As Part of its 2024 National Tour, the United States Navy Band to Perform at
Hendersonville High School
Ten HCPS Students Selected to join them on Stage
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. Feb 6, 2024 – The United States Navy Band will perform a free concert
Feb. 16th at the Hendersonville High School Auditorium at 7 pm. The performance will include one song
performed with students from Henderson County Public Schools.
Ten students from across HCPS will perform John Phillips Sousa’s Washington Post March with the U.S.
Navy Band. All U.S. Navy Band performances are free and open to the public, although ticket reservations
are required.
As part of the Navy Band’s 2024 national tour, the concert is a family-friendly event, meant to connect
community members across the country with their Navy. The U.S. Navy Concert Band is the premier
wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy. As the original ensemble of the Navy Band, the Concert Band has been
performing public concerts and participating in high-profile events for 98 years. The band performs a
wide array of marches, patriotic selections, orchestral transcriptions and modern wind ensemble
repertoire.
One of the U.S. Navy Band’s core responsibilities involves touring the country. All of the band’s primary
performing units embark each year on concert tours throughout specified regions of the country, allowing
the band to reach out to audiences in areas of the country that do not have opportunities to see the Navy's
premier musical ensembles on a regular basis.
The following HCPS students have been invited to perform with the band:
1. Elijah Bandy Percussion Hendersonville High
2. Noelle Benjamin Clarinet Hendersonville High
3. Caroline Pope Tuba Hendersonville High
4. Sebastian Sanchez Trombone Hendersonville High
5. Bryce Eames Trumpet West Henderson High
6. Sean Nakano French Horn West Henderson High
7. Sam Lewis Trombone North Henderson High
8. Jacob Houston Trumpet North Henderson High
9. Jordan Magyar Bass Clarinet East Henderson High
10. Humberto Perez Hernandez Trumpet East Henderson High
The concert is Friday, Feb. 16th at 7 pm. It is free and open to the public, but attendees are required to
claim a ticket at https://usnavyband.ticketleap.com/2024-concert-band-hendersonville/
U.S. NAVY BAND PERFORMS AT HHS ON FEB. 16th
