Honors & Awards
A Tradition of Excellence
Consistent UIL Sweepstakes, eleven TMEA Honor Orchestras, two Midwest Clinic performances, and recognition across the country.
11TMEA Honor Orchestras
2Midwest Clinic performances
7National Winner titles (Mark of Excellence & American Prize)
88UIL Sweepstakes awards
Texas Honor Orchestras
The highest honor for an orchestra in Texas.
2027
TMEA Honor Full Orchestra
2010
TMEA Honor String Orchestra
2008
TMEA Honor String Orchestra
2006
TMEA Honor String Orchestra
2004
TMEA Honor String Orchestra
2002
TMEA Honor String Orchestra
Complete Honor Orchestra results, including finalist placements →
National Recognition
2002 · 2018The Midwest ClinicInvited performances at the international conference in Chicago.
2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2018 · 2025 · 2026Mark of ExcellenceNational Winner, National Orchestra Honors.
2016The American PrizeNational Winner in Orchestral Performance.
2023ArtsCentre of PlanoArts Award.
Individual honors
See every All-State musician
Texas All-State Musicians
More than 250 All-State selections since 2001, earned through some of the most rigorous high school music auditions in the country.
UIL Sweepstakes
88 Sweepstakes awards since 2000 — a Division I in both Concert and Sight-Reading — earned across the program’s orchestras.
See every Sweepstakes award, year by year →
Chamber / Symphony
Kammer
Camerata
Philharmonia
Capriccio
Sinfonia