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Upcoming Events:

May 12 - BHS Band Spring Concert - 7pm - GZCA
May 15 - All District Jazz Concert w/Sherrie Maricle - 7pm - GZCA
​May 19 - BHS Choir Spring Concert - 7pm - GZCA

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Most BHS concerts in the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts are livestreamed. To access, simply click the button link to the right or go to the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts YouTube page. Please note that most livestreams start approximately 2 minutes before the scheduled concert start time. Enjoy the show!

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Band Program (05/12/25)
2025 Band Senior Spotlights

District Jazz Bands to Host Special Guest Artist

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The Brainerd Public Schools Jazz Ensembles will host renowned drummer Sherrie Maricle in concert on Thursday May 15th at 7pm in the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts. Sherrie will be a feature soloist with the BHS Jazz Ensemble I. Ticket Link below! She will also be leading a FREE EDUCATIONAL DRUM CLINIC on May 14th at 4:30pm in the BHS band room. Attendees to the drum clinic should RSVP to [email protected].
Sherrie leads The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, her quintet FIVE PLAY and co-leads the 3D Jazz Trio. She is a busy freelance performer, a published composer/arranger and a prominent clinician, guest conductor and soloist. She has performed on multiple continents at many of the world’s most acclaimed music venues and festivals. DIVA co-stars in the award-winning documentary film The Girls in the Band and can be seen on TCM’s broadcast of the 25th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center, America’s Got Talent and the NBC Fireworks Spectacular. Her awards and honors include the 2023 Yamaha Music in Education, Legacy Award 2022 Ronald McDonald House Music for Hope award; 2014 Ovation award for “Best Music Direction” in Tappin Thru Life; the 2009 Mary Lou Williams-Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000 Sherrie earned a PhD in Jazz performance and composition from New York University.

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BHS Music Department Hosted The US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants

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​The BHS Music Department hosted the US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants in a concert on Monday April 8th, 2024  in the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts Auditorium. 

2024 BHS A CAPPELLA CHOIR TOUR to ​IRELAND

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Brainerd, MN 56401
218-454-6200
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Baxter, MN 56245
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