A Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of St. Thomas, Dr. Matthew J. George is active as a conductor and clinician/lecturer which have taken him across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, continental Europe, Ireland and the UK, Australia, Japan, China, Brazil and Argentina. He's led his ensembles to performances at major music conferences and in venues throughout the world including Australia and Cuba. In addition, Dr. George has a large number of commissions to his credit, including one that will be heard at the International Band Festival by Chinese composer Chin Qian.

Saint Paul's premiere civic band performs in Beijing and Shanghai.


Grand Symphonic Winds go to China

A Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of St. Thomas, Dr. Matthew J. George is active as a conductor and clinician/lecturer which have taken him across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, continental Europe, Ireland and the UK, Australia, Japan, China, Brazil and Argentina. He's led his ensembles to performances at major music conferences and in venues throughout the world including Australia and Cuba. In addition, Dr. George has a large number of commissions to his credit, including one that will be heard at the International Band Festival by Chinese composer Chin Qian.


Matthew George

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