Victoria ISD is proud to announce 22 middle and high school students across the district have earned chairs in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-Region 14 Orchestra.
“The Region Orchestra Tryouts are a head-to-head individual competition amongst schools from Victoria down to Laredo,” said David Edge, director of Fine Arts for VISD. “I am so proud of the hard work paying off for our students and directors, showing the excellence in teaching and performing!”
Students earning a chair in the TMEA All-Region 14 Orchestra are listed below in alphabetical order, followed by instrument played and their school.
Gia Aranez, 2nd Violin, Howell MS
Sasha Asuncion, Violin, Victoria West HS
Scarlet Banda, 2nd Violin, Stroman MS
Markus Barrera, 2nd Violin, Howell MS
Ashton Barton, Bass, Patti Welder MS
Alex De La Rosa, Bass, Stroman MS
Izabela De La Rosa, Cello, Victoria East HS
Gavin Lopez, Bass, Victoria West HS
Christal Martinez, Violin, Victoria West HS
Alana Mascorro, Violin, Victoria West HS
Jacob Mendez, Violin 1, Patti Welder MS
Kayla Plummer, Violin, Victoria East HS
Abigail Quinterro, Viola, Victoria East HS
Reese Raab, Cello, Howell MS
Angelo Saldana, Viola, Howell MS
Phillip Saldana, Cello, Howell MS
Antonio Sandoval, Viola, Cade MS
Jacob Shelby, Cello, Cade MS
Jayden Trevino, 2nd Violin, Howell MS
Luisa Villegas, Violin, Victoria East HS
Isabelle Wachtel, Cello, Victoria East HS
Meixin Wang, 2nd Violin, Howell MS
In addition to earning a chair at the TMEA All-Region 14 Orchestra, Wachtel will lead the cello section as Principal Cellist, having ranked first out of 30 students.