The Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble was one of two high school bands to put on a concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 1. The band was one of five nationwide invited to play at the Inaugural Cleveland Orchestra/Baldwin Wallace Conservatory International Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 12.
Kassandra Zaragova, left, and Savannah Cecchini warm up on their flutes before the start of the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Horn players Lukas Deshotel, left, and Kateland Howard warm up on their instruments prior to the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Band conductor Andrew Hunter, standing, leads the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble through a warm-up session prior to the band’s concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Percussionist Dawson Redd plays a few notes near the end of the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s rehearsal for its concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Percussionist Jacob Alder bangs out a few notes on the drums during the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s final warm-up before playing a concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Members of the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s clarinet section blast out a tune while the band warms up for its concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Members of the trumpet section for the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble focus on the music sheet while rehearsing for Thursday’s concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond.
Morgan Lovell warms up on the contrabass clarinet prior to the Denham Springs High School Wind Ensemble’s concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Hammond on Thursday, Feb. 1.