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9th Grader’s Jazz Solo–“He Nailed It!”
Today I went to the Northshore Performing Arts Center (NPAC) in Bothell to hear my 9th grade student play with his school group in the “Northshore Jazz Festival.” I sat next to his Dad at the end of...
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6th-Grade Soloist Prepares to “Nail It” at Christmas Choir Concerts!
When you’re chosen to accompany the choir at a Christmas concert, you’ve gotta practice your trumpet and be ready—especially when you’re a 6th grader and the music is written in the key of A (with...
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Skyview Jr. High Winter Band Concert at Northshore Performing Arts Center (NPAC)
Mr. McGinn leads the Jazz Band Mr. Shawn McGinn, director of bands and orchestra at Skyview Jr. High in Bothell, wore a tuxedo with cummerbund, and the students were all dressed in solid black. That...
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My Third Year Teaching Beginning Brass at Skyview Jr. High in Bothell
Skyview Jr. High School, Bothell, WA On 16 September 2013, I resumed teaching beginning brass at Skyview Jr. High School (SJHS). Students from three elementary schools come to SJHS for classes from...
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First Time For Elementary School Bands on the Big NPAC Stage at Last Concert...
Shawn McGinn, Director of Instrumental Music, Skyview Jr. High School, Bothell, WA For the first time, on 28 May, the first- and second-year elementary bands of Skyview Jr. High School got to perform a...
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McGinn’s Farewell Elementary School Bands Concert
After 15 successful years as Director of Instrumental Music at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell, Mr. Shawn McGinn is leaving for California in the coming months. He conducted his final elementary...
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Elementary Band Concert at Skyview Middle School–First of Three for this...
“Our First Concert!”, Skyview Elementary Band, 12-18-2019 My, oh, my—how far they have come since that first day of band class on 7 October! Here they are on 18 December, 73 days later, playing...
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