Vans Warped Tour ’13

May 10, 2013

Vans Warped Tour will be in Dallas on Aug. 2nd at the Gexa Energy Pavillion. Check out the line-up and visit vanswarpedtour.com for more details.

Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Kiss” album review

Rachel Chen, Staff Writer
November 9, 2012

     When Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen’s single “Call Me Maybe” was released last year and later reached popular acclaim, it was the first song by a female Canadian artist to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 list since 2007. Later her duet with Adam Young of Owl City, “Good Time”,... Read more »

Musical benefits: Choir hosts food bank benefit concert

Alexandria Oguntula, Staff Writer
October 23, 2012

Voices can be powerful, but this month the have brought a whole new meaning to the phrase.  Plano, Highland Park and Garland High are collaborating for the first time ever to help the North Texas Food Bank in their efforts to feed others with a joint benefit concert on Oct. 25th. With almost 300 singers,... Read more »

‘Babel’ review: Mumford and Sons second album

JP Salazar, Editor-in-Chief
October 11, 2012

The British indie band Mumford and Sons, comprised of lead singer Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane, crashed onto the UK folk music scene and revived (or maybe even recreated) it in the US with their debut album “Sigh No More” in 2010. After establishing their simplistic... Read more »

Review: Spettacolo

Emma Barishman, Staff Writer
May 18, 2012

The energy of Spettacolo might sneak up on the audience, but its power never dies throughout the entire show. The annual percussion show, whose name is Italian for “show,” features musicians of all levels—from elementary school students to parents. The show opens with quiet narration from percussion... Read more »

“Some Nights” review

Diva Gulati, Online Editor-in-Chief
February 24, 2012

     The success of “We Are Young” (currently number one on the iTunes top 10, featured on Glee, and used in a Superbowl commercial) set high expectations for fun.’s sophomore album, Some Nights. The album, which released on Feb. 21, goes in a completely different direction than fun.’s first... Read more »

Soaring to the top (of the scale)

Emma Barishman, Staff Writer
February 16, 2012

     Becoming an opera singer isn’t something Leigh McGuill ever thought she would be considering as a career. However, when her teacher, Broadway veteran David Gaschen tested her range and discovered how high McGuill could sing, she knew it was what she wanted.      “I think she has a special... Read more »

Not your average playlist

Yeesoo Lee, Staff Writer
February 16, 2012

Lyric Salad There are always those songs that we either make up our own lyrics for or mix up the lyrics 1. “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65 Somewhere in the song for some odd reason, many change the lyrics to “I am blue, if I’m green I would die.”  2. “Bennie and The Jets” by Elton John Let’s... Read more »

Choir competes in Vocal Solo Competition

February 6, 2012

This weekend, choir participated in its Vocal Solo Competition. Of the 42 singers from the school who entered the competition, the following recieved a Superior rating for their solos: Alyssa Holiman Madison Jones Tara Brown Emma Barishman Rachel Davis Taylor Dunafan Kathryn Ligon Tingting Qui Amanda... Read more »

Orchestra Solo and Ensemble: The musicians’ look

Yeesoo Lee, Staff Writer
January 26, 2012

Wildcat Tales: How did you prepare for the competition? Junior Schuman Chen: Every week Mr. Coatney gave us a day, sometimes two days, to practice our ensemble music with our group, so we basically took advantage of that work day. Since our piece wasn’t that long, we split it into two parts and... Read more »