Port Townsend High School Archives - Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra

April 23, 2019August 11, 2019

MAYA DOW, Trumpet

Maya started playing the violin when she was five years old, then switched to trumpet in fifth grade, which she has stuck with ever since.

Now, as a freshman in high school, she plays with the Port Townsend High School band.

During middle school she was in the All-State band, and this year she is going to compete in the State solo competition inn Ellensburg.

This spring, Maya will be playing trumpet in the school play, Cabaret.

Besides music, Maya loves to write screenplays and argue on the PTHS mock trial team, which she has done for the past two years. She also plays basketball, volleyball, and is on the Knowledge Bowl team at school.

April 16, 2019August 11, 2019

TUSKER BEHRENFELD, Violist

Tusker began playing the viola in seventh grade. Having started the violin at the age of four, he fell in love with the sound of the viola the very first time he heard it played. Though he an still rip a Scottish fiddle tune on the violin, his heart is with the viola.

This spring he will be travelling to Ellensburg to compete in the State solo competition on viola.

This is Tusker’s second year with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra and his first year as principal violist for the Port Townsend High School Orchestra.

He enjoys singing and has sung in the Port Townsend Youth Chorus for the past seven years.

Tusker is on the high school track team, Knowledge Bowl team, PTHS robotics team, and is in the Students for Sustainability club. He enjoys mountain biking, scuba diving, travel, backpacking, fishing, and designing and building just about anything.