Roosevelt Jazz Band Placements 2025-2026
Dear Roosevelt Jazz Fam,
Audition results for the 2025-2026 school year are out! All of the directors, myself included, are so impressed by the growth, hard work,and high levels of preparation we’ve seen from every single student who played for us. My heart is overflowing. I’m so dang proud of each of you. It takes so much courage to audition and you all did SO well. The vibe in each audition room was so supportive and positive. You are an incredible group of students and I hope that regardless of your placement, YOU are proud of your hard work, too. This is your loving reminder that your band placement does NOT determine your worth as a musician, nor does it determine your worth as a person. The overall level of musicianship at Roosevelt is so high, and placement into ANY of our groups is an achievement. Your directors have spent meticulous care in curating these rosters and ensuring that each of you is in the ensemble that is the best possible fit.
I’d also like to announce the reinstatement of Jazz Band 4! 🥳The addition of this group is to the benefit of EVERYONE in our program! Because of this implementation, students in every ensemble will get more playing time and more opportunities for individualized instruction: both are recipes for a faster pace of musical growth and an all around more fun experience!
If you would like feedback on your audition, sign-ups for a short meeting with Ms. Mowry will be available starting Friday, June 13th.
Stay tuned for communication about our calendar for next school year and our events upcoming this fall!
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for all the work that you’ve poured into your musical journey thus far, and a huge congratulations to each of our jazz musicians 💚
Warmly,
Ms. Mowry
(name order alphabetized within each section)
Jazz Band 1
Directed by Hannah Mowry
Rhythm
Leo Dalnekoff (bass)
Lyla Dalnekoff (guitar)
Annie Faul (bass)
Reuben Greenspun (drums)
Nat Holland (piano)
Aytan Sternberg (piano)
Sienna Winquist (guitar)
Saxophones
Pauline Beckett (baritone)
Charlotte Bell-Bronzan (tenor)
Chloe Geer (alto)
Griffin Keen (alto)
Tilly Ledford (tenor)
Trombones
Rowan Perantatos
Finley Ross
Theo Van Scoyoc
Henry Vigil (bass)
Oscar Zimmerman
Trumpets
Aaron Avery
Gael Durham
Sam Lerer
Devon Osborne
Zach Starke
Jazz Band 2
Directed by Michael Van Bebber
Rhythm
Miles Baker (drums)
Zoe Berger (guitar)
Mae Bodley (bass)
Ramona Canwell (piano)
Margot Cox (bass)
Liam Kennedy (drums)
Max Schwan (piano)
Saxophones
Ellie Bailey (baritone)
Theo Concordia (tenor)
Bastian Crawford-Brau (alto)
Isaac Plummer (tenor)
Kai Seshadri (alto)
Oren Sternberg (tenor)
Trombones
Nathan Chang (bass)
Abe Liermann
Samuel Motto
Ethan Ward
Trumpets
Adam Bertelson
Jack Blankley
Andrew Chung
Nicéphore Gherardi
Ella Nakagawa
Jazz Band 3
Directed by Deb Schaaf
Rhythm
Walter Blake (piano)
Isaac Hsi (piano)
Henry Karwoski (guitar)
Jackson Pierce (drums)
Charlie Smitherman (bass)
Wyatt Spikes (drums)
Saxophones
Luca Chakravarti (baritone)
Karsten Foltz (baritone)
Annika Gustafson (tenor)
Sam Harman (alto)
Joshua Hynoski (alto)
Jonah Mack (tenor)
Rithik Sundaram (alto)
Micah Wong (tenor)
Trombones
Sonja Arnold
Rowan Fisher
Allen Forsyth
Clark Sonnen
Trumpets
Dalia Gregory
Everett Keen
Aviley Nossum
Audrey Senescall
Sophia Snook
Ella Wobbrock
Jazz Band 4
Directed by Deb Schaaf and Michael Van Bebber
Rhythm
Freddie Barnes (drums)
Ali Duber (bass)
Hanna Huang (piano)
Anya Lin (piano)
Gray Lusben (guitar)
Lily Olivier (bass)
Alex Osborn (drums)
Hunter Winquist (drums)
Saxophones
Sara Hawley (alto)
Eliza Kim (alto)
Riley Myers (alto)
Andrew Nikitin (tenor)
Erlend Stulen (baritone)
Trombones
Jane Hoofnagle
Trumpets
Eddie Doerge
Lucy McDaniel
Archer Meaders
Jackson Pierce
Kai Wakabayashi