I started the 9th grade as first chair trumpet in the Monroe Junior High School band. I ended up the year as the first chair baritone. How I came to be in that position depends on who tells the story.

One colleague said it was long overdue. Mark Hourigan, the director of bands at Novi High School since 2002, was named District 4 band teacher of the year by the Michigan School Band and Orchestra ...

Walled Lake’s high school band competed in Novi Fanfare at Novi High School Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Roy Akers / For MediaNews Group) Novi High School hosted high school bands from around the region ...

A 91-year-old farmer sits on a chair in his cornfield near one of his barns, built in the 19th century, holding his beloved baritone sax. A trumpeter puts back on the Army uniform he wore as a ...