Musical Awards & Recognition 

Musical Awards & Recognition

GOLDEN EAGLE MARCHING BAND 

  • 1st in State 2022, All 5 Caption Awards

    • Caption Awards: General Effect, Visual Performance, Music Performance, Percussion, Colorguard

  • 1st in State 2021, Flight IV

  • 2nd in State 2019, Flight IV

    • Caption Awards: Visual Performance

  • 2nd in State 2018, Flight IV

    • Caption Awards: General Effect

  • 5th is State 2017, Flight III

  • 1st in State 2016, Flight IV

  • 1st in State 2015, Flight IV

    • Caption Awards: General Effect, Visual Performance, Music Performance

  • featured in Halftime Magazine

ORCHESTRA

  • Straight First Division Ratings, both Middle & High School, MSBOA Festival, 2016

  • Presented "Electrify Your Strings", performing with Mark Wood of Trans Siberian Orchestra

    • Read more and see the photo gallery here »

WINTERGUARD

  • 1st in State 2023, Scholastic Regional A

  • 1st in State 2019, Perfect Season!

  • 1st in State 2018, Scholastic Regional A

  • 2nd in State 2009, Independent A competition

JAZZ BAND

  • Performed at Detroit International Jazz Festival

WIND ENSEMBLE

  • Earned Superior Rating (1s) at MSBOA District Band Festival for the last 25 consecutive years

INDEPENDENT PERCUSSION 

  • 2015 2nd Place, WGI World Championship

INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION

2017-18

  • 2 FMS Students Nominated to Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Orchestra

  • 6 FMS Students Join Detroit Symphony Orchestra Honors Band Festival

  • 1 Student in All-State Band

  • 10 FHS band students MSBOA Honors Band

  • 5 orchestra students in Oakland University Honors Orchestra Weekend

2016-17

  • 2 MYAF (Michigan Youth Arts Festival) musicians

  • Chamber Ensemble invited to audition at MYA Festival

  • 8 students Oakland U Honors Orchestra

  • 2 FHS Students Selected for Michigan Youth Arts Festival

  • 3 Students selected to All-State Band and Orchestra

  • 10 students MSBOA District 4 Honors Bands

2015-16

  • 2 students in Michigan Youth Arts Orchestra

  • 11 DSO Middle School Youth Honors Band

  • 2 Students All-State Youth Orchestra

  • 1 Student All State Band

  • 2 students in International Youth Symphony Orchestra Nov 201

  • 3 students in MYA Orchestra

​2014-15

  • 3 students in MYA Orchestra

  • 1 Student in All State Band

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