Since 2007, Charlotte Reese has been the choir director at Edmonds-Woodway High School. The EWHS Mello-Aires have performed for WMEA, ACDA and JEN conferences and were Downbeat Award Winners in 2019. She earned her BA & BM from the University of Washington and went on to earn an MA in Jazz Performance from the Leeds College of Music while teaching at the University of York. Charlotte enjoys accompanying and arranging and sings with a community vocal jazz ensemble, Last Call.