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Director Megan Stucky Swanson conducts Concert Orchestra.

Orchestra Performs For The Last Time

Lily Rantanen, Executive Editor May 23, 2025

The City High orchestra program performed for the last time in the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday evening. Symphony Orchestra, City High’s top string group, played classics like Antonio Vivaldi’s...

City High's bands, orchestras, and choirs perform in Opstad Auditorium, which currently seats 688 people.

Superintendent Proposes Changes to City High Performing Arts Wing

Avery O’Brien, Broadcast Co-Editor May 22, 2025

After completing a study with OPN Architects, superintendent Matt Degner and deputy superintendent Chace Ramey suggested new additions and changes to the performing arts centers at all high schools in...

Freshly painted mural of a hawk tucked into the staircase in the main foyer

Mural Club Finishes up their Project and Plans for the Future

Estelle Hartz, A&E Editor May 8, 2025

The Mural Club is a new separate club at City High where members work on public art projects with the intention to beautify the community. The group meets twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays after school.  Nora...

Brody Clarke '25 performs a song in the Urinetown musical

Urinetown Prepares for Opening Night

Estelle Hartz, A&E Editor April 22, 2025

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS After nearly two months of rehearsals, City High’s production of Urinetown will premiere on the 25th. Urinetown is a satirical musical that is set in a dystopian future...

Members of the cast and crew of Urinetown pose in front of City High promoting the musical.

The Seniors of Urinetown

Yomi Hemley, Feature Editor April 21, 2025

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Mr. Kowbel conducts band in Mid-Winter concert

Band Department Holds Mid-Winter Concert

Estelle Hartz, A&E Editor March 4, 2025

City High bands held their mid-winter band concert earlier this week in Opstad. The Wind Ensemble, Symphony, and Concert Band have been preparing for this concert for about six weeks. The bands performed...

Photo courtesy of Tommy Haines

PERFORMER PROFILE: Brody Clarke

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor March 3, 2025

Brody Clarke ‘25 struggled to tell his mom he broke his trumpet after just one year with the instrument. Instead of facing this confrontation, he decided to take on a new instrument in sixth grade. Because...

Orchestra Director, Megan Stucky-Swanson addresses the audience before the Philharmonic Orchestra performs their final piece.

City Orchestras Hold Annual Mid-Winter Concert

Estelle Hartz, A&E Editor February 3, 2025

The City High orchestras performed for friends, City High staff, and family on Tuesday night. The three orchestras have been preparing for their mid-winter concert for nearly three months, improving their...

Since she was five years old, Abigail Sigafoose '26 has played violin. This year, she was chosen for the High School Honors Performance Series, which will take place at Carnegie Hall in New York City from February 6-10.

PERFORMER PROFILE: Abigail Sigafoose

Lily Rantanen, Opinion Co-Editor January 31, 2025

Abigail Sigafoose ‘26 was five years old when she first played Twinkle Twinkle on the Hancher stage. She was six when she did it again– seven for the third time– and now, at sixteen, she is about...

Emma Plumb ‘26 and Cameron Echols ‘26 unveil “The Book of Memories” at the beginning of the show

Dancing into Show Choir Season

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor January 17, 2025

  The auditorium stage is filled with students who are out of breath. Meeting twice a week for three hours, 4th Ave works tirelessly to practice, clean, and perfect their show. After learning their...

Photo courtesy of Gideon Levine

PERFORMER PROFILE: Gideon Levine ’26

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor January 15, 2025

In Gideon Levine 26’s first memory, he is sitting at a small, electronic keyboard, ten years ago, struggling to learn “Mary Had a Little Lamb” after his first piano lesson.  “I got it eventually,”...

Cast of Diary Wimpy Kid performs for audience

Diary of a Wimpy kid Wraps up and New Preparations Begin

Estelle Hartz, A & E Editor December 12, 2024

City High's production of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has come to an end after weeks of hard work and preparation from the directors, cast, and crew. The theatre department ran four shows in Opstad Auditorium,...

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