Support Roosevelt Jazz by Buying Groceries: Try eScrip!

We have a new and incredibly simple opportunity to raise ongoing money for the Booster program: The "Safeway eScrip" is a great fundraiser for Roosevelt Jazz primarily because  - for those of you who already shop at Safeway - it's not asking you to do anything different than you already.

Here's how it works-

Simply register your existing Safeway card with eScrip. Then shop as you normally would at Safeway. That's it!

CLICK HERE to download an info sheet 

Find out more about ways eScrip can help RHS Jazz:

Join us for our end of year Jazz concerts!

Jazz Bands II & III Wed. June 11
Vocal Jazz Thurs June 12
Jazz Band I Friday June 13
All shows 7:30PM in the RHS Performing Arts Center

Congratulations to JB1's Noah Halpern

Roosevelt Jazz trumpet player Noah Halpern is the only high school jazz musician in Washington State accepted into the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next-Generation Jazz Orchestra.  Noah will spend two weeks touring Japan this summer with the band before they perform again this fall at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

JB2 Pianist Leo Folsom Wins Downbeat Magazine Composition Award

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) 

 

Congrats, Leo!

Essentially Ellington Individual Honors

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.

Essentially Ellington Live Stream

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 .

Roosevelt at Starbucks Hot Java, Cool Jazz Friday April 25th

Tickets available  HERE !
Friday April 25, 2014

Doors at 6:00 pm

Show at 7:00 pm

THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE

911 Pine Street

Seattle, WA 98101


Five supremely talented high schools. One brilliant show of support.

On April 25, 2014, five of the hottest Seattle-area high school bands will come together and display their chops for one amazing, jazz-filled evening at the Paramount Theater.  But don’t take our word for it; come hear them for yourself at Starbucks’ 19th Annual Hot Java Cool Jazz.

As part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to supporting the local youth arts community, all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit participating schools’ music programs.  This year’s participants include Ballard, Bothell, Garfield, Mountlake Terrace and Roosevelt High Schools.