Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds amaze at winter concert
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
January 15, 2020
Backstage on December 17, the large MTHS Symphonic Band whispered excitedly before they went on stage. “It’s our last concert of the decade,” someone quipped, probably for the hundredth time. The Winter Concert has been a fixture for music programs across the nation, and MTHS is no exception. It is...
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 three-day retreat. Jazz 1 has begun recording for Hot Java, Cool Jazz, and they’re getting ready for a t...
Favorites return and freshmen debut at Jazz Collective concert
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
September 9, 2019
On the evening of August 29, students from the MTHS Jazz program came together for an intimate, hidden gem of a concert. The standard format, in which performers are segregated into their classes -- Jazz 1, 2 and 3-- was cast aside in favor of The Jazz Collective. Made up of a series of combos, it ...
Jazz 1 exhilarates crowd at Hot Java, Cool Jazz
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
April 11, 2019
The Paramount Theater has over 3,000 seats, and every March, Hot Java, Cool Jazz (HJCJ) fills all of them. Every year, elite jazz bands from five Washington high schools are invited to perform on behalf of Starbucks for a night filled with the very things the event is named after. On March 15, MTHS’ very own Jazz Ensemble 1 was one such band. With an interior decorated in Beaux Arts style, the Baroque furnishings contrasted with the percolating caffeine and the modern guests who mille...
Terrace jazz stuns at the Oregon Jazz Festival
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
February 12, 2019
Many Mountlake Terrace jazz students were not in a good mood on Saturday, Jan. 26. The day prior, they had to get up early and leave the school at 7:30 a.m. to take a seven and a half hour trip to the University of Oregon in Eugene. They stopped for lunch in Vancouver, and were pretty sure that jun...
Ari Hoenig Trio returns for a night of rhythm
By Amy Harris, Hawkeye Staff
December 8, 2018
The MTHS theater hosted drummer Ari Hoenig and his trio, featuring pianist Nitai Hershovits and bassist Or Bareket, for the second time on December 4. The night began for jazz students right after school ended, where they reported for rehearsal with Hoenig, Hershovits and Bareket to parse out how ex...
Jazz 1 brings home honors from 23rd annual Essentially Ellington
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 19, 2018
The judges for the 23rd annual Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival (Essentially Ellington) announced the top three performing bands on Saturday, May 12 in Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center. They named the top-placing bands to be Newark Academy (Livingston, N.J.), Dillard Center for the A...
Jazz 1 takes Essentially Ellington stage by storm
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 15, 2018
Months of practice and preparation paid off once again as Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) took center stage at the 23rd annual Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival (Essentially Ellington) on Friday, May 11. MTHS attended as one of 15 high school jazz band finalists and one of three Washi...
Jazz 1 completes first day of Essentially Ellington with pomp
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2018
Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) spent nearly the entirety of their Thursday at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) for a long day of preparation, balanced with lavish treatment, for the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival (Essentially Ellington). They arrived at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 10 for a ...
Jazz 1 reunites with clinician in preparation for Essentially Ellington
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2018
Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) kept the “work hard, play hard” principle in mind for their New York trip before attending the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival (Essentially Ellington) by attending a practice session in the free day before the event. Jazz 1 worked with professional ja...
Jazz ensembles boost morale with Essentially Ellington send off
By Nhung Lam, Graphics Editor
May 6, 2018
The MTHS jazz ensembles hosted a send off event for Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) on Saturday, May 5th to the 23rd annual Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival (EE) on May 10-12. Jazz 1 will leave for their trip to New York on Tuesday, May 8. The student-initiated and planned send off event was set up by j...
Jazz 1 earns standing ovation at Hot Java Cool Jazz
By Jackson Freund, Lifestyle Editor
April 11, 2018
“It’s a night to celebrate our local high schools,” Erin Combs, Starbucks Community Partnerships Manager and announcer of the night, said. The MTHS Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) performed alongside four other high schools with a full house at the Paramount Theater in Seattle for the 23rd annual H...