You can support some of the area’s best young musicians from around the area, including Door and Kewaunee counties, on Saturday as they form the Bay Area Music Association Honors Band. The students apply to join the ensemble before the area’s band directors make their selections. This year, the students will spend most of the day rehearsing at Gibraltar Secondary School, with UW-Green Bay Director of Bands Dr. Michael Knight leading them before hosting a concert in the afternoon. Gibraltar band director Charlie Eckhardt says it is an excellent opportunity for area kids to practice and perform with each other on a larger scale and get feedback from a college-level instructor.

After they rehearse all day, you can listen to the fruits of their labor when the Bay Area Music Association Honors Band hosts their free performance at the Door Community Auditorium on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Picture courtesy of Southern Door School District from January 2022