Student Musicians Shine in Three Spring Concerts

Hopkins musicians presented three evenings of uplifting music to packed audiences in the Academic & Performing Arts Center to showcase a year of hard work and practice. Stand-out soloists at each concert impressed the crowds with their powerful performances.

On Tuesday, May 5, the Hopkins Choirs—including the Concert Choir, Treble Choir, Jazz Choir, the Chamber Quartet, and Seventh and Eighth Grade Vocal Arts—took to the stage, directed by Director of Choral Music Erika Schroth. The program featured a wide range of genres, including traditional folk songs like "Red River Valley," songs from musicals like Rent and Waitress, as well as popular music like "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John and "What a Fool Believes" by Michael McDonald.

On Thursday, May 7, the Hopkins Orchestra filled the room with beautiful melodies, directed by Arts Department Chair Bobby Smith. The program included four movements from Idyll for Strings by Leoš Janáček, the Intermezzo from Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 25 by Josef Suk, and finally the third movement from Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

And finally, on Friday, May 8, the Hopkins Bands, directed by Director of Instrumental Music Erik Elligers—including the Jazz Ensemble, H-Bop, the 7th and 8th Grade Instrumental Ensembles, and the Concert Band—got the audience's feet tapping. The program offered a wide range of selections including jazz standards like "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima, "Fables of Faubus" by Charles Mingus, and modern surprises like "Golden" from the movie KPop Demon Hunters.

Watch each of these performances in the videos below.