Name: Mountlake Terrace HS & Brier Terrace MS Jazz Bands @ Jazz Alley
Start: 2026-06-09T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Dimitriou's Jazz Alley

Mountlake Terrace HS & Brier Terrace MS Jazz Bands @ Jazz Alley

Enjoy an evening of jazz with our future, current, and past Mountlake Terrace High School jazz musicians. The performance will feature Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2, Alumni Band, and Brier Terrace Middle School Jazz Band.
Tuesday, June 9
Doors at 6:00pm
Show starts at 7:00pm
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
2033 6th Avenue
Seattle WA 98121
Tickets $22 (includes handling fee)
Purchase tickets at https://jazzalley.com/www-home/artist.jsp?shownum=8780
Trouble finding a seat? Call 206-441-9729 for assistance.
The Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Ensembles are part of a nationally recognized jazz program. Jazz Ensemble 1 have performed in the Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition in New York 11 times, starting in 2000. This includes a trip this year to compete against 19 of the nations best high school jazz bands. They have appeared in almost all Starbucks' Hot Java Cool Jazz concerts held at the Paramount Theatre. Both Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2 are honored regularly at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, and Newport Jazz Festival in Bellevue. Students have received top solo and group honors at regional and national competitions, and have been featured in All-State and All-Northwest music groups.
This year, Luca Manzo, junior Jazz 1 drummer, was selected for the 2026 Washington All State Jazz Band. Sophie Ionitsa, sophomore Jazz 1 pianist, was selected to perform in the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo -- featuring top high school women jazz players who will perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival this September.
The Jazz Ensembles are under the direction of Mr. Darin Faul, Mountlake Terrace High School Band Director.
Joining the Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble 1 are Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble 2, under the direction of Mr. Steve Korn, Mountlake Terrace High School Alumni Band, featuring top area jazz professionals, and Brier Terrace Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of Mr. Andrew Sumabat.