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 and George Colligan on piano. The former Jazz at Lincoln Center lead trumpet’s quartet was midway...
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...
MTHS Students Participate In Global Climate Strike
By Nathaniel Reyes, News Editor
September 29, 2019
At 11:30 a.m. on Friday, September 20, a group of nine students and three teachers sign-waved to build support for action against climate change outside the school along 44th Ave W. The group was led by band director Darin Faul and included biology teacher Jonathan Tong and arts teacher Michael Denoma...
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 ...
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...
Band concert showcases southeast quadrant student talent
By Paxtyn Merten, News Editor
May 19, 2015
Family, friends, teachers and musicians packed into the Terraceum on Thursday night as bands from MTHS, Brier Terrace Middle School (BTMS) and sixth graders from various schools performed at the southeast quadrant band concert. The event kicked off with sixth graders from across the edmonds school...
Hot Java Cool Jazz performance earns standing ovation
By Hannah Schuster, Hawkeye staff
March 24, 2015
Hot Java Cool Jazz sold out the Paramount Theatre last Friday, with more than 3,000 people in attendance. This marked the 20th annual celebration of the event and featured performances by MTHS Jazz 1, Edmonds Woodway High School, Mount Si High School, Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School. Given...
Final band concert is a night of goodbyes for seniors
By Shannon Beaumont
June 21, 2012
As the year is getting wrapped up, so is band as the school’s instrumentalists had their final concert and Award Ceremony on Thursday, June 7. To open the night, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble played together the fantastic song “Chorale and Shaker Dance “by John Zdechlik, conducted by student...
Essentially Unprecedented
By Lauren Krienke
March 22, 2012
Prior to a rehearsal on Feb. 21, band director Darin Faul announced to the Jazz Ensemble 1 members that they had been selected to perform in New York City for the annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. Hearing the news put the students into complete shock. “When...