Everett High School Music Department
Gary Evans - Band director at EHS, grew up in Cashmere,
Washington. He was inspired to learn music by the High School concerts
directed by his father, Hugh Evans. He started playing the trumpet at age
7, and by age 17 he had a following of elderly ladies who requested old
favorites during his practice sessions. Gary's professional experience
includes playing with the New Deal Rhythm Band, The Mills Brothers,
The Ted Weems Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, The Seahawks Band,
American-Hawaii Cruise Lines and Harmonic Horizon. He also sang
bass with the Fiji Four for 33 years. Gary completed his undergraduate
work at CWU, and his graduate studies at WWU. He began to teach in
1969, and landed at Everett High School in 1991. Before Everett he taught
in Melbourne, Australia, WWU, Lynden High School, Rose Hill Junior
High, Lake Washington High School and Monroe Middle School. Many
of Gary's students have gone on to become professional musicians.
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Symphonic Band - Symphonic Band meets daily during 4th period,
and is made up of students with intermediate and advanced music skills.
In Symphonic Band, students develop advanced skills in sight reading
and in individual and ensemble performance. Attendance is required at a
series of school and community concerts, assemblies, athletic events, and
extra rehearsals as deemed necessary by the band director.
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Concert Band - Concert Band meets daily during 3rd period, and is the
entry level band for High School. The focus of this course is to provide a
positive, nurturing environment that maximizes the musical potential of
the students. In Concert Band, students develop fundamental skills in
sight reading and in individual and ensemble performance. Attendance is
required at a series of school and community concerts, assemblies,
athletic events, and extra rehearsals deemed necessary by the band
director.
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Jazz Orchestra - The Jazz Orchestra at EHS meets at 6:30am Monday
through Friday and is designed to enhance the performance potential of
the membership. Jazz arrangements are carefully selected to provide a
feature for each student that expresses a desire to play or sing in front of
the band. The focus of the instructor and students is to provide a positive
nurturing environment where the soloist receives unconditional support
throughout the stages of their development. Instruction is provided in the
art of improvisation, and students are encouraged to solo with the band.
The Jazz Orchestra develops an extensive repertoire in order to expose
students a wide variety of jazz standards which allows them provide
lengthy community performances. Every effort is made to be inclusive
with regard to instrumentation. Student jazz compositions are
encouraged as well as any other use of the Jazz Orchestra as a means of
creating a Culminating Exhibition Project. The Jazz Orchestra goes into
the studio each year to record the majority of their vast repertoire. The
experience of recording a live CD at Avast Recording Studios in Seattle is a
great opportunity for Music students to work with active music
professionals, and learn aspects of the music business not accessible to
most high school students.
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-Louie Armstrong
-Louie Armstrong