BISD Bands Dominate Region

BISD Early College High School band programs have once again posted excellent results. A total of 129 students earned chairs and 175 earned Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) District patches at the All-Region auditions held at Rivera ECHS on Tuesday, November 29. Over one half of all available chairs in the 2016-2017 TMEA Region 28 All-District Bands were earned by BISD students. In addition, a record 76 BISD students qualified to compete for chairs in the TMEA Texas All-State ensembles. BISD students captured 30 of the 45 available 5A area chairs and 46 of the 78 available 6A area chairs. The TMEA Area G audition will be held on Saturday, January 7 in Corpus Christi. The TMEA High School All-Region Concert will be held on Friday, December 9 at 7 pm at the Harlingen Performing Arts Center. View the results by campus.