The following students participated in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Civic Youth Ensembles Middle School Honors Band Days. Students were selected from all over Michigan! They prepared an entire concert worth of music in one day, and then performed that evening at Orchestra Hall. Participating Ferndale Middle School kids were

8th Grade

• Apollo Newman - Saxophone

• Jonah Strockis - Euphonium

• Ashton Bander - Tuba

7th Grade

• Alma Cohoon - Percussion

• Blake Shipps - French Horn

• Oscar Updyke - Tuba

6th Grade

• Amelia Clark - Clarinet

• Aidan Hensey - Flute

• Henry Clark - Percussion

• Frankie Hicks - French Horn

• Brandon King - French Horn

• Diondre Garner - Trombone

• Evelyn Clark - Oboe

• Charlotte Presti - Oboe

The future is bright!