Welcome back to the Roosevelt Jazz community! We’ve had our first Roosevelt Jazz Boosters meeting Sept. 7, a festive welcome picnic Sept. 8, and most importantly our jazz students are back in rehearsal. We have 74 students in four ensembles this year including three big bands as well as vocal jazz. If you are a parent or guardian of a Roosevelt Jazz student, you should have received your welcome packet by email; there are 2 required forms to return to [email protected] [website link to Welcome Packet]. Fill out the volunteer survey and consider how you can support our students: we are especially seeking a chair-elect and fundraising chair for our board. Dues commitment forms along with scholarship information will be coming next. And if you’re a jazz fan, check out the opportunity to hire a Roosevelt Jazz combo to play at your next event! (Go to “Support the Program” above, and click on Hire the Band.) We’re so glad to see our directors and students back making music together.
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2019-2020 Roosevelt Jazz Ensemble Placements
The 2019-2020 Roosevelt Jazz ensemble placements are listed below. Thank you to everyone who auditioned. Now… go practice!
The Roosevelt Jazz Band
Trumpet
Colin Brace
Javier Gonzalez
Rei Ichikawa
Sylvie Kromer
Trombone
Parker Casazza
Daniel Matsumoto
Nick Mesler
Ryan Tyndall
Saxophone
Elliot Hughes (alto)
Maria Mann (alto)
Eli Sullivan (alto)
Nick Altemeier (tenor)
George Fulton (tenor)
Calvin Rey (bari)
Piano
Kohl Hébert
Bass
Grace Kaste
Anna Thielke
Drums
Aidan Shapero
Emma Usui-Villareal
Guitar
Markus Teuton
Vibes
Nathan Mesler
Roosevelt Vocal Jazz
Note, all students must be enrolled in a music ensemble class. Register through your counselor.
Singers
Sofia Araya-Bain
Tigran Avakyan
Sophia (Scooter) Clair
Cameron Cohen
Sasha Doran
Abby Glowney
Tessa Korver
Brooke Lambert
Serafina Miller
Sahil Novetzke
Camille Pape
Desi Pardo
Chloe Rigler-Gryj
Azalea Teuton
Markus Teuton
Sylvia Zerba (waitlisted at RHS)
Piano
Vlad Andral
Theo Shouse
Bass
Alex Roca
Nolan Wilson
Drums
Alberto Arriola
Solomon Kruger
Guitar
Faye Alesse
Roosevelt Jazz Band TWO
Note, all students must be enrolled in a music ensemble class. Register through your counselor.
Trumpet
Lucas DiGiuseppe
Hans Faul
Daniel Khastou
Henry Roller
Grady Spors
Trombone
Thomas Evans
Aaron Kim
Thatcher Sexton
Bergen Sorby
Saxophone
Sydney Colescott (alto)
Abby Glowney (alto)
Evan Mazor (alto)
Rachel Nolander (alto)
Owen Gwinn (tenor)
Griffin Sanders (tenor)
Olivia Sayrs (tenor)
Em Spencer (tenor)
Liam Randell (bari)
Piano
Nora Hakimian
Quinn Wedemeyer
Bass
Palmer McDaniel
Dylan Wilson
Drums
Ethan Bovey
Yoshi Stroh
Guitar
Maco Dacanay
Roosevelt Jazz Band THREE
Note, all students must be enrolled in a music ensemble class. Register through your counselor.
Trumpet
Josephine Bloom (waitlisted at RHS)
Nicholas Chang
Joseph Matsumoto
Owen Thomas
Trombone
Kirin Dhaka
Bradley Kalmar
Lucas Schubert
Saxophone
Charlee Dobson Cohen (alto)
Brooke Lambert (alto)
Dylan Senescall (alto)
Cameron Moskito (tenor)
Ryan Boyle (tenor)
Yoshi Takeno (tenor)
Cicely Griswold (bari)
Jack Hillstrom (bari)
Piano
Eilidh Haakanson
Ben Rutherford-Kinney
Bass
Cole Fung
Drums
Rasa Yaghmaie
Ripley Silas
Guitar
Jacob Gronquist
Roosevelt Jazz Band FOUR
Note, all students must be enrolled in a music ensemble class. Register through your counselor.
Trumpet
Holden Abramonte
Nicolás García-Bompadre
Saxophone
Conor Esler (alto)
Jacob Nowak (alto)
Hugh Switzer (alto)
Alden Cantara (tenor)
Chloe Rigler-Gryj (tenor)
Oliver Nairn (bari)
Piano
Liana Owen
Bass
Naomi Cole
Leo VanderWhitte Ma
Drums
Liam Jacobs
Max Weiss
Guitar
Linus Skucas
Things to Come
And just like that, it’s June. So much has happened since the last post here back on May 16th, we’re out of breath. There’s been barely a moment to reflect on Essentially Ellington, the CWU Jazz Festival with Dafnis Prieto, Waldo Fest, band camp, and A Chorus Line. Yet there are still so many more things to come! We’re knee deep in auditions. Final concerts for band, choir, orchestra, and jazz are all imminent. Marching band will take to the streets around Roosevelt in the annual neighborhood parade. We’ve got picnics and potlucks to prep for. And then there’s graduation. A bunch of our kids will head out to their next gig. We’ve grown to love them so; how do we let them go? We’ll try follow their lead and keep looking ahead (while hoping they come back to visit from time to time). We can’t wait to see what they do next!
Essentially Ellington 2019
We’ve had a bit of a week here at Roosevelt Jazz and are still catching up. Our first priority upon returning from NYC was getting audition info posted. Gotta look to the future, after all. And now that that’s done… Congratulations to Director Scott Brown and the Jazz Band for their first place finish in the 24th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival! Check out all of the competition results here. A huge thank you to all our friends and families, jazz mentors and teachers, and the entire Seattle jazz community. You’ve supported Mr. Brown and the band the whole way. We love you.