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Every two years, band directors in the West Michigan area have the opportunity to nominate outstanding student musicians for this special Honor Band experience. No auditions are needed. Acceptance into the groups is based on Director nomination/student lottery. The goal is to have student representation from all schools participating in the event. Students who are selected will have the opportunity to work with a Guest Conductor, rehearse music during the day, and perform a concert of selected repertoire that very same evening for their family and friends! Please consider nominating some of your great 7th & 8th grade students!
Middle School Honor Band Committee Chair
Middle School Honor Band Committee Members
2027 District X MS Honor Band
Event Date
Saturday, January 16, 2027
*Make-up snow date (if needed): Sunday, January 17, 2026
Location
Allendale High School
10760 68th Ave
Allendale, MI 49401
Event Time
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Concert time: 4:00 PM - AHS Auditorium
2027 MSBOA D10 Honor Band Conductors
Matt Palmieri - Grand Rapids Southwest Middle/High School (MSBOA D10 & MSBOA State Teacher of the Year, 2025) - 7th Grade Band
Spencer White - Hastings Public Schools (MSBOA D10 Teacher of the Year, 2023) - 8th Grade Band
Cost
There is a $25 fee per student for participation.
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POSTED: 11-2-26 (copy/paste email that went out to all nominating Directors on Friday, October 30th, 2026)
Dear Colleagues,
The time has come! The District 10 Middle School Honor Band Committee has met and personnel for the 2027 groups have been selected by random lottery!
Thank you for nominating your students.
Below, you will find the rosters for both the 7th & 8th grade groups:
2027 MSBOA District 10 Honor Band Rosters
NEXT STEPS
After checking the rosters, please let your students know if they were or were not selected for the event. For students who did not secure a spot this time around, a simple conversation with them to the effect of, "remember, this was a random selection lottery and hopefully you'll get a chance to get nominated for the HS honor groups in the future" would be fitting.
For students who did secure a seat in the group, please share the informational parent letter below with their parents as soon as you can. I'd suggest sending it home as a physical copy with your selected students and emailing parents a digital copy as well:
2027 Parent Letter - MSBOA District 10 MS Honor Band
Parents should fill out the Registration Google Form and return their child's $25.00 participation fee to their Director by November 16 in order to participate.
DIRECTOR INFORMATION
After students have turned their fee in to their Director, Directors should mail ONE CHECK to Monica Jones (District 10 Honor Band Committee Chair) by December 9.
Please mail checks to:
Monica Jones
Band Director
Grandville Middle School
4900 Canal Ave SW
Grandville, MI 49418
MUSIC - Music will NOT be delivered in physical folders via Meyer Music. We are in the process of getting music scanned in and it will be uploaded to this Google Drive folder for you to print and distribute to your students:
2027 MSBOA District 10 Music Folder
Part assignments (including wind instruments (where necessary) and Percussion) will be updated to the roster spreadsheet as the music is scanned in so please check back for parts to print. (I will also email again when it's ready!)
Thank you to the District 10 Honor Band Committee for their hard work to make this amazing opportunity happen for our band kids!
Luke DeVries, Zeeland Christian School
Rebecca Kilgore, East Rockford Middle School
Loren Koella, Riley Street Middle School
Joey Wells, Allendale Middle School
Anna Werling, Grandville Middle School
Please let me/us know if you have any further questions at this time.
Sincerely,
Monica Jones
Band Director
Grandville Middle School
4900 Canal Ave SW
Grandville, MI 49418
mjones@gpsbulldogs.org
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Here is the sample letter for nominations (have students check the date)
*** NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 **
Please check back to this website regularly for updates and let Monica Jones know if you have any additional questions!
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