The Ballard High School orchestra traveled to New York City over spring break and brought home several awards from the Heritage Festival.

The orchestra received average scores of 96 from the three judges, received a "gold" rating for scoring in the 90s and won second place in their division. They also won an Adjudicator's Award for having average scores of 92 or higher.

Colleen Maluda won a Maestro Award for her outstanding solo in John Rutter's "Suite for Strings."

The orchestra also won the "Spirit of New York City Award" for being the one group in the festival (out of 25) that best represented their school and community.