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The St. Amant High School Band Program is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding band programs in the state of Louisiana. Founded in 1978, the St. Amant High School Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Concert Band have earned over seventy five Sweepstakes Trophies and nineteen Superior Plaques at District & State Concert Festivals, and have never scored anything other than superior ratings at marching festivals and competitions since the band began competing.

The St. Amant High School Bands have represented the State of Louisiana at numerous conferences and clinics throughout its existence. The Wind Symphony was one of four bands selected in world auditions to perform at the Western International Band Clinic in San Jose, California, received the National High School Band Achievement Award which was given by First Chair of America, represented Louisiana at the Four-States Band Masters Convention in Texarkana, Arkansas, the Ark-La-Tex Band Conference at Louisiana Tech University, the Southern Conductors Conference in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and the Loyola Invitational Band Festival in New Orleans. The band has also placed second at the prestigious GNAI, and was awarded most outstanding brass and soloist awards at that festival. in 2006, the St. Amant High School Wind Symphony performed on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The St. Amant High School Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony have all placed first in their division at the LMEA State Band Festivals since 1998, and have all received many other prestigious invitations.

The St. Amant High Band regularly places many student musicians in local, state, and regional honor bands and ensembles. In the 2001-2002 school year, for example, the band placed 30 students in the All-District Band, 8 in All-State, 42 in the Ark-La-Tex Band, and 25 at the All-South Honor Band, and 9 students in the NBA National Honor Band.