F.A.Q.

Are you hoping to be a future member of the Oak Valley Band Program?  Hopefully this will answer questions you might have.  If not, be sure to contact Mr. Hogaboom!!

Welcome to the internet home of the Oak Valley Bands. We start students in the 6th grade, teaching them everything they need to know to play their instruments. No prior experience is necessary, 6th grade is all about taking students from having no knowledge of their instrument to being independent musicians.  We perform in 4 concerts, 3 in the evening for our parents and one during the school day for 5th grade students.

The fun doesn't stop there, it's just beginning!  We also have bands in 7th and 8th grade, where we continue to develop skills and increase our opportunities to perform. The Concert & Varsity bands take part in Michigan School Band and Orchestra events during the year. The bands also perform in school concerts and take performance based trips in the spring. The Concert & Varsity bands are combined to march in the Milford Holiday Parade during Thanksgiving.

We also have a Jazz Band which is open to 7th and 8th grade students. This group rehearses before school at various times during the year and performs at various concerts and other events.

All of our Oak Valley band students are welcome to join the Summer Band, which performs at Cedar Point and for the Milford 4th of July parade.  The Summer Band is  composed of students from all of the Huron Valley Middle Schools.