The Hawkeye

Joined through music, from strings to a capella

By Ciara Constantino and Evan Kerani • March 1, 2023

Weeks ago, the Edmonds School District (ESD) music program held their annual quad concerts, bringing elementary, middle and high school students together to rehearse and perform. The school district,...

An evening swing to end the night

By Miles Young and Sofia Nowak Terkelsen • November 11, 2022

On Nov. 4, MTHS hosted a swing dance, a night filled with fun dance, delicious desserts and wonderful jazz music. Performing were Jazz Ensemble 1 and 2 along with vocalists, soloists and even two dance...

Hawks’ greatest hits

By Ciara Constantino and Mya Phin • November 11, 2022

From R&B to jazz, pop and rock, music unites people and creates communities. You could hear a familiar tune on the radio and immediately start singing along to it. Music tastes vary from person to...

Jazz 1 finishes year with virtual Essentially Ellington

By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff • June 24, 2020

In mid-May, the posters for Essentially Ellington arrived from New York, all shipped to the home of sophomore Jazz 1 trumpeter Eli Faris. Throughout the day, band members or their parents arrived as Faris...

Celebrating the healing power of music

By Ritika Khanal, Op/Ed Editor • March 10, 2020

I recently marked my 10th year of attending the Wintergrass Youth Academy at the Hyatt Hotel in Bellevue. The academy is part of the Wintergrass Festival, which is an annual bluegrass festival. Bluegrass...

On a (drum) roll!

By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff • March 5, 2020

After 300 miles on the road, senior jazz 2 pianist Lindee Cutler and I joined the rest of the band halfway through featured artist Sean Jones’ set, with drummer Chris Brown, bassist Dave Captein...

Jazz 1 on the road to prestigious festival

By Theresa Van, Lifestyle Editor • March 2, 2020

Terrace’s Jazz Ensemble 1 has once again been selected to participate in the 25th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York...

Photo Gallery: Drama Department pulls off “Godspell”

By Caroline Erdey, Photo Editor • February 26, 2020

Orchestra and choir unite for last concert of the decade

By Damaris Ibrahim , Hawkeye Staff • January 4, 2020

On Tuesday, December 17, choir and orchestra students came together for their annual winter concert. The concert was especially notable as the last one of the decade for both Terrace’s choir and orchestra. Under...

Jazz celebrates holidays, previews things to come

By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff • December 26, 2019

Winter is perhaps the busiest time of year for the Mountlake Terrace Jazz bands. They just finished a round of clinics with esteemed musician Justin DiCioccio less than a week after coming back from a...

Quilters: Intersectional issues through a historical lens

By Maggie O'Hara and Rachel Davis • December 23, 2019

The MTHS drama department’s first production of the 2019-2020 school year was “Quilters,” a musical based on the book “The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art” by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley....

Terrace choirs carol for elderly

By Nina Otebele, Outreach Manager • December 20, 2019

“Candlelight, angel light, Firelight and starglow, Shine on his cradle 'til breaking of dawn. Gloria, gloria, in excelsis deo, Angels are singing, the Christ child is born.” So go the lyrics to “Candlelight...