| I don't see anything wrong with honoring a prior commitment in a case like this. And I don't really see that your band director has any right to be angry at you for sticking with the prior commitment, except for selfishness on his part.
Maybe you can be more careful in checking for conflicting dates on future commitments. But it also seems to me the director could also learn from this mix up and be a little more efficient in distributing essential information in the future.
Do what your conscience tells you to do. You have to live with it much longer than a high school band director. I'm sure that in your future life there will be many times when doing what you think is right will anger someone else. And in each occasion you will have to decide whether you will allow yourself to be manipulated by someone else's anger into violating your own conscience, or sticking to your convictions. This occasion is just good practice for life. Do what you think is right.
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