Waxahachie ISD Fine Arts

The 2022 UIL 6A State 🥈 silver medalists from Waxahachie High School Drama Department for their One-Act Play production of A Monster Calls were recognized by the Waxahachie ISD Superintendent and Board of Trustees at tonight’s meeting.

The company members were recognized for their outstanding production and individual awards received at the UIL State meet. Directors and company members joined us downstairs for the signing of the State Board afterwards - great memories of a great legacy program!

Congratulations to Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Mullican, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. De La Cruz, Mrs. Mullican, and our entire vertical theater team! 🎭🏆🎭

Coleman Junior High Band in TMEA Honor Band Competition! 🎶

Even on days off, our Waxahachie Fine Arts students frequently practice, perform, and give back to our community. 🇺🇸

The Spirit of Waxahachie High School Band students participated in local assemblies in remembrance of Memorial Day, to honor those who gave all for our freedoms.

Visual and performing arts are woven into the tapestry of American history. Thank you to our selfless students and teachers who give back to keep those memories strong to honor those brave service men and women, generation after generation.

Photo Credit: Cindy Moya Cantero


🚨🎶 State Alert 🎶🚨

The Waxahachie High School Choir program will bring home five (5) gold and twelve (12) silver individual medals and seven (7) golds for the Tenor/Bass ensemble from the UIL Texas state solo and ensemble contest at the University of Texas at Austin.

Congratulations to Mrs. Forehand and Mr. Campbell for their students amazing showing at the state level! 🥇🥈 💚🖤🤍🎶👏🏼

🚨🎭 State Alert 🎭🚨

Waxahachie High School junior and UIL Academic / Speech competitor, Tatiana Davis, takes the stage today for the preliminary round at 3:00pm as a 6A Prose Interpretation State Qualifier at the The University of Texas at Austin!

This achievement makes Tatiana one of the final 12 remaining competitors in Texas for Conference 6A - or - the 𝒕𝒐𝒑 1.2% of performers across the State!

The Department of Fine Arts extends congratulations to Tatiana on a fantastic year and wishes her the best at the State UIL Speech Meet! 🖤🤍💚

Honored to serve as host for such amazing community partners and exceptional musical talent. 🎻

Our Waxahachie Symphony Association Board Members, Ushers, and 2022 WSA Belles with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s, Alex Amsel, conductor for the evening. 🎹🎶🎻👏🏼

Simply superb! The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra live at the Waxahachie ISD Performing Arts Center courtesy of our exceptional musical colleagues at the Waxahachie Symphony Association and their generous donors - (Gold) Citizens National Bank of Texas, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Texas Commission on the Arts, Waxahachie Foundation, Waxahachie Arts Council, (Silver) Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie,(Bronze) Ellis County Title Company and Pearman Oil & LP Gas Inc.

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Special guest performer tonight with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Waxahachie ISD Performing Arts Center! 🎹

Meet the winner of our 2022 Young Artist Competition! Pianist Victoria Bi will be performing with us in Waxahachie this Saturday evening. 🎶🤩🎹

Beginning her journey through music and piano, Victoria Bi started learning piano at 3 and a half years old under the guidance of Yifan Liu at Studio for Piano Arts. Under Mr. Liu’s meticulous guidance and invaluable mentorship, her passion and interest in the instrument continue to expand. Ten years later, her passion for piano still grows, and every day, she hopes that her music will be able to bring a smile to someone’s face. She fills her free time with reading action and mystery novels, composing small piano pieces, watching movies with her family, listening to varying types of music, and writing short stories.

As Piano is a large part of her life, Victoria knows how life-changing an instrument can be for a person, no matter their age, their circumstances, etc. Due to this fact, she expresses great interest in helping others be able to experience the same cathartic feeling through music that she does. Recently she had contacted a non-profit called the ‘Texas Music Project’ which has various programs that work to expose disadvantaged kids to music and music education. After multiple discussions with the organization’s co-founder, Michael Clay (who is a great musician himself), Victoria plans to participate in the future concerts and fundraising events that the organization will create. In the future, she hopes to collaborate with not only the ‘Texas Music Project,’ but to be able to help people of all ages and backgrounds be able to have music opportunities that will enrich their life. By playing the piano at various non-profits and charities, she enjoys spreading the joy that music brings and raising money for those who need it.

During the course of her piano studies, she has received many awards at various competitions. Most recently, she was awarded 3rd prize and special Press award at 11th International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Netherlands; 1st prize at 2022 Young Artist Competition held by Fort Worth Symphony; 3rd place at 2022 Emory University Young Artist Piano Competition; 2nd place at 2022 Dallas Symphonic Festival; 1st place at 2021 Dallas Piano Solo Competition, 2nd place at the 2021 Houston International Music Competition, 1st place in the Concerto II Division at the 2021 Baylor-Waco Piano Competition, and 3rd place at the 2021 Dallas Symphonic Festival Competition. She has participated in the Dallas Symphonic Festival Competition and the Dallas Piano Solo Competition for many years with awards.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra - tonight at 7:00pm!

