During May, student musicians at Agoura High School showcased their musical talents and skills through a series of performances that highlighted many hours of dedicated practice and work. From energetic band pieces to slower and more emotional orchestra pieces, the performances brought family, friends, students, and more to celebrate the music program on campus. The…
Credits: AHS Drama Club You may have seen posters around the school advertising the play Lost Girl and wondered what it was about. Lost Girl tells the story of Peter Pan from Wendy’s perspective after the book ends. Because Wendy never had to grow up, the play follows her as she struggles with her past…
On Thursday, January 29, at around 4 pm, over 70 students in the Agoura High School Music program, along with teachers Mr. Hackett, Mr. Militello, Mr. Castellanos, and members of the Music Boosters Board, piled into 2 buses departing from campus on a journey to downtown Los Angeles. This group was in for a musical…
They did it again! Agoura High School’s Jazz I will be attending the Essentially Ellington competition in New York for the third year in a row, this year led by director Bob Hackett. For a quick recap of the competition, fifteen bands are picked from the United States to travel to New York City and…
What is Jazz? Though you may have heard John Coltrane blazing through the chord changes of Giant Steps or Miles Davis swinging through the melody of Summertime, Jazz is much more than just a genre of music. During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s to the 1930s, many Black Americans used Jazz as a way…