2 Students Named to 2020-2021 TMEA All-State Musicians

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Only the top 2.5% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.

Shonease Murphy

Aldine ISD choir students Shonease Murphy from MacArthur High School and Victoria Cerda from Eisenhower High School have been named Texas All-State Musicians by the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA).

All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. About 1,860 students are selected through a process that begins with over 50,000 students from throughout the state vying for the honor to perform in one of 18 ensembles (bands, orchestras, and choirs) at the TMEA Convention.

“Despite the innumerable challenges encountered throughout this school year, 2021 All-Staters remained committed to their personal musical development. They demonstrated the very perseverance and dedication that ongoing participation in a music program fosters.” — Texas Music Educators Association

Victoria Cerda

All-State musicians typically perform at the TMEA Clinic/Convention for thousands of attendees. However, due to health and safety guidelines, the TMEA Executive Board has made the difficult decision not to host an in-person TMEA All-State performance event this year. That, however, does not diminish the significance of being named an All-State musician.

This competitive process, which was completely virtual this year, begins throughout the state in auditions organized by 33 TMEA Regions. Individual musicians perform selected music for a panel of judges who rank each instrument or voice part. From this ranking, a select group of musicians advances from their Region to compete against musicians from other areas in eight TMEA Area competitions. The highest-ranking musicians judged at the TMEA Area competitions qualify to perform in a TMEA All-State music group.

This is Victoria’s second time performing as a member of a TMEA All-State organization.