Thursday, April 25, 2024

Coram Deo sends record number to All State Band and Choir

 

Front Row (L-R): Taylor Brower, Alec Mathews, Caroline Crocker, AnnaMarie Miller, Hope Morriss, Abby Weatherford, Maggie McGee, Hayley Russell, Clarie Swank, Paul Lee. Back Row: Sarah Bunn, Drake Livingston, Ben Kuykendall, Nathan Bowen, Brendan Patnode, Reid Boyer, John Mark Davis, Jonathan Browne, Brian Payne, Grace Kendall, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen.
Front Row (L-R): Taylor Brower, Alec Mathews, Caroline Crocker, AnnaMarie Miller, Hope Morriss, Abby Weatherford, Maggie McGee, Hayley Russell, Clarie Swank, Paul Lee. Back Row: Sarah Bunn, Drake Livingston, Ben Kuykendall, Nathan Bowen, Brendan Patnode, Reid Boyer, John Mark Davis, Jonathan Browne, Brian Payne, Grace Kendall, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen.

The Coram Deo Academy Symphonic Band continued its record of achievement by qualifying more students than any other school for the Texas Private School Music Educators Association (TPSMEA) 2016 All State Band.

The 17 band members were the most Coram Deo in Flower Mound has ever qualified for the All-State band. Coram Deo also qualified three outstanding singers for the All State Choir.

The TPSMEA All State Band and Choir, made up of the finest musicians and singers in the state, recently met in Richardson for 3 days of rehearsals and a concert at the Eisemann Center.

Elizabeth Bowen, CDA Band Director and Polly Dwyer, CDA Flower Mound Campus Administrator.
Elizabeth Bowen, CDA Band Director and Polly Dwyer, CDA Flower Mound Campus Administrator.

During the concert, Coram Deo Flower Mound Campus Administrator Polly Dwyer was recognized as the TPSMEA Distinguished Administrator of the Year. The honoree is selected for outstanding leadership in supporting music and arts education.

Dwyer, who truly demonstrates her belief that music feeds the soul, was selected from administrators at over 150 private schools for this honor.

 

CTG Staff
CTG Staff
The Cross Timbers Gazette News Department

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