This 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

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

This 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

We’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

We 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

We 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

We 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

This 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

We 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

We would like to congratulate our students on their outstanding performance on Friday at the Bands of America Super Regional Competition. Their efforts earned them the title of Outstanding Music in Class A, and also third place in class. We hope they enjoyed their time in San Antonio and the positive way to conclude our competitive season! A special thank