Hillgrove High School was opened in the Fall of 2006, and is a part of the Cobb County School System. Hillgrove is located in Powder Springs, Georgia, a northwest suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Beginning with the first concerts at Hillgrove in 2006, The Hillgrove Orchestras and Bands have established a tradition of excellence, consistently earning ‘superior’ ratings at the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation, and selected to perform at the GMEA State Conference on five occasions. Hillgrove has performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls and venues around the world, including the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, four performances at Carnegie Hall in New York, and concert tours of China and France.