
| EAST TEXAS MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION 2008 TMTA CONVENTION |

| EAST TEXAS MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION |
| The 2008 Texas Music Teachers Association Convention was held in June at Houston, Texas |





| ETMTA students performing "Changing Places" line up for rehearsal. |
| Conductor Shelly Davis gets ready for the "Changing Places" performance. |
| ETMTA student Emma Berry stands in front of one of the ETMTA students' Convention Projects. |
| The ETMTA Delegation helped Meg Miller and her husband, Art, celebrate their anniversary at a dinner while at convention. |
| ETMTA college student, Nathanial Gardner, displays the awards and money he received for his trombone quartet composition, "Who's Driving This Train-Wreck". Nathaniel won 2nd Place in the college-ensemble division. The quartet was performed at the convention prior to the awards ceremony. |
| Left to Right: Ryan McInturf, TJC Student, Tenor Trombone 2 Nathaniel Gardner, TJC Student, Tenor Trombone 1 Tom Mensch, TJC Brass Instructor, Alto Trombone Heather Mensch, TJC Brass Instructor, Bass Trombone |

| ETMTA students performed in the TMTA All-Stars: Emma Berry, Johannah Carmona, Jamie Apoderado, and Kevin Ridad. |
| ETMTA students performed in the TMTA All-Stars: Julia Batis, Virginia Nix, and Russell McCook. |
| Aza Pace, Natalie Koop, Abby Boudreau MIDDLE: Emilie Casper, Peter Goodwin, Adam Erwin, Brian Eng, Jarod Pamatmat, Jayme Willis FRONT: Ryken DeGroat, Katie Cloud, Alison Casper, Andrew Cox |



| the Irving Berlin-influenced "I Love a Piano". BACK: Nolan Willmon, Russell McCook, Eva Watson, Virginia Nix MIDDLE: Elliott Levin, Beth Felix, Ellen Burton, Jamie Apoderado FRONT: Kevin Ridad, Brett Blevins, Bryce Jackson, Brandi Koop |