Hopkins Public Schools Bands

Jazz I, Jazz II and Women in Jazz concert tonight! Tuesday 5/12 at 7pm

Join us for a special evening of music as the Grand Symphonic Winds, an award-winning wind ensemble under the direction of Dr. Matthew George, performs in concert with the HHS Wind Ensemble on Friday, May 1 at 7:00 PM.

The HHS Wind Ensemble is honored to host this performance and will also premiere Giovanni Santos’ Clemente, 21, a work honoring baseball legend and civil rights advocate Roberto Clemente.

Admission is free, and the concert will be held at the HHS Auditorium.
We hope to see you there!

HHS Wind Ensemble will be performing alongside Grand Symphonic Winds. We will be fortunate to premiere Giovanni Santos’ new work Clemente,21.

Join us!

🎶 Last concert of the season — and we're going out with a bang.

If you've been meaning to catch a GSW concert, make it this one. May 1st at Hopkins High School, 7 PM.

Some of the highlights?
First and foremost, we are excited to share this concert with the Hopkins High School Wind Ensemble and are looking forward to the opportunity to listen to them.

Second, we are performing John Williams' Escapades — drawn from his Academy Award-nominated score for Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002). Sophisticated and jazzy — it features our own Doug Matuska on alto saxophone, joined by Justin Schramm on vibraphone, Keith Koehlmoos on piano, and Josh King on string bass to fill out that irresistible 1960s groove sound.

And we can't wait to perform the Overture to The Wreckers — a stunning piece by Ethel Smyth, brilliantly transcribed for wind ensemble by our own Andy Tanick.

Rounding out the program: works by Ching-Shan Chang, Oliver Waespi, and Dennis Llinás.

A special thank you to the Hopkins High School Wind Ensemble and director Nora Tycast for sharing the stage with us — we can't think of a better way to close out the season!

Great music. Great people. Come hear both. 🎷

📍 Hopkins High School | May 1, 2026 | 7 PM