Meet the Band Coaches | BPA Meeting Tonight

November 10th,

2020

Band

Jazz 1 & 2 Curbside Pickup Performance

November 12th

This Thursday, from approximately 3 to 5 p.m., both Jazz 1 and 2 bands will be playing -- socially distanced -- in the school parking lot for the bi-weekly curbside pick up. Lots of teachers, the library, and other groups try to coordinate pick up and drop off during this time. The bands are looking forward to this slightly altered but none-the-less exhilarating opportunity to perform. Stop by and enjoy it from a safe distance.

General

Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club Board Meeting tonight

November 10th at 6 pm

The next Ballard Performing Arts Booster Board Meeting will be this evening, November 10th, from 6 pm - 8 pm. Stay tuned to our Performing Arts Calendar for the zoom link.

Ballard Market Receipts

December 10th 3pm - 5 pm

The holiday season is approaching and, even though our celebrations may not look the same this year, there is sure to be food. As you make your lists and menus and pick up your favorite treats, please keep Ballard Market in mind and save your receipts!

BPAP is excited to partner with Ballard Market to support all of our artists! For every receipt submitted to BPAP, the Ballard Market will give us a portion back to support our students. Save those holiday shopping receipts and drop them off at Curbside Pickup on December 10th.

The Show Must Go On Direct Give:

Joyful Noise with the Band

Every Gift Matters. As parents and community members, you know the joy and purpose that the performing arts brings to Ballard High School. So many kids find community and confidence in the arts. As one band parent shared “I’m a former drama nerd, I can attest to the fact that I use the skills I learned in the school play more than the skills I learned in Algebra.” But the math is simple here; the district doesn’t fully fund their Arts programs. Rather than turn kids away, we invite them to be part of this vibrant, creative community. You can help make sure this community is here for every student.

Please make a donation today. We’re hoping for $100 per student in the Performing Arts Program.

Where Does the Money Go This Year?

We don’t have uniforms to repair and clean, or trips to take... so what do we need the money for? Our directors explain it best:

Ballard Performing Arts Directors Giving Campaign 1

The biggest expenses this year are:

Software and editing for
Classroom instruction
Collaboration
Performances such as Greater Tuna and the upcoming Collage Concert.
Coaching
Additional instruction time
Private lessons—available to all students, to level the playing field and offer any student resources to hone their craft.

Meet two of our outstanding coaches for Band:

Trevor Parrish

Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 instructor

Trevor Parrish is a veteran music educator and performer specializing in trumpet, trombone, piano and jazz. This is his second year teaching Jazz at Ballard High School, and this year he is teaching Jazz 1 as well as Jazz 2. He has been teaching in some capacity since 2002, for high school music programs, via private lessons and independent organizations throughout the West Coast. With a Bachelor of Music degree in classical and jazz trumpet performance from the University of Nevada, Reno and a Master of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts he also attended School for Improvisational Music in Brooklyn

He used to be part of Seattle Sounders “Sound Wave” band, and also plays professionally in a number of groups, including Funky2Death, an eight-piece funk/soul band that performs most Friday nights from 10 p.m. on at Seamonster Lounge in Wallingford, 45th St. Brass, a funk/soul/brass group in Seattle, Special Forces, a jazz septet, 45th Street Brass, a for-hire brass section, busking ensemble and New Orleans-style brass band and more.

Read more about Mr. Parrish on the BPA website: BPA Coaches

Gary Hammon

Jazz Band Coach

Born and raised in Seattle, legendary Gary “Jubil” Hammon has enjoyed a long and successful career in the performing arts. Gary began his study of the saxophone while a junior at Garfield High School. He was awarded a scholarship to the renowned New England Conservatory of Music in 1969, the first year black students were accepted. While there he studied with Kenny Dorham, Mary Lou Williams, Carmen McRae and others. Gary went on to establish himself on the jazz scene in Boston and New York, frequently filling in for Harold Vick before leading his own bands, becoming a regular at Wally’s in Boston and Manny’s Car Wash in New York He also worked with greats Albert King and Albert Collins, a long stint with Big Jim Patton’s band, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Donald and Grant Green.

Gary Hammon returned to Seattle in 2004 and teamed up with saxophone great Hadley Caliman to make a two tenors album, “Fangs,” and also performed regularly with trumpeter Erik Esvelt, recording their album, “Slightly in the Tradition.” He has been teaching saxophone and sharing his love of music for over four decades. Gary has worked closely with Ballard High School’s program in recent years, helping them become one of the region’s top programs and regular attendees of the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition held annually in New York City.

Read more about Mr. Hammon on the BPA website: BPA Coaches