Fernando Corrales, a member of the Fort Stockton High School Band, will perform with the Texas All- State Band in San Antonio on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention.

Corrales was chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at district, region, and area levels.

Corrales participates in band at school under the direction of Dr. Kenn McSperitt, who is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association – an organization headquartered in Austin with over 14,000 members.

This will be Corrales’ second time performing as a member of a TMEA All-State organization. Fernando is the child of Isidro and Elvia Corrales.

High school students selected to perform in the All-State concerts have competed through auditions to qualify at the state level. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive.

A total of 1,875 students are selected through a process that began with over 70,000 students from around the state vying for this honor to perform in one of 18 ensembles.

Texas Music Educators Association sponsors the Texas All-State competition. The competitive process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted 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.

Only the top 2.6% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.

These All-State students participate in four days of rehearsals directed by nationally recognized conductors during the TMEA Clinic/Convention.

Over 30,000 people from Texas and around the world are expected to attend over 290 workshops, 100 performances, and visit over 1,200 exhibit booths at the event.