The Foundation for Music Education and their Board of Trustees recently shared that Round Rock ISD has eight winners in the 2020 Mark of Excellence!
Director of Fine Arts, Lisa Roebuck says “I am so proud of all these ensembles representing the excellent program RRISD provides for fine arts to students. All these groups have worked very hard to add this recognition to their achievements.”
Congratulations to:
The Canyon Vista Middle School Honors Orchestra, directed by Ragan Whatley, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Orchestra Honors Project.
The Walsh Middle School Honor Band, directed by Jennifer Bergeron, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors Project.
The Pearson Ranch Middle School Honors Orchestra, directed by Colleen Whatley, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Orchestra Honors Project.
The Round Rock High School Dragon Chorale, directed by Jamieson McCaffity, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Choral Honors Project.
The Westwood Symphony Orchestra, directed by Joshua Thompson and Thomas Turpin, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Orchestra Honors Project.
The Stony Point High School Chamber Choir, directed by Randy M.Preston, has been selected as a Commended Winner in the Mark of Excellence/ National Choral Honors Project.
The Round Rock High School Muse, directed by Jamieson McCaffity, has been selected as a Commended Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Choral Honors Project.
The Mark of Excellence consists of the National Wind Band Honors, National Choral Honors, National Orchestra Honors, National Jazz Honors, and National Percussion Ensemble Honors. It is a competition, entered by recordings, in which the top quarter are selected as National Winners and the second quarter receive Commended Honors. This year 145 of the finest musical ensembles in the nation entered the competition. The project has now received entries from thirty-eight states. All the groups receive recorded and written comments from the adjudicators, and also a compilation recording of the performances of the National Winners.The Foundation for Music Education is dedicated to the support and advancement of music education.