Music Department
Hopkins JHS has a comprehensive 7th and 8th grade instrumental music department including approximately 330 students per year. It includes three levels of concert bands (Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble), two levels of jazz bands (Jazz Workshop, Jazz Ensemble), two levels of string orchestras (Intermediate Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra), and a full orchestra. All ensembles participate in multiple performances throughout the year including Winter & Spring Concerts, CMEA Bay Section Festivals, a Music in the Parks Festival at California's Great America, and a Music in the Parks Festival in Anaheim (Disneyland). In Spring 2012, Hopkins' bands, orchestras, and jazz ensemble received "Superior" ratings at festivals. The Intermediate Orchestra received a "1st Place Overall Orchestra" award at the Great America Festival. Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Advanced Orchestra received "1st Place Overall" awards at the Disneyland festival, with Advanced Orchestra achieving the highest rating of any group at the festival. (In Spring of 2012, the Hopkins Advanced Orchestra received an overall score of "100" at the Anaheim/Disneyland Festival.) The Hopkins Advanced Orchestra recently was a featured performing ensemble at the California All-State Music Education Conference in February 2012. The Hopkins Wind Ensemble was a featured performing ensemble at The California Association for Music Education (CMEA) State Conference in Sacramento in March 2010.It is taught by Greg Conway, teaching over 600 students a day on a normal basis.
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