MSBOA Band Festival

MSBOAThe Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) District Band Festival is an opportunity for ensembles from MSBOA member schools to perform a program of three pieces for adjudication.

District-level festivals are held throughout the state's 16 districts from mid-February through mid-March. Ann Arbor Public Schools are members of MSBOA District XII.

Each performing ensemble is evaluated by three performance adjudicators and one sight-reading adjudicator. Each performing group is rated on a scale from "1" to "5" with "1" being the highest rating possible. The overall score is computed using a formula which combines the ratings of each judge.

Participating ensembles that earn a rating of "1" or "2" at District or State Festivals receive a certificate and plaque for display at their school and medals for each student.

The Pioneer Bands and Pioneer Band Association families host the MSBOA District XII Band Festival at Pioneer High School in mid-March, a day to hear great music, watch sight reading, and help run a concession stand! We provide the space and the food to feed ten or twelve hungry bands' worth of students, parents, directors, and fans. Our PBA parents staff the concession, selling beverages, bagels, sweets & pizza. Volunteers are needed to work, and to listen to our Pioneer Band Students play! Flyers will go out before the event to solicit the beverages & snacks for sale. (Middle School-aged siblings can be great workers too, and it is a wonderful experience for them if they plan to be in the Pioneer Bands!)

This year's District XII Band Festival will be hosted by Pioneer on Saturday, March 3, 2012.