Cut off by her wealthy father, a young woman talks her boyfriend into robbing a check cashing spot. Things don’t quite work out for the couple, however, who are now being pursued by the cops.

Trumpet player Roy Allen starts anew as a music teacher in a school full of kids with little exposure to music. Roy connects with a talented virtuoso in need of a father figure. Through the journey of launching a school band and learning to reach kids on their own terms, Nate reconnects with his own estranged son, becoming the father he always wanted to be.