The Association of Texas Small School Bands is pleased to announce the selection of the 2023 ATSSB All-State Band. More than 10,000 high school band students from across Texas auditioned in twenty-two 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 this past weekend across the state and only 286 of these students were selected for all-state honors.
The ATSSB All-State Bands will meet in rehearsals in San Antonio, Texas, February 8-11, 2023, and will present a concert beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2023, in the Lila Cockrell Theatre of the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in downtown San Antonio.
Dr. BJ Brooks (West Texas State University) will be the clinician- conductor of the All-State Concert Band. Dr. David Allen Waybright (University of Florida) will be the clinician- conductor of the All-State Symphonic Band which will premier ConnectUS by Carol Brittin Chambers (commissioned by ATSSB). Steve Owen (University of Oregon) will be the clinician-conductor of the All-State Jazz Ensemble which will perform at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2023, in the Convention Center Hemisfair Ballroom 1-2. The Jazz Ensemble will premier Oolagoob by Steve Owen (commissioned by the ATSSB).
