Edmonds Woodway High School - Music Program

Music Program

Edmonds-Woodway's music program is best known for its Jazz Ensemble I. The ensemble is well-known throughout the greater Seattle area, and has been accepted into the Essentially Ellington jazz festival on three occasions, in 2003, 2007, and 2010. The band also participates yearly in Moscow, Idaho at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, and has supported winning Jazz combos several times. In 2009 they were invited to take part in the Swing Central jazz festival in Savannah, Georgia.

Edmonds-Woodway also supports three concert bands - the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony, which requires audition. Choirs include Bel-Canto, for all students interested in choir, and Mello-Aires, a small ensemble with audition required, which performs and competes. Mello-Aires had been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns; however it returned to Edmonds-Woodway during the 2011-2012 school year. Orchestral groups include Symphonic Orchestra for grades 9-12, and Chamber Orchestra, a small group chosen by audition. For selected concerts, Full Orchestra includes advanced wind and percussion players from the Wind Symphony group. One academic music course is also offered: IB Music, music theory and music history for instrumental performers. (Like Mello Aires, IB Music had also been cut for the 2010-2011 school year due to budget concerns and low enrollment, but returned during the 2011-2012 school year.)