Summer Music School concert displays many facets of performing arts
By Annika Prom, Lifestyle Editor
July 21, 2017
Filed under A&E, Band, Choir, Featured Stories, Lifestyle, Music, Orchestra
The annual Summer Music School (SMS) program put on an evening concert full of improv and various styles Tuesday night in the gym. SMS is a three-week long workshop headed by the Edmonds School District that promotes and teaches visual and performing arts to students. Jazz 2 started off the night with “Sunny Moon for Two...
The Year in Review: 2016-2017
June 20, 2017
Filed under Featured Stories, News, School News
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Terrace graduates 300+ students – and one principal
June 19, 2017
Filed under Featured Stories, News, School News
Please consider making a donation to HBN for providing exemplary coverage of the 2017 Graduation Ceremonies. This is the first year that HBN has offered this video stream live and on-demand, whereas in the past HBN has only offered DVDs of the ceremony for sale. Please support our student broadcast program...
Schwab’s graduating
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 17, 2017
Filed under Feature, Featured Stories, Lifestyle, Special Edition
Greg Schwab has served the MTHS community for the past 13 years as its principal. Throughout those 13 years, he has become an inseparable member of the community and has become the well known and friendly face of the school’s administration. Now, Schwab is leaving his principal role to assume th...
Jazz, alumni band conclude school year at Jazz Alley
By Praditha Halstad, Hawkeye staff
June 6, 2017
Filed under A&E, Band, Featured Stories, Jazz, Lifestyle, Music
The MTHS Jazz Ensembles broke out their instruments one last time this school year at their end of the year concert, which took place at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Downtown Seattle on Wednesday, May 31. Before the show started, a Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) combo went up onstage and played two o...
SIFF premieres documentary; director and subject interact with students in Terrace theater
By Ben Eyman, Video Manager
May 30, 2017
Filed under A&E, Featured Stories, Lifestyle
“The Cage Fighter” is an intensely intimate film that follows the life of 40-year-old Joe Carman who grapples with following his passion for MMA fighting or settling down into fatherhood. About 150 Terrace students were the first in the area to see the 2017 documentary that was shot entirely i...
Renowned trumpeter collaborates in concert with jazz bands
By Annika Prom, Lifestyle Editor
May 25, 2017
Filed under A&E, Band, Featured Stories, Jazz, Lifestyle
Professional trumpet player Terell Stafford led a clinic with the three jazz bands, later joining them for a concert on Monday. Stafford is currently the Program Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. Jazz Ensemble 2 (Jazz 2) started off the ...
Stray Dogs, parents show support at Big E fundraiser
By Nolan DeGarlais, Hawkeye staff
May 23, 2017
Filed under Featured Stories, Lifestyle
The Big E Ales pub in Lynnwood hosted a fundraiser for the MTHS Grad Night scholarship fund on Saturday, May 20. MTHS families and community members 21 and over could come have dinner from 6 to 10 p.m. at Big E Ales while supporting the MTHS senior class by contributing to their Grad Night fund, w...
Sit in with Jazz 1 at Essentially Ellington – a 360° experience
By Praditha Halstad, Reporter/Videographer
May 23, 2017
Filed under A&E, Ellington, Featured Stories
Thanks to some nifty coordination between the Hawkeye and the trombone section of Jazz 1, now you, too, can sit in with the band as they perform at the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Look around. Check out the other sections. Take direction...
Senior Natu Abraham earns Rotary Club Inspiration award
By Annika Prom, Lifestyle Editor
May 22, 2017
Filed under Featured Stories, Lifestyle
Senior Natu Abraham was honored with the Inspiration award by the Rotary Club of Lynnwood on Thursday, May 18th. Abraham was nominated by paraeducator Debra Davenport as part of their Youth Rotary Awards, which recognizes students who “have an entrepreneurial spirit and are positive leaders,” ac...
Outstanding soloist awards revealed at 22nd annual Essentially Ellington final concert
By Praditha Halstad and Harper Thomas
May 13, 2017
Filed under A&E, Band, Ellington, Essentially Ellington, Feature, Featured Stories, Jazz, Lifestyle, Music
The 22nd annual Essentially Ellington festival comes to a close, with MTHS finishing strong and proud. The top three placing bands were announced at 4 p.m. EST. These include Dillard Center for the Arts (Fla.), Tucson Jazz Institute (Ariz.) and Denver School of Arts (Colo.). All five judges ...
Jazz 1 performs at Essentially Ellington
By Praditha Halstad, Hawkeye staff
May 13, 2017
Filed under A&E, Band, Ellington, Essentially Ellington, Featured Stories, Jazz, Lifestyle
Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) continued their journey in New York with their performance on the third and final day of the 22nd annual Essentially Ellington competition. They filled Rose Hall with music in Jazz at Lincoln Center (JLC) around 11:15 (EST) this morning. In this section of the competition...