Good things have come in threes recently for the Monroe Public Schools instrumental music program.  The trend continues as three musicians have received state-wide recognition and three musical groups – including a vocal group – earned superior ratings recently at an Ohio musical festival.

            Three students earned prestigious Michigan School Band and Orchestra (MSBOA) Scholar Instrumentalist Awards, which recognize young musicians who achieve both academically and musically.  Monroe students who were recognized were Morgan Kline, Monroe High School Orchestra; Jacob Foulkrod, Monroe Middle School Orchestra; and Erin Bressler, Monroe Middle School Band.

            “In the State of Michigan, this is a very exclusive group since each member school may nominate only one school musician per year in orchestra and band,” said Mrs. Ann Felder, orchestra director at MMS and MHS.  The students were nominated by Mrs. Felder and by Monroe Middle School band director Chris Morelli.

            In another musical activity that involved threes, over this past weekend, three groups from Monroe Middle School earned superior ratings in the annual Trills and Thrills Festival in Sandusky, Ohio.  Those groups are the Monroe Middle School Orchestra, MMS eighth-grade choir and the MMS eighth-grade band.