We begin this week by congratulating our solo and ensemble participants! Odem HS earned 12 Gold Soloist Medals, 2 Silver

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We begin this week by congratulating our solo and ensemble participants! Odem HS earned 12 Gold Soloist Medals, 2 Silver Soloist Medals, and 9 Ensemble Medals. 11 of those Soloists Advanced to State – this is more than double the number Odem HS has ever advanced as soloists! Additionally, our Trumpet Sextet and Euphonium Trio earned Ensemble Medals and advanced
Read moreWe received our times for UIL Solo and Ensemble on Thursday – those times are linked here for both HS and JH members: http://www.odembands.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-Odem-HS-Solo-and-Ensemble-Schedule-Final.pdf The participating JH and HS students will depart at 1 pm and return around 6 pm. Students may be signed out from the event, and we encourage family members to attend if possible! It is open
Read moreThis week, we wish to begin by congratulating Eva Garcia on an outstanding performance at All-State! She placed 9th in the Trombone section for classes 1A-3A, and we’re so proud of her for this achievement! We will be working on preparations for Solo and Ensemble with students this week, which is just a week and a half away. We’ll have our
Read moreWe want to begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castañeda and Eva Garcia on Saturday’s outstanding performances with the All-Region Jazz Bands! This week, we will be taking Eva to the All-State Band Clinic/Concert, and she’ll have her final state audition and performance up in San Antonio. We wish her the best of luck at State! Last week, Mr. Williams
Read moreThis week will be light for the band program, with no planned evening rehearsals, and Region Jazz for our one member. We encourage students to practice for solo and ensemble this week, and we will have open times in the band hall most days after school to facilitate that. This week, Spring Band Fees are due at both the High
Read moreWe’re already in the final week of January after an odd week last week! Thursday will be a scheduled Wind Ensemble rehearsal in the evening from 6-7:30 pm. We encourage students to come in during the open band hall hours to practice for solo and ensemble if they have signed up, or to receive extra help on the music they
Read moreThis week will be a light one for us with the bands. Thursday will be a scheduled Wind Ensemble rehearsal in the evening from 6-7:30 pm, but all other after-school stuff will be limited. If you missed the announcement, in advance of the expected winter storm, OEISD has already announced a 2-hour delay for Tuesday morning and is monitoring conditions
Read moreWe begin this week by congratulating Eva Garcia on her amazing accomplishment of making the All-State Band on Saturday!!! February 12th-15th she will participate with at the 2025 TMEA State Convention as a member of the 3A All State Concert Band. She will perform in concert with that group at 9am on Saturday, February 15th at the Lila Cochrell Auditorium in San
Read moreHappy New Year! We are looking forward to welcoming students back from the break on Wednesday! Please do remind them to bring their instruments back to school on Wednesday morning! This week has a couple of items of note, so I wanted to make sure to send this out on Sunday like normal, though. The first is that we do
Read moreWe want to begin by thanking the community for supporting the students concerts this past week! The junior high and high school concerts were well attended, and we appreciate everyone’s support! We also want to congratulate all of the members of Odem JH and Odem HS who performed at the All-Region Clinic/Concert on Saturday! This week the only event we
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