Join us and the Waxahachie Symphony Association! 👏🏼🎶🎻🎹🎼

So very proud of our Best Musical Nominees! WHS Drama Department and Waxahachie Choir! 🎭🎶

🎶 Band Banquet 2022 🎶

Decisions are being made and nominations are in focus! Break a leg to the Waxahachie High School Choir & Drama Department company of 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏! as they prepare for the Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards presented live at the Music Hall at Fair Park this Friday, May 20, 2022 at 7:00pm!

Patrons who wish to attend the live awards may acquire tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C005C89DE077B33

Best of luck to our athletic colleagues at Waxahachie High School Baseball and Coach Wood as they take on Rockwall for the UIL Region Quarterfinals in the 6A playoffs today at North Forney! ⚾️🔥🏆

The critical importance of the skills developed through arts education is valued and supported in Waxahachie ISD.

Skills like sequential thinking, skillful and deliberate expression of spoken or written word, comprehension of our social and civil cultures, and the ability to keenly assess and critique ideas, designs, and policies - all are developed within the stratum of study in our fine arts programs. 🧠 📖🎶🎺🩰🎭🎨

It’s time for ‘Kid Theatre’, featuring original scripts from Max H. Simpson Elementary theatre students, performed by Waxahachie High School Drama Department students! 🎭💚🎭💚🎭

🎻This Saturday! 🎶

Don't miss your chance to see the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in concert, courtesy of the Waxahachie Symphony Association in partnership with the Waxahachie ISD Department of Fine Arts, as they perform Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony - live at the Waxahachie ISD Performing Arts Center!

Curtain is at 7:00pm and admission is free for WISD employees and students with ID

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As the 2022 UIL Academic season comes to a close, the Department would like extend its thanks and congratulations to Mrs. Leanne Kelley for her amazing support and coaching of our UIL Waxahachie High School Computer Science teams over the years. Multiple District Team titles in a highly specified and unique content area.

Congratulations, Mrs. Kelley! We will miss you and wish you the best! 🏆🥇 💚🖤🤍

Update - CONGRATULATIONS to our Indians Baseball Team - Won it! On to the next round! ⚾️🏆

Good luck to our brothers in the Playoffs tonight! Waxahachie Indian Baseball! ⚾️🔥⚾️ 🏆

Congratulations to Waxahachie High School Cherokee Charmers Alumnus and Captain Haley Riley (Neeley) on her recent graduation from Tyler Junior College! 💛🖤🤍

Come on out for a Saturday evening concert at Railyard Park Waxahachie! Waxahachie ISD Junior High Combined Choirs from Finley Junior High, Coleman Junior High, and Howard Junior High will be showcased in their favorite 80’s hits! 🎶🔥🎶🔥🎉 🚂

What a TREAT we have for you this weekend!

Saturday, May 14 from 7-9PM

Join the choir students from Coleman Junior High, Howard Junior High and Finley Junior High as they present an 80's inspired Choir Concert!

80's attire is encouraged, all are welcome and the event is F-R-E-E!

Come support the Waxahachie ISD Fine Arts students and enjoy classic 80's hits that will have you dancing and singing along!

Finley Junior High Bands on stage for the Warrior Band Spring Concert tonight at the Waxahachie ISD Fine Arts Center! 🔥🎶🎺🥁🎷💚

It’s time for 𝑴𝑨𝑴𝑨 𝑴𝑰𝑨! at Waxahachie ISD Performing Arts Center! WHS Drama Department! 🎭🎉🎭🎼

Waxahachie ISD Fine Arts updated their address.

Bravo to Mr. Bates and our Broadcast Journalism UIL Champs! It’s been a season of winning at Waxahachie High School this spring! 🏆🥇

Congratulations to the WHS Broadcast Journalism program, led by teacher/advisor Conrad Bates, for receiving a record-breaking nine STATE UIL medals last week...

First Place
Feature Story: Dhruval Rangrej, Owen Bartosh, Kyle Pickett, Lily Coleman, and Reid Graham
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hdFzKhjeng

Feature Writing: Vanessa Garza, Riley Walker, Abby Herrin, and Daylin Richardson

Second Place
Daily Announcements: Parker Hicks, Brooklyn Baskin, Chase Pope, Cayden Redd, William Lockhart, Nash Nichols, Rylee Robinson, and Vanessa Garza
Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOPGTvavUyQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1sjGJ8wR4

Sports Feature Story: Jared Thomas, Vanessa Garza, Abby Herrin, Riley Walker, and Daylin Richardson
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAxQY-zCfx0

General Feature Writing: Owen Bartosh, Kyle Pickett, Lily Coleman, and Reid Graham

Third Place
On-Air Talent: Cayden Redd and William Lockhart
Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfi3M6VXWwc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC1VhAgf5Ts

Technical Directing: Parker Hicks

Graphics: Lily Sanchez

Amazing performance last night at the Waxahachie High School Band Jazz Cafe! Congratulations to all student and directors on a brilliant annual event of music, dining and celebration of our award winning Jazz program! 🎺🎟🍽🥁🎶 (Photos credit: Stacey Auvenshine

Waxahachie High School Drama Department - 2nd Place in the State of Texas - Conference 6A One-Act Play! Brilliant work from our students and directors. What a result from outstanding preparation and ex*****on.

Best Performer & Samuel French Award Winner
Noah Elsom🥇🏆

6A State All-Star Cast
Omari Crocker 🥈

Bravo, company of 𝑨 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔! 🥈🏆🎭