Lopez Ranks Top 10 in State Competition

The Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) held the final round of 2012-2013 State Honor Band competition on July 20 in San Antonio. Only the very best bands in the state earn a spot in the state finals and Lopez High School is in that group. In fact, Lopez advanced to the state finals and ranked 6th in the final round of 5A honor band competition. Since Lopez High School opened in 1993, the band program has advanced to the honor band state level competition a record 8 times. Lopez also placed 1st, state champion 4A honor band in 2003-2004 and performed as the Texas State Honor Band at the TMEA convention in San Antonio that year. No other high school band program in the Rio Grande Valley has ever ranked at the state level with this consistency. It is an exceptional achievement by the Lopez band program to have maintained state level performance standards for two decades. The Lopez Band is under the direction of George Trevino who has been the director at Lopez for the past 20 years. The Assistant Directors are David Ramirez, Sam Hjort and Ryan Moore. Congratulations to the students, parents, administration and directors of the Lopez High School Band on their continued state level achievements.