Thirty-three Ridge Point High School choir students advanced to the second round of Texas All-State Choir Auditions after competing in the district-level first round the previous weekend.

More than 100 Ridge Point singers auditioned, the school announced Monday, Sept. 21. The 33 who moved on will next face the Region audition, which for Fort Bend ISD's Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 13 typically falls in October or November.

Three freshmen made the cut. Amaris Winful earned Soprano 1, 15th Chair. Dean Burki placed at Tenor 1, 14th Chair. Angelo Navarro landed Bass 2, 17th Chair.

Alila Brown posted the highest individual chair among the 33, finishing Soprano 2, 2nd Chair. Julianna Heallen and Emilia Uttrodt each earned Alto 1, 3rd Chair. Aaron Jaimon took Tenor 2, 5th Chair, and Darien Thomas placed Bass 1, 9th Chair.

The school praised the students' dedication in its announcement. The full list of advancing students, grouped by voice section:

Soprano 1: Sophia Hernandez (8th Chair), Aanya Mukherjee (11th Chair) and Winful (15th Chair).

Soprano 2: Brown (2nd Chair), Ericka Gillinger (8th Chair), MJ Abraham (10th Chair), Molly Varnado (14th Chair) and Juliette McGill (17th Chair).

Alto 1: Heallen (3rd Chair), Uttrodt (3rd Chair), Luna Escobedo (4th Chair), Nicole Linton (7th Chair) and Jacinta Roncy (18th Chair).

Alto 2: Tapassuma Vyzastaya (25th Chair).

Tenor 1: Burki (14th Chair), Julian Mathew (15th Chair) and Zane Van Avery (16th Chair).

Tenor 2: Jaimon (5th Chair), Jackson Burke (10th Chair), Joseph Bunac (15th Chair), Ethan Frysinger (16th Chair), Rushi Patel (23rd Chair), Tristan Nguyen (25th Chair), Nicholas Thomas (26th Chair) and Jevon Punnoose Monson (29th Chair).

Bass 1: Thomas (9th Chair), Andrew Hooks (10th Chair), Ryan Verano (13th Chair), Alfonso Armendariz (16th Chair), Israel Jimenez (17th Chair), Lemuel Arun (22nd Chair) and Adrian Antony (24th Chair).

Bass 2: Navarro (17th Chair).

The All-State process, run by TMEA, starts each fall with more than 70,000 Texas high school students statewide, according to Texas Choir Corner. Students who survive up to four rounds of auditions earn a spot in a TMEA All-State Choir and perform at the annual convention in San Antonio in February. Roughly the top 3% of all auditioners make it that far.

Head choir director Chelsea Berner, in her seventh year leading Ridge Point's choirs, oversees the program, according to the school's choir page.

The Region 13 audition date for the 2026–27 cycle has not been announced publicly.