# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctx6f5-Al1v
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11216432-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-22T04:52:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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The Texas Music Educators Association Area Competition today in San Antonio determined which of the 94 bands would move on to state. Out of the 10 bands in Area E, the McCallum Wind Ensemble was one of three to advance to state, along with the Rouse and Cedar Park honor bands. 

The recordings the wind ensemble submitted were renditions of "Pathfinder to Panama" by John Philip Sousa, "Aurora Awakes" by John Mackey, and "Come Sunday" by Omar Thomas, all of which were performed at the band's pre-UIL concert on March 9 (which is when Julia Copas took these photos). 

Out of all the pieces, Class of '23 graduate and former bass clarinet Rory Evers believes "Come Sunday" was the hardest out of them all. 

"We practiced those pieces for a long time," Evers said. "We had 'Come Sunday,' our most difficult piece, and 'Pathfinder to Panama' since our spring concert. 'Pathfinder' didn't really need work to be put together because it was an easier piece, but we worked on 'Come Sunday' until spring break. Ms. Nelson said that this year's program was more difficult than normal. Normally we prepare pieces for a single concert and then move on; however, this year we worked on our program throughout the second semester, playing the same pieces for multiple concerts."

According to the Wind Repertory Project, "Come Sunday" is an advanced level piece, appropriate for intermediate and advanced college ensembles and advanced high school ensembles, but McCallum's wind ensemble mastered the piece within a matter of weeks. The performance of "Come Sunday" at the pre-UIL concert was a crowd favorite and ended the concert with high spirits. 

According to rising junior and first chair clarinet Bea Saffer, the pieces were actually recorded at three different locations.

"We took one from our session at Round Top recording studio, one from our UIL performance, and one from a recording we did at Mac," Saffer said. 

Even though this allowed them to showcase the band's variety, Saffer thinks the combination made their performance less ideal.

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| McCallum Journalism | @macjournalism | https://gondola.cc/macjournalism | Newspaper |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Photographer |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Reporter |

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