If you’re wandering the hallways of Terrace and hear a faint trombone, odds are it’s senior Braden Ryder. With a passion for the arts – especially the trombone – he lights up every room he walks...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Whether it’s an early Sunday morning or a Friday night out, freshly brewed coffee always complements refreshing band music.
The best time for a treat like this proved to be a Friday night. MTHS’s...
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...
