We want to begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castañeda and Eva Garcia on Saturday’s outstanding performances with the All-Region

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We 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
Read moreWe want to begin this week by congratulating the 18 Odem JH All-Region Band Members, 18 Odem HS All-Region Band Members, and 4 All-Area Odem HS members! Additionally, Odem JH had 5 1st Chair members: Mercedes Cedillo – Oboe, Orion Velasquez – F Horn, Alysel Huerta – Trumpet, Constancio Bello – Euphonium, and Samantha Romero – Tuba! Odem HS also had
Read moreThis week finds us in the last part of the calendar year, and for the bands, we’ll be very busy these next two weeks! This week, there will be All-Region Auditions for JH Symphonic Winds members on Tuesday at Tuloso-Midway MS, and HS Auditions for those signed up on Saturday at HM King HS in Kingsville. Symphonic Winds members will
Read moreWe want to begin by congratulating the Odem Owls on an outstanding season of play. With the conclusion of their season on Friday, we have fully concluded our 2024 Marching Season as well. For HS students, we need to have all uniforms from the guard and band returned this week, as well as any other marching equipment that will be
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