Jackie Ponder, alto 2, 16th; Jonathan Ascencio, tenor 1, 18th; Brandon Hernandez, bass 1, 18th; Michael Fuege, bass 2, 18th; Michah Lofton, tenor 2, 18th; Neida Cabrera, alto 1, 19th; Tyler Massicot, bass 2, 19th and Payton Keyes, alto 1, 20th.

 

All-Region Tenor Bass Choir members are John Estoquia, bass 1, 21st; Angel Flores, bass 2, 22nd; Dawson Matthies, bass 2, 24th; Xavier Collins-Flores, tenor 2, 26th and Michael Casiano, tenor 2, 27th.

 

All-Region Treble Choir members are Joanna Silverberg, alto 1, 21st; Raina Medina, soprano 1, 23rd; Adrianna Torrez, alto 2, 24th; Ashley Gamble, soprano 1, 31st; Jacey Golden, soprano 2, 36th; Myreya Avila, soprano 1, 40th; Kathryn Spriggle, alto 1, 42nd; Amy Love, alto 2, 42nd; Jasmine Grimes, alto 1, 45th, Hanna Egerton, alto 1, 47th and Cortlynn Johnson, alto 1, 50th.

 

“This is the first time we’ve had a virtual contest, and it was definitely a learning experience,” said Holly Lewallen, GCM’s director of choirs. “We are so proud of our kids! They really came through even though we have so many restrictions.”