Several De La Salle Collegiate Marching Band students, along with DLS Music Teacher Robert Cornwell, ‘19, recently traveled to Albion College to participate in the college’s Band Day on Saturday, November 1. This was the second year that DLS participated in the event.  

The DLS group included a sophomore from Regina; the band has 11 boys and 3 girls from Regina. 

Cornwell, a 2023 Albion graduate, was active with the Music Program at Albion. 

He and the students rehearsed briefly with the Albion band, and after lunch and changing into uniforms, marched, along with about 10 other high schools, with the Albion Briton Brigade Marching Band. 

All the bands played with the college band for its pregame performance, including the National Anthem, and then performed Sweet Home Alabama and California Girls alongside the Band during halftime. 

Cornwell also played tenor sax with the Marching Band on the field and in the stands during the game.

“The Band Day experience is truly invaluable,” Cornwell said. “Our students had the opportunity to work with multiple college professors, meet new people, and share their love of performing. It also gave them a firsthand look at collegiate-level ensembles and helped them further develop their musical skills.”

Cornwell added,”In De La Salle’s music program, I had many incredible opportunities, and I am blessed to now be in a position where I can offer those same experiences to my own students. 

“Being able to work with the two programs that helped shape me into the musician and educator I am today is incredibly meaningful. The experience was made even more special because our students had the chance to meet my college band director and the mentor teacher with whom I completed my student teaching. 

“I felt very proud to show them the journey that brought me from those formative experiences to where I am now.”

Several boys from De La Salle are also singing in the Regina Chorus. 

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Back Row: Isaac Brink, Sam Knechtl, and Robert Cornwell
Middle row: Michael Daher, Gabe Enghauser
Front row: Lex Adkins, Ben Parr, Ender Straughn