Director of Introductory Band A, Premier Band A, Intermediate Band A, Concert Band A, Jazz Band A
Brendan McGovern is a musician and educator who was born and grew up in Seattle. He went through Seattle Public Schools, attending Eckstein Middle School and Roosevelt High School, where he was a part of their nationally acclaimed jazz band. He received his Bachelors in Jazz Performance on Saxophone at UW in 2017, and since then has been active as a private music tutor and substitute band director in the Seattle area. He has worked for SPS since 2019, and has been subbing long-term at Hamilton since Spring of 2021.
Brendan has learned several instruments since he began with piano lessons at age 7, and now specializes in saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, and trumpet. He will be attending Central Washington University this summer to begin his Master's in Teaching. He also performs regularly around town, mainly with a rock band called Forest Ray, and various other jazz bands, brass band groups, and wedding bands over the summer. Occasionally when he is not doing music, Brendan enjoys running, hiking, reading, cooking, and playing Nintendo Switch. He is happy to be subbing at Hamilton this school year and looks forward to what has already been and will continue to be an exciting year of growth and new opportunities for students in Music.
(For those who may not be aware, Paul Harshman, a Hamilton band director, is currently on leave. Brendan McGovern stepped into his shoes as a long-term substitute last year - and picked up again at the start of the 2021/22 school year. Please welcome him!)
