Katy ISD Bands Selected as 2012 Mark of Excellence Winners

The McMeans Junior High Symphonic Band and Cinco Ranch High School Symphony Orchestra were recently recognized as Mark of Excellence honorees by the Foundation for Music Education. The Mark of Excellence award seeks to recognize outstanding achievement in performance by high school and middle school bands.

The Mark of Excellence award consists of national wind band, choral, orchestra, jazz, and percussion ensemble honors in which schools enter by recordings, with the top quarter selected as national winners. Winners receive their recorded and written comments from the adjudicator, scores, and a compilation CD of the performances of the national winners.

Visit the Foundation for Music Education website at www.foundationformusiceducation.org/mark-of-excellence for more information on the individual Mark of Excellence awards.