Jazz Band 1 Director
Band Director position posting. Application deadline July 7, 2026!
Michael Van Bebber, Jazz Band 2 Director
Michael Van Bebber was raised in Seattle, and graduated from the University of Washington before going on to earn two M.A. degrees in classical trumpet and composition at Truman State University, and a D.M.A. in Jazz Studies from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He performed many years as a member of the renowned Eastman Jazz Ensemble, and has shared the stage with many notable jazz artists including Lee Konitz, John Pizzarelli, the Woody Herman Band, Walt Weiskopf, Chuck Mangione, Jeff Beal, Walter White, John Fedchock, Pat LaBarbara, Marvin Stamm, and Bill Dobbins. He has also appeared several times at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, in both quintet and big band settings.
Mr. Van Bebber is a member of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. As a composer, he has earned several prestigious awards in composition, including the 2004 MACRO Composition/Theory Award, the 2005 CBDNA Wind Ensemble National Composition Competition, the 2005 College Music Society’s International Composition Competition. Mr. Van Bebber has been the director of the Junior Jazz Band at Washington Middle School, and the Director of Bands at Liberty High School. Mr. Van Bebber is currently on the faculty of Northwest school.
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Vocal Jazz Director
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