Flamenco (Yoder)
Roseville High School 17th Annual Spring Concert
Varsity Band
Seraphime Mike, Conductor
May 14, 1966
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Seraphime Mike, a native of Detroit, graduated from Eastern High School in 1942 and served over two years in the US Army. He was a radio operator during World War II in the European theatre.
After his service he attended Wayne State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 1949. He later returned to be awarded a Master of Arts Degree in Administration in Secondary Education in 1955. At the University of Michigan, he completed twenty additional twenty hours beyond his Master of Arts and another two hours in Marching Band techniques.
In 1949 he began his 37-year tenure as a music teacher in the Roseville School District. The district's High School at the time was named Burton and serviced grades seven through twelve. In addition to the High School, he taught at three elementary schools.
Band Members performed in annual band concerts. The Marching Band performed at all home football games. Select students took part in solo and ensemble festivals.
In the early years, there was a six-week summer band program for new students entering the High School band. In addition, the band marched in nearby community festivals in Romeo, Utica, and East Detroit amongst others.
With time, the school system grew. New elementary and junior high schools were built. Along with the city and its school district, the high school band program also flourished under his leadership. New band events included marching at the city's annual Rose Festival and Memorial Day Parade.
In the late 1960's, Seraphime was invited to organize a band from the greater Detroit area that toured Europe in 1970. Several of his Roseville students took part. For many of the young Detroiters involved, it was their first trip across the Atlantic.
Additionally, in the 1960's, he worked diligently advocating the need for a functional, appropriate place for students and the community to perform and experience beautiful music. He worked to persuade the Roseville School Administration and citizens to make this happen. The result was the building of the Roseville High School auditorium where high school concerts, musicals, guest performers and cultural programs were presented. Prior to the construction of the Roseville High School Auditorium concerts were performed in the school's gymnasium. In November of 2017, The Auditorium was dedicated to and renamed Seraphime Mike Auditorium.
In 1972, the Roseville High School band under Seraphime's direction was invited to the first international band festival hosted in Vienna Austria. Under his leadership the band garnered high ratings in both the concert and marching competitions.
During his tenure he spent 20 years teaching Music Appreciation at Macomb County Community College and assumed the position of interim Conductor of the Community College's band all while fulfilling his responsibilities at Roseville High School.
Before retiring, his accolades and awards too numerous to list here include: Induction into American School Band Directors Association, and in 1967 selection as one of ten outstanding band directors in the US. In 1984 the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association selected him as teacher of the year. He adjudicate for over 30 years at the District and State levels in Solo and Ensemble as well as Band and Orchestra Festivals. In addition, he was a founding charter member of the Roseville Arts Festival.
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