Berg selected to all-state band

An Iola student and band member, Shauna Berg, was selected as a member of the Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-State Band. She was chosen for this honor in competitive auditions held this year across the state at region and area levels.

Berg, the daughter of Ron and Donna Berg, in Iola, is a private student of Nami Kimura and plays the flute at school under the direction of Eliu Santos, who is a member of the Association of Texas Small School Bands, a 1257-member group of band directors in class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A high schools in Texas. This is her first time to perform as a member of the ATSSB All-State Band.

More than 10,000 high school band students from across Texas auditioned in 22 different regions for a place in their respective all-region bands. The top chairs in each region advanced to one of the five area auditions held across the state and only 286 of those students were selected for all-state honors.

The ATSSB All-State Bands will meet in rehearsals in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 9-12, and will present a concert beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, in the Lila Cockrell Theatre of the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in downtown San Antonio.

Dr. Caroline Beatty (Texas State University) will be the clinician-conductor of the All-State Concert Band which will premiere Rising by Clifton Jones (commissioned by ATSSB). Dr. Emily Threinen (University of Minnesota) will be the clinician-conductor of the All-State Symphonic Band which will premiere The Essence of Memory by BJ Brooks (commissioned by ATSSB in honor of Darin K. Johns). Russell Schmidt (Valley Jazz Cooperative, Phoenix, Arizona) will be the clinician-conductor of the All-State Jazz Ensemble which will perform at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Convention Center Hemisfair Ballroom 1-2.

Berg’s other interests at school include Student Council.