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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Students stay in tune with their artistic expression through music: Ankitha Raman

Students stay in tune with their artistic expression through music: Ankitha Raman

Haley Pflasterer, News Editor March 8, 2022

Since she was young, playing and creating music have come naturally to senior Ankitha Raman. As her love for the art has grown, she has developed her skills and formed a new way of expressing her passion for music: writing her own songs. Thanks to her father, Raman’s love for playing instruments...

Senior Aidan Roessig practices the drums in the band room.

Photo illustration by Sophia Lu, Jocelyn Wang and Wendy Xiong

Student musicians use performing, composing as form of self-expression: Aidan Roessig

Jessica Wang, Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2020

Clashing cymbals, booming drums, a squeaking horn and a voice with an exaggerated drawl: it was all music to his ears. Of all the performances in the classic movie “Mary Poppins,” it was Dick van Dyke’s impressive one-man band that convinced senior Aidan Roessig that music could, in fact,...

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