Scott Brown, Program Director
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Named “Jazz Educator of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine in 2004, Scott Brown
has directed Roosevelt’s jazz program for 26 years. Initially raised in south Seattle,
his family relocated to Bainbridge Island, where he attended
Bainbridge High School. Subsequently, he graduated from the University of
Washington. He is a faculty member for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s summer academy
for band directors. His awards include the 2002 Washington State Christa
McAuliffe Washington Educator Award, the PONCHO Outstanding Music and Arts
Educator Award in 2003, a 2007 KCTS Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education
and Jazz Journalists' "A Team" '09 Award!*, and the 2010 City of Music
Impact Award.
Scott is a trombonist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. As a result of his inspiring leadership, many of his students go on to study jazz in college, and become professional musicians and educators
themselves.
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"A Team Award"
Golden Apple Award KCTS
Seattle P.I. Article
Seattle Times Article
Stuart MacDonald, Assistant Director
Saxophonist Stuart MacDonald is a Seattle native, and a Roosevelt High School
graduate (class of '91). Stuart has performed with a number of well-known
artists and groups, including Ingrid Jensen, Steve Bernstein, Julian Priester,
Marty Ehrlich, Stuart Dempster, The Seattle Symphony, George Cables, Aaron
Parks, Ben Folds, Josh Groban, Cuong Vu, Frankie Valli, Bill Frisell, Wayne
Horvitz, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
Since 2005, Stuart has served as an assistant to director Scott Brown, and is the director of Jazz Bands II & III. In addition to his duties at Roosevelt, Stuart is a frequent performer throughout the Northwest, and also maintains an active private teaching studio from his home in Seattle.