Our own Leo Folsom has received an award from Downbeat Magazine, for Original Composition for Small Ensemble, high school division. Leo was one of three composers honored. Not bad for a sophomore!
The Downbeat submission audio track features Noah Halpern and Dylan Collins on trumpet, Tyler Evans and Porter Jones on trombone, and Leo Folsom on piano. Original composition by Leo Folsom. Category: original composition for small combo. (MP3 file here)
The band is back from New York, where we heard (and created!) some incredible performances at JALC. We didn’t make the top three this time, but many of our musicians came away with individual and section honors as outstanding players:
Bass: Will Langlie-Miletich
Guitar: Peter Stoessel
Drums Honorable Mention: Luke Woodle
Alto saxophone: Anna Dolde
Tenor saxophone: Santosh Sharma, Jesse Beckett-Herbert and Taka Olds
Trumpet: Jeffrey Gustaveson
Trumpet Honorable Mention: John Otten and Rubin Hohlbein
Trombone Honorable Mention: Porter Jones
Section: Saxophone
Thanks to everyone for supporting the band and making this incredible experience possible.
Roosevelt Jazz performs at the Essentially Ellington Festival this week! Catch the show this Friday May 9th at 1:50 PDT (4:50 Eastern) at http://jalc.org/live .