Summer Jazz Camps

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Jazz Families,
Please see the summer camp information below, including the Seattle Saxophone Institute to be held right here at Roosevelt. The Jazz Boosters offer scholarships for students to attend these camps, contact the treasurer of your band for more information.

Seattle Saxophone Institute at Roosevelt July 31 – Aug 3
Taught by Evan Smith, Neil Welch, Steve Treseler and Jessika Smith
www.seattlesaxinstitute.com

Centrum, July 23- 30
Requires Audition by April 14. New Vocalist Program this year!
http://centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/

University of Washington, July 10 – July 14
http://www.uwjazzworkshop.com/register.html

Cornish College of the Arts Jazz Workshops, July 17-22
Taught by Dawn Clement, Mark Taylor, and Matt Wilson
Intermediate: http://www.cornish.edu/extension/courses/intermediate_jazz/
Advanced: http://www.cornish.edu/extension/courses/advanced_jazz/

Central Washington University, July 23- 29
http://www.cwu.edu/music/jazz-camp

University of Oregon, July 23- 28
Audition required for first time campers
http://musiccamps.uoregon.edu/jazz-improvisation-camp/

Stanford Jazz Workshop, July 16- 21 or July 23- 28
http://stanfordjazz.org/more-info/jazz-camp/

Big Band Dance & Auction is March 18!

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Please join us for the 29th annual Roosevelt Jazz Big Band Dance & Auction on March 18, 2017 at Temple De Hirsch Sinai . Get your tickets here. It will be a fun-filled evening of music, food, and the chance to bid on fabulous auction items. Buy a Golden Raffle ticket and get a chance to take home your choice of a Live Auction item! Only 100 tickets available! Click here to preview the live auction.

This year we will also be honoring distinguished alumnus Mark Taylor, Director of Jazz Band 3.

See you there on March 18!!

UW Jazz Festival

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Will Knight (JB2, trumpet), and Kai DeSpain (JB1, tenor sax) received Outstanding Soloist awards at the UW Jazz Festival on January 28. JB1 was one of two finalists selected to perform in the evening concert. Congratulations! The emphasis of this festival is education, ensemble performance, improvisation and developing the jazz language.  Roosevelt was well represented with JB1, JB2, and JB3 all participating.

Hot Java Cool Jazz on March 17

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Roosevelt Jazz Families,
Starbucks has selected Roosevelt Jazz Band 1 to participate in the 2017 Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz event at the Paramount Theatre. Starbucks has been sponsoring this event since 1995 and has raised over $500,000 for local high school jazz programs. We are fortunate to be a part of this amazing event and to live in a community that celebrates jazz.

Join us on Friday 3/17/17 and come see a fantastic show featuring Roosevelt plus other talented local high school bands.

Click here to buy tickets.