Inslee visits MTHS STEM, jazz, journalism
By Samantha Svikel, Hawkeye Staff
May 1, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Stories, Jazz, News, School News, STEM
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee visited MTHS Friday, at about 1:45 p.m. He first arrived in the STEM hallway as seniors Elizabeth Jurgensen and Natu Abraham were his tour guides during the visit. His first presentation introduced the STEM program and the pathways that are included. Engine...
Terrace hosts trombonist Jiggs Whigham for jazz performance
By Harper Thomas, Hawkeye Staff
November 17, 2016
Filed under Music, News
On Thursday, November 10, the Mountlake Terrace Jazz bands hosted jazz musician Jiggs Whigham who traveled from Germany to play in one of the best jazz concerts held in this school’s theater. Full of energy, both jazz bands fed off of the presence of Whigham, an eager audience and the growing ant...
Local Washington jazz bands gather for the 26th annual Jazz Symposium
By Harper Thomas, Hawkeye Staff
November 2, 2016
Filed under A&E, Band, Music
On the morning of October 29, Terrace was already full and buzzing with countless jazz students from around the district, toting their instruments and music for the 26th annual Jazz Symposium. Several classrooms were converted into Master Classes for students playing specific instruments, the band...
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival 2010
By Navarre Kerr
March 15, 2010
Filed under A&E
During the past weekend, in the small town of Moscow, Idaho, the 43rd Annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival brought together several thousand people to celebrate the musical magic of jazz. Thursday morning Dynamics, Accents, and Jazz Ensembles I and II took the 7-hour bus ride across Washington and sacrificed two days of school in order to demonst...