Orchestra Wins Gold Award at Chicago International Music Festival
Spring break was an opportune time for The Harker School Orchestra, which traveled to Chicago to perform at the Chicago International Music Festival. Earlier…
Performing Arts
Students Learn Challenges and Rewards of Directing
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Three Harker seniors made their directorial debuts at this year’s Student Directed Showcase in…
Winter Concert Brings Middle and Upper School Musicians Together
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. In mid-January, San Jose’s Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater played host to the annual middle…
Grade 5 Brings Classic Cartoon to Life at “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.”
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. On Jan. 30-31, grade 5 students came together on one stage for “Schoolhouse Rock…
Upper School Students Celebrate “Peace, Love, and Dance”
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Students took charge as both dancers and choreographers to celebrate “Peace, Love, and Dance”…
Night on the Town Gala a Smashing Success: Our First Night on the Town
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. Casino chips clicking, hopeful bidders on the edges of their seats during the live…
Miró Quartet Leaves Audience Wanting More at Concert Series Season Closer
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. After a season that included a beatboxing flautist and possibly the most experimental performance in the…
Three Harker Singers Earn Recognition at Regional Festival, Two Headed to State Festival
Three Harker singers – Shreya Maheshwari and Shreya Basu, both grade 11, and Helen Woodruff, grade 10 – earned “superior” ratings at the California…
Instrumentalists Honored by Selection to All-State; One Selected for National Youth Orchestra
Five Harker instrumentalists were selected for the 2014 All-State Honor Band and played in formal concerts over the weekend, and another student was selected…
Harker Cadet Band Circa 1925
This article was originally published in the winter 2013 Harker Quarterly. Bands at Harker are nothing new, as we see from this photo, but…
