Concert with Special Guest Andy Narell at Red Ink Studios.

Performed at the Syracuse Jazz Festival.

Performed at the Flint Jazz Festival

Performed at the Detroit International Jazz Festival

Performed at the Syracuse Jazz Festival.

Top honors at the Heritage Music Festival in St. Louis with the highest score of any band at the festival.

Performed at the Mott Community College Ballenger Trust Speaker Series featuring Harry Belafonte as guest speaker.

Performed twice at the Detroit International Jazz Festival with Special Guest Andy Narell.

Performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Columbus, Ohio

Performed twice at the Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Won the Gold Award and the Adjudicator’s Trophy at the Heritage Music Festival in New York City.

Performed at the Mott Community College Ballenger Trust Speaker Series featuring Spike Lee as guest speaker.

Performed at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Featured cover story in School Band and Orchestra Magazine.

Top honors at the Heritage Music Festival in Chicago with the highest score of any band at the Festival.

Featured guest artists with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra.

Performed a concert and a master class at “Journees de la Percussion 2001” at the Paris Conservatoire.

Performed a showcase concert at the 2002 Music Educators National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Won the national “Call for Tapes”, and performed a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International convention in Dallas, Texas.

Performed at the Disability Network National Technology Task Force in Flint, Michigan, which featured President Clinton as guest speaker.

The Steelheads compact disc, Points of Departure, is released.

Recognized as an exemplary program by the Michigan Association of School Boards.

Recognized as an outstanding program by the Michigan Education Association.

Opening performance for Free Flight with an audience of over 1,400 people at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Top honors at the Heritage Music Festival in New York City with the highest score in the 20 year history of the Festival.

One of 35 school groups worldwide selected to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, receiving a citation of excellence from the International Association of Jazz Educators.

The first amateur group from the US to ever perform at the International Nice Jazz Festival in Nice, France.

Performed at the International Jazz a Vienne in Vienne, France.

Performed at the Montreux Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Performed at the Governor’s Education Summit in Lansing, MI.

Opening performance for the Canadian Brass for an audience of over 1,400 people at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis.

Top honors at the Heritage Music Festival in Chicago with the highest score of any band at the Festival.

Performed at the Governors’ Conference in Dearborn, Michigan.

Performed as guest artists with the Saginaw Symphony as part of the Holiday Pops concert, broadcast on radio and television throughout Michigan and nationwide in Canada.

Top honors at the Heritage Music Festival in London, England, with the highest score of any band at the Festival, including steel bands from London and the Virgin Islands.

Performed at the Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music in Ann Arbor, Michigan.