Roosevelt Jazz Families,
Starbucks has selected Roosevelt Jazz Band 1 to participate in the 2017 Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz event at the Paramount Theatre. Starbucks has been sponsoring this event since 1995 and has raised over $500,000 for local high school jazz programs. We are fortunate to be a part of this amazing event and to live in a community that celebrates jazz.
Join us on Friday 3/17/17 and come see a fantastic show featuring Roosevelt plus other talented local high school bands.
Greetings, family, friends and neighbors!
The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band performs Duke Ellington’s Jazz Nutcracker December 3 and 4!
Swing into the holiday season with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s festive Jazz Nutcracker, a fanciful take on the Tchaikovsky suite. The award-winning Roosevelt Jazz Band is fortunate to have the rights to perform this arrangement. Join us for a Seattle tradition. Check out this video for a preview of what you will enjoy at the show.
Showtimes:
Saturday, December 3, 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 4, 2 PM at the Roosevelt High School Performing Arts Theater.
Cost:
$18 for adults, $13 for students and seniors.
Jazz Band 1 was honored to open for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra last night, October 13, at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. The concert, and the Roosevelt Jazz program, were mentioned in this recent Seattle Times interview with Wynton Marsalis, director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Hello Jazz Families!
Roosevelt Jazz Band 1 and special guest D’Vonne Lewis Limited Edition will play as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival on October 22, 2016 at Roosevelt High School. D’Vonne Lewis is a Roosevelt grad and former drummer in the Roosevelt Jazz band!
Tickets are available at the Earshot link below, $18 for adults and $10 for students. There is also a discounted “Family Pack” ticket option: $50 for two adults and two student tickets.
Please SAVE THE DATE for the start of year Jazz Picnic which will be held Tuesday September 6, 2017 at 5:30 pm in Ravenna Park. The event is an opportunity to pick up important forms and meet the Band Directors, other musicians and their families.
It’s been our tradition to start the year off with a picnic so that we can get to know and greet our new families, as well as reconnect with families returning to the program. We will have our Welcome picnic on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 from 5:30-8:00 pm at Ravenna Park upper picnic shelter. The address is 2000 NE 58th Street, Seattle 98105. Just before 20th Ave ends at the pedestrian bridge, turn right into the parking lot.
As in years past, we will do a potluck. The Roosevelt Jazz Boosters will provide plates, cups, utensils and napkins. Families should bring something based on their last name:
We will distribute the welcome packet, with information and forms for all families to take home with them. Please go through the forms and send the fully completed forms with your student to the first day of jazz class or to the first Jazz Booster Meeting on Tuesday, September 20th.