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RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF ALL-STATE STUDENTS! The Seven Lakes Orchestras are proud to announce a record-breaking 15 students that have made the Texas Music Educators Association’s All-State Orchestras. These students will be working with world-renown conductors in San Antonio in February! Congratulations to all FIFTEEN 2017 ALL-STATERS!! Symphony Violin 3 Roger Shui 11 Helen Zhou* 13 Jonathan Liu 37 Kevin Gao *four year All-Stater …..
Our award-winning Symphony Orchestra has been invited to perform for TASA (Texas Association of School Administrators) on Monday, January 30th. It is an honor for our students to secure this invitation, where superintendents and principals, upper administration, State Board of Education, and Texas legislators from Texas will attend. Students will miss a half day of …..
UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest will be held on Saturday, February 4th at Tompkins HS. The deadline for registering for this event was in December. If competing as a soloist, please be sure that you have procured an original (no copies) that you will number. Ensemble members can borrow scores from the Ork Office. Students …..
As you know winter is already here; that means it is time for the Orchestra Winter Social! This year SLORK will be going to Main Event (24401 Katy Fwy Katy, TX 77494) on December 16th from 4 PM to 8 PM. Students who attend shall receive food (2 slices of pizza and a drink), a …..
On Friday, December 2nd, our younger students performed in their annual Holiday Concert! This two part-concert featured the very best ensembles from each class which were selected to perform in our Chamber Music Concert. Following this half, over 130 string players all played together on one stage! Pictures of the concert can be found below : https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/133107992@N04/sets/72157673407306583/ Links …..
Congratulations to all of our students that auditioned for the Region 23 Orchestras October 8th and 28th. Region 23 is one of the most competitive Regions in the state, and includes all campuses in Houston ISD, Alief ISD, Katy ISD, and private schools in those zones. We had the most numbers (36) from any one …..
The Seven Lakes Symphony Orchestra was named a National Winner in the 2016 National Orchestra Honor Competition from the Foundation of Music Education. The Sinfonia String Orchestra was also acknowledged by the foundation, earning a Commended Winner title. Both ensembles were National Winners in the 2015 competition. Recorded submissions were selected from 30+ states through …..
Attached below is a slideshow listing the audition results for the 2022-2023 school year. Congratulations to all of the students that auditioned! View 2022-2023 Roster here.
For over 30 years, H-E-B’s Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust has contributed to worthy causes throughout Texas, and we continue to support our community as strongly as ever. H-E-B’s Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust is a special fund that receives its money from an annual golf tournament sponsored by H-E-B’s vendor community. This golf tournament …..
The Seven Lakes Orchestras have always had a commitment to giving back to the community. “Give Bach” is an idea that students can impact their community. This year, students fundraised $1180 for Holland Middle School Bands, so that they could purchase much-needed equipment for the band program.