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Huron High School alum, and U.S. Marine Band clarinetist Jonathon Troy returned to the district for a Picnic Pop performance May 20, 2012. Troy also gave workshops with students at the high school.

NAMM Foundation names AAPS one of ‘Best Communities for Music Education’

April 19, 2013 AAPS News Editor

The NAMM Foundation has named the Ann Arbor Public Schools one of its “Best Communities for Music Education” this year, and it’s just one of three communities from Michigan to get the honor. NAMM, […]

Clague orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin named Yale Distinguished Music Educator

March 14, 2013 AAPS News Editor

Orchestra teacher Abigail Alwin is going on a four-day, all-expenses paid trip to Yale this summer to attend its Symposium on Music in Schools. She’ll join the other 50 teachers, out of over 300 applicants, […]

First-annual Pioneer Literary Arts Awards honor student writers

May 1, 2012 AAPS News Editor

The first-ever Literary Arts Awards at Pioneer High School dished out prizes for poetry, fiction, journalism, essay and satire on Friday, April 27.