Our four jazz ensembles are on the move and excited to return to live, in-person performances! Roosevelt’s Vocal Jazz ensemble will perform at the Oceanside Jazz Festival in Oceanside, CA this month. In early May, both JB2 and JB3 will attend the Bellevue High School Jazz Festival. Also in May, JB1 will compete at the Essentially Ellington festival held by Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York. Seattle Times story on the three finalists (the Roosevelt Jazz Band is featured in the picture!)
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Roosevelt JB1 makes the list for Essentially Ellington!
Way to go, Roosevelt! Director Scott Brown said it best: “Congrats to our Roosevelt Jazz Band students for being accepted by blind audition as Essentially Ellington Finalists for 2022! Congrats also to Bothell and Mt. Si, whose jazz bands were the other two chosen from our region.” A total of 15 bands have been invited to participate in the 27th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival to be held May 5-7 at Lincoln Center in NYC. See the full list of finalists here: https://academy.jazz.org/ee/ Congratulations to all involved!
Seattle Times story on the three finalists (the Roosevelt Jazz Band is featured in the picture!)
Support our Roosevelt Jazz (Virtual) Big Band Gala and Auction: Saturday March 26!
NEW YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/s_TTOdZlNk0
Join us on March 26 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. for a live-streamed celebration (YouTube live link) of Jazz at Roosevelt. All ensembles will perform live from Roosevelt Theater for a festive stream-cast event hosted by auctioneer and emcee, Nelson Jay. Registration is free, so tell family, friends and far-flung supporters to mark their calendars, tune in, and browse our silent auction while they enjoy great live performances and help make our biggest fundraiser of the year a success!
Please see this link for info on: HOW TO WATCH LIVESTREAM GALA ON YOUR TV
REGISTER for our Gala (free!) and get ready to bid!
CASH DONATIONS to the program are gladly accepted.
Silent auction and gala proceeds help us fund scholarships, instruments, clinics and other great opportunities for Roosevelt Jazz for years to come!
Questions? Reach out to auctiondonations@
Hot Java, Cool Jazz Tickets for Sale!
Update: the Roosevelt Booster allotment of tickets is sold out!
To purchase additional tickets, please go to the Seattle Theater Group website. Proceeds from STG purchases support all five bands performing. Thank you for supporting jazz in the schools!
https://www.stgpresents.org/calendar/4948/starbucks-25th-annual-hot-java-cool-jazz
Roosevelt Jazz Band to be in Hot Java Cool Jazz 2022
Congratulations to Director Scott Brown and the students of Jazz Band 1! They will have the honor of playing in the Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz concert at the Paramount Theater on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., along with Edmonds-Woodway, Garfield, Mount Si and Mountlake Terrace high schools.
Plans are underway for a LIVE, in-person event and following county guidelines for maximum COVID safety. Tickets are not yet on sale; details on how to purchase tickets will be posted in January. For now, save the date! We hope to see you there for this swinging evening of jazz.
A huge thank you to Starbucks for their sponsorship of this event, which raises tens of thousands of dollars for jazz education in Seattle, year after year. Time for a Peppermint Mocha…
