Denis Swope will become the music director for the Columbia Community Band.
“I am so excited about the opportunity to be working with such a talented group of people,” Swope said in a statement. “The Columbia Community Band has a fantastic reputation throughout the region, and I am honored to now be leading this group.”
Swope succeeds the late Director Emeritus Paul Copenhaver, who became director in 2017. Swope will direct the band with Assistant Director Phil Wood.
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