Feb. 21, 2023 Nine Collin College music students were named to the Texas Community College Band Directors Association (TCCBDA) All-State music ensembles for 2022-23. The students performed with the All-State Symphonic Band and All-State Jazz Ensemble as part of the Texas Music Educators Association convention at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio on Feb. 11.

The students named to the All-State Symphonic Band were Lucinda Gatesman of Allen, flute; Adam Plummer of McKinney, trumpet; Cian McGuire of Plano, French horn; Wyatt Hayes of McKinney, tuba; Em Soriano of Lampasas, tuba; Brandon Halsema of The Colony, percussion; and Wesley Price of Plano, percussion. Price also performed in this ensemble in 2022; Plummer and Hayes also performed in this ensemble in both 2020 and 2022.

Dawson Hatton of Round Rock, tenor saxophone, and Jon Slaughter of Carrollton, guitar, were named to the All-State Jazz Ensemble. Hatton performed with the Symphonic Band on clarinet in 2022 and earned positions in both ensembles this year, opting to perform with the jazz group. These students recorded auditions in October and November and were chosen from among two-year college students across Texas for these positions.

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