Roosevelt High School Jazz

 Roosevelt Jazz Band Wins Essentially Ellington '08!

Winner - First Place Roosevelt Jazz Band Scott Brown, Director Third Win Unprecedented Previous First Place awards: 2007, 2002 Garfield - 2nd Place  Shorewood - Honorable Mention Listen to recordings of finalists' performances at Ellington '08!	Related Seattle Times Articles: FinalResults    Indiv./Section Awards    Seattle's Jazz EducationHeritage
Recognition Awards:  Roosevelt Trumpet Section Roosevelt Tap Dancers Alex Dugdale - outstanding Ethan Kahn - outstanding Back to Top	Soloist Awards Alex Dugdale - honorable mention (clarinet) Wyatt Palmer - honorable mention  (alto sax) Corey Dansereau - hon. mention  (trumpet) Gus Carns - honorable mention (piano)

Reno

Jazz Festival

Reno, Nevada  
April 24-26, 2008 

Winner - First Place, Division A
Roosevelt Jazz Band II
Stuart MacDonald, Director
  
Third Place - AA Vocal Division
Roosevelt Vocal Jazz
Scott Brown, Director
      
  link to festival results

Recognized for Outstanding Musicianship/Jazz Band II:
Xavier DelCastillo - Tenor Sax
Jessa Lowe - Bass
Mat Muntz - Bass
Nathan Yale - Alto Sax

Recognized for Outstanding Musicianship/Vocal Jazz:
Hannah Jacobsen
Katherine Stuber
Will Gerhardt, piano

Lionel Hampton

Jazz Festival

Moscow, Idaho   

 Adjudicator's Choice
  Winners:

 Roosevelt Jazz Band
                  &
 Roosevelt Vocal Jazz

 Adjudicator's
 Commendation
  Recipient:
  Roosevelt Jazz Band III
      
  link to festival results

In the soloist competition,
 adjudicators chose:
Daniel Berryman, Tenor Voice
Gus Carns, Piano
Andy Clausen, Trombone
Alex Dugdale, Clarinet
Andrew Morrill, Baritone Sax

Honorable Mention recipients:
Matt McClosky, piano
Will Gerhardt, piano
Katherine Stuber, Soprano Voice
Wyatt Palmer, Tenor Sax
Spencer Leroux, Tenor Sax
Nolan Woodle, Bass
Evan Woodle, Drum

         Outstanding Soloist Awards:
            
             Wyatt Palmer Soprano Sax
             Andrew Campbell Tenor Sax
             Gus Carns Piano

              link to Seattle Times article
            

Second Place, AAA Division:

Roosevelt Jazz III
Scott Brown, Director

Fourth Place, AAAA Division

Roosevelt Jazz II
Stuart MacDonald, Director

                            
       Outstanding Soloist Awards:

         Xavier DelCastillo Tenor Sax
            Katherine Stuber Vocalist
           

Vancouver, Washington 
     January 26, 2008

Clark Comm. College
    
 Jazz Festival

This is only the second time in its 41-year history that a band outside the AAAA Division has earned the overall Sweepstakes Award!

  
     Sweepstakes Winner*
                    &
     Winner - AAA Division:

     Roosevelt Jazz Band II
         Stuart MacDonald, Director
               
         Third Place, AAAA Division

         Roosevelt Jazz Band
         Scott Brown, Director

         Outstanding Soloist Award:
     Xavier DelCastillo Tenor Sax