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The Port Charlotte High School instrumental music department presented its Fall Concert on Monday evening at the Charlotte Center for Performing Arts and Education in Punta Gorda. It featured the Wind Orchestra led by conductor Jose A. Lopez Jr. Special Guest for the Fall Concert was the Florida Gulf Coast University/FGCU Wind Orchestra led by Dr. Rod M. Chesnutt, conductor.

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Aaron LePlante on percussion with the Port Charlotte High Wind Orchestra.

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Tayler Stufer on French horn, a part of the Wind Orchestra that played on stage at the Center for Performing Arts and Education in Punta Gorda on Monday evening.

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Catherine Denney plays the clarinet during one of the four pieces played by the Port Charlotte High wind orchestra.

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Adam Moore on trumpet during the piece “Pentland Hills” by Major J. W. Howe, played during the PCHS Fall Concert.

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Percussionist Aleksandr Grinchuk takes up the cymbals during one of the four pieces played Monday evening.

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Under the direction of Dr. Rod M. Chesnutt, the Florida Gulf Coast University Wind Orchestra was the special guest during the PCHS Fall Concert held Monday evening at CPAC.

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Surrounded by tubas and other French horns, Gina Huffman keeps her eyes on the music.

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Nathan Bell playing clarinet for the Port Charlotte High Wind Orchestra during its Fall Concert.

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Euphonium player Lisette Garcia and trombone player Manny Morrisey take a moment to relax while conductor Jose A. Lopez Jr. talks to the audience about the special relationship that his orchestra at Port Charlotte High has with Dr. Rod M. Chesnutt and his orchestra at FGCU.