Photos: Whitefish High School orchestra and band concert

Carter Bechtle on alto saxophone and Kira Raines on French Horn at the Whitefish High School concert June 3. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Seniors Jackson Schindler and Echo Thomas leading the orchestra on violin. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Sophomore Lucy Marzo playing viola. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Combined orchestras stand for applause. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Leo Bungener and Kira Raines at the Whitefish High School orchestra/band concert June 3. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Peter Schram on trombone at the Whitefish High School concert June 3. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Seniors Tristan Shoff, percussionist, Jackson Schindler, violinist, and Holden Coleman, bassist, give mini speeches at the combined band/orchestra concert June 3. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Tristan Shoff, piano soloist during the band's wind ensemble "Rhapsody in Blue." (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

Isaac Rudolph on baritone saxophone gets a solo spotlight. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)

| June 11, 2025 12:00 AM

Whitefish High School orchestra and band students combined for a spectacular performance to close out the 2024-25 school year at the Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, June 3.

Orchestra played “Fugue and Nocturne” by Norman Leyden, “Orange Jam,” “Starlight by Muse,” and music from Disney’s "Brave." The symphony orchestra played “March to the Scaffold” by Hector Berlioz and a medley from the "Sound of Music."

Concert band played “Byzantine Dances” and “A Disney Spectacular.” Chamber winds performed “The Storyteller” with the spotlight on Yaphet Jones on trumpet, Chloe Cheff on violin, and Peggy Young on harp. Wind ensemble performed “Rhapsody in Blue” with Tristan Shoff having a grand piano solo.