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Charlie Fix Takes Charge of Music at Skyview Jr. High, Bothell
When school started this fall at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell, there was a new faculty member in the music department for the first time in 15 years. Welcome to Mr. Charlie Fix, Band and...
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She Came, She Went–Trumpeter Deserted Band for Choir!
My 20th trumpet student, a 6th-grader in 1st-year band, took private lessons from me for a few months starting on 8 November 2010. Apparently, she has a great voice, because she made the Northshore...
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My Trumpet Student Plays in Lake Washington School District Honor Band Concert
Sarah Dunsmore, LWSD Honor Band Trumpeter She started trumpet lessons with me in 2009—six years ago—and thus became my fifth private student. Now she’s a senior at Juanita High School in Kirkland and...
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UW Huskies Stomp WSU Cougars, 45-10, in 108th Apple Cup—Alumni Band Helps
Since when do the University of Washington Huskies and the Washington State University Cougars ever play a football game on a Friday afternoon? Well, on 27 Nov 2015, the day after Thanksgiving—that’s...
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2015 Holiday Concert, Elementary Bands at Skyview Jr. High School
It’s a new era for the two elementary school bands who gave a concert at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell on Friday, 11 December. It’s now Mr. Charles Fix’s era, and his first elementary band...
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New Student #27 Readies for Edmonds-Woodway High School Band
Every one of my trumpet students is serious about playing trumpet—after all, they’re paying for private lessons. But some are more serious than others, and my 27th student is one of those. She started...
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2016 Northshore School District’s Sixth Grade Honors Concert
NSD 6th-grade Honors Orchestra and Choir, 2016 Three hundred and thirty-three students from the Northshore School District made the Honors Orchestra, Choir and Band this year and played a concert for...
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My 28th Trumpet Student—Senior Band Member at Prestigious Washington Middle...
My 28th trumpet student is a cohort—in fact, a Highly Capable Cohort. He lives in West Seattle, but he commutes to Washington Middle School (WMS) on Jackson Street in the Central District, where he is...
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My Youngest “Echo Taps” Partner on Memorial Day
“Echo Taps” partners, Memorial Day, 2016. Photo by Gary Walderman. He’s only a seventh grader, going into eighth this fall, but he plays the trumpet with confidence and accuracy. So I asked him to...
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Senior Ensembles Spring Concert, Washington Middle School, Seattle
WMS Concert Band, Ms. Kelly Barr-Clingan introduces Mr. Trimis, Guest Conductor On 14 June, the Senior Ensembles Spring Concert by Washington Middle School (WMS) drew an enthusiastic, standing-room...
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Spring Concert, College Place Middle School, Lynnwood
I’ve been to College Place Middle School (CPMS) in Lynnwood before but never for a band concert until, on 16 June, I went to hear my 27th trumpet student play in the 8th Grade Wind Ensemble, under Kate...
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29th Trumpet Student is Law Professor from University of San Diego
You’re a 67-year old law professor at the University of San Diego (USD) with a 56-year old trumpet sitting in your closet. Your parents bought it new for you when you were in about 5th grade in St....
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30th Trumpet Student Entering 6th Grade at Seaview Elementary School, Edmonds
Sunny summertime is just the perfect time for practicing trumpet, right? There’s nothing a new 6th grader at Seaview Elementary School in Edmonds would rather do than practice trumpet throughout the...
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Seattle Summer Music Camp’s Concert at Ballard High School
At Ballard High School, Seattle If you’re a musician, you’re a performer, an entertainer. You’re meant to play for an audience. Naturally, you do it for your own pleasure, because you’re talented and...
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31st Trumpet Student Comes from New Jersey to Bothell, Washington
Last April, a family from Cherry Hill, New Jersey (just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia) moved cross-country when the Dad took a new job in Bothell, Washington. At Cherry Hill, the son...
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Beginning Brass Teacher at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell—My Sixth Year!
Lucky me! Under the guidance of Charlie Fix, Band and Orchestra Director, I get to teach beginning brass again to 5th and 6th graders in the two elementary bands that practice and perform at Skyview...
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Photo Gallery—Huskies Dominate Stanford, 44-6, before Husky Alumni Band and...
On Friday evening, 30 September, there was a Showdown in Seattle—#7 Stanford came to Husky Stadium to face #10 Washington—and it was a Blowout. The Huskies dominated the Cardinals, 44-6, before a...
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Snow-Delayed Holiday Season Concert Performed in January at Skyview in Bothell
It snowed on 9 December, so Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell, WA cancelled all its classes. That killed that morning’s holiday season concert which was to be presented by students from nearby...
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2017 Northshore School District’s Sixth Grade Honors Concert in Kirkland
Right to Left: 2017 NSD Honor Band, Choir and Orchestra Almost 300 6th-grade, honor musicians from 20 elementary schools in the Northshore School District performed for a packed audience of parents,...
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Three New Trumpet Students (Nos. 33-35) in Four Weeks!
“Good things come in threes”—isn’t that the old saying? Well, I’ll buy it. During the four weeks between late March and late April, I started giving private trumpet lessons to three new students! On 21...
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