MMS, MHS Instrumental Groups to Play in Local Competition

It should be quite a treat for music lovers in Monroe County when all of Monroe Public Schools' instrumental groups from Monroe Middle School and Monroe High School participate in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association festival to be held this year in Monroe.  All of the concerts on March 12-14 are free.

Band Festival to Provide Three Days of Music

Persons who enjoy middle school and high school orchestras and bands will delight in three days of music coming up March 12-14 when the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association hosts its band and orchestra festival at Monroe County Community College.

Some 42 groups will perform over the three days, involving 1,937 students, assisted by more than 220 volunteers. This very special event, which is coordinated by the Music Department of Monroe Public Schools, is free of change for all to attend.

Festival hours are 8 a.m. to 7:50 p.m., Thursday, March 12; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 13; and 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., Saturday, March 14.

All participating groups will perform three numbers in the Meyer Theater and will be judged by professional adjudicators. Those concerts are open to the public. They also then will perform a selection they never have seen before – called sight-reading – before another judge.

Here is the list of performance times by group.

Thursday, March 12
8:00 a.m. – Ida Middle School 7th Grade band;
8:25 a.m. – Dundee Middle School Concert Band
8:50 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School 7th Grade Band
9:25 a.m. – Seitz Middle School (Riverview) 7th/8th Grade Concert Band
9:50 a.m. – Ida Middle School 8th Grade Band
10:15 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School 8th Grade Band
10:55 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School String Orchestra
11:25 a.m. --Monroe Middle School Orchestra
11:50 a.m. – Whiteford High School Concert Band
1:00 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central High School Band
1:25 p.m. – Dundee High School Concert Band
1:50 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Band
2:25 p.m. – Bedford High School Varsity Band
2:50 p.m. – Bedford High School Symphony Orchestra
3:15 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central Chamber Strings
3:55 p.m. – Bedford High School Symphonic Band
4:25 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Symphony Band
4:55 p.m. – Bedford High School Chamber Orchestra
6:10 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central High School Symphony Band
6:50 p.m. – Monroe High School Orchestra

Friday, March 13
8:00 a.m. – Airport High School Concert Band
8:25 a.m. – Summerfield Middle School Concert Band
8:50 a.m. – Whiteford Junior High School Prep Band
9:30 a.m. – Ida High School Symphonic Band
9:55 a.m. – Airport High School Symphonic Band
10:20 a.m. – Summerfield High School Symphonic Band
11:00 a.m. – Simpson Middle School (Flat Rock) 7th Grade Band
11:25 a.m. – Wagar Middle School Symphonic Band
11:50 a.m. – Plymouth-Canton Educational Park High School Symphony Band
1:00 p.m. – Summit Academy High School Symphonic Band
1:25 p.m. – Ida High School Concert Band
1:50 p.m. – Plymouth Canton Educational Park High School Chamber Winds
2:30 p.m. – Wagar Middle School Concert Band
3:00 p.m. – Plymouth-Canton Educational park High School Wind Ensemble

Saturday, March 14
9:00 a.m. -- Monroe Middle School 7th Grade Band
9:25 a.m. – Jefferson High School Symphonic Band
9:55 a.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School String Orchestra
10:35 a.m. – Monroe Middle School 8th Grade Band
11:00 a.m. – Monroe High School Concert Band
11:30 a.m. – Jefferson High School Wind Ensemble
12:50 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Chamber Strings
1:20 p.m. – Monroe High School Wind Ensemble