Churchill high school orchestra
The Churchill Orchestra is an award winning performance group. The orchestra is 200 members strong and consists of seven performance groups. In past years the orchestra has won numerous Sweepstakes and Outstanding Performance awards at U.I.L. Concert and Sightreading. Every year the orchestra performs Tschaikowsky’s Peter and the Wolf for local elementary school students as well as special performances for Title One elementary schools in the Texas Hill Country. In the spring of 2006 the Churchill Orchestra performed a concert titled “Remember the Hero’s” at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Honolulu Hawaii. In the spring of 2008 the Churchill Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City toured Austria in 2010 and Italy in 2014. The orchestra is very involved in the community and our school. Behind the orchestra is a dedicated and hard working booster club that supports us in every way.
About Mr. Thibodeaux Jason Thibodeaux is the Winston Churchill High School Director of Orchestras. While under the direction of Mr. Thibodeaux, the Churchill Orchestras have won numerous UIL Concert and Sightreading Sweepstakes. Currently the Churchill Orchestra brings 7 orchestras to the UIL Contest. Mr. Thibodeaux has conducted the Churchill Orchestra at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii, Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Austria Tour of 2010 and Italy Tour 2014. In January of 2011 the Churchill Symphony performed for the Lila Cockrell Theatre Rededication Ceremony.
Mr. Thibodeaux graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. While in college, he toured Switzerland and Scotland with the University’s Symphony and String Quartet. His professional affiliations include memberships in the Texas Music Educator’s Association, Texas Music Adjudicator’s Association, Mu Omicron and Texas Orchestra Director’s Association. He is a Past President on the T.O.D.A. Executive Committee. Mr. Thibodeaux has had the privilege of adjudicating many fine orchestras in Texas. He was an officer in the T.M.E.A. Region XII Orchestra Division for 12 years. He has taught summer camp at Texas State University and is the current Coordinator/Clinician for the North East I.S.D. Orchestra Workshop. Mr. Thibodeaux also maintains an active private studio with students from several San Antonio middle and high schools. He has been the guest conductor for San Antonio I.S.D. Middle and High School Honor Orchestras and a Region Clinician/Conductor around the state. |