Roosevelt High, Ellington Competition Third Place
Roosevelt, Garfield and Edmonds-Woodway high schools were participating finalists at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition in New York City this year. Roosevelt high, third place, received a $1,000 prize. Seattle high-school jazz bands have won first place seven times.
Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times, reports: Garfield and Roosevelt won honors for outstanding saxophone and trumpet sections; Roosevelt was recognized for an outstanding trombone section and Edmonds-Woodway for an outstanding clarinet section.
Among the winners of outstanding soloist awards were these Seattle-area students: piano, Jack Swiggett of Garfield and Daniel Arthur of Roosevelt; drums, Luke Woodle of Roosevelt; clarinet, Kyle Brooks of Edmonds-Woodway; alto saxophone, Anna Dolde of Roosevelt; doubler, Isak Washburn-Gaines of Garfield (clarinet and tenor); and for trumpet, John Otten, Noah Halpern and Jeffrey Gustaveson, all of Roosevelt.
Honorable mentions went to Ariel Loud of Garfield for the alto sax and Connor Hargus of Garfield for the trombone.
More information at www.jalc.org.
CityArtists Project Funding
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture is accepting applications for the 2014 CityArtist Projects program. This year, Seattle-based individual artists working in visual, literary (excluding playwriting) and media arts are eligible. Applicants may request up to $8,000 for projects in 2014. Applications are due Wednesday, July 17. CityArtists is an annual funding program that provides support to individual Seattle artists to research, develop and present new, in-progress or remounted work. Projects must include a public presentation within the city limits of Seattle. More information and a link to the online application at www.seattle.gov/arts.
Mayor Announces Additional Arts Education Funding
The city began implementing a Seattle and Seattle Public Schools partnership called the Creative Advantage with a $500,000 investment in arts education for Seattle Public Schools. A Wallace Foundation planning grant initiated the creation of the comprehensive K-12 arts plan, supporting a minimum of two hours per week of arts education and the purchase of instruments and other arts supplies for classrooms. These initial funds will reach students in and around Seattle’s Central District, in schools with strong existing partnerships with community-based arts education organizations. More information at seattle.gov/arts.
SWOJO Composition Contest for Women
The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra invites women composers to submit new compositions by June 30. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, with a special guest artist, as part of the 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival. The winner receives the concert audio recording, an honorarium, and the winning piece will be published by SWOJO or their designated publisher. The contest has been created to encourage composition and performance of the highest possible quality of jazz ensemble literature playable by high schools, honor bands, college bands and professional bands alike. See swojo.org/compcontestapply.html for details.
On the Horizon
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Wednesday, August 7, 8pm
ZooTunes, Woodland Park Zoo
New Orleans jazz, funk, soul trombonist and Grammy nominee Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews returns to this year’s ZooTunes.
Tickets are $26-$101. More information at www.zoo.org/zootunes.
On the Horizon
Thursday, August 1, 8pm
Christian Pincock Group CD release
Chapel Performance Space
$5-$15, suggested donation. More information at christianpincock.net.
Help the Jazz Around the Sound Calendar
Notice a restaurant with jazz gigs has closed or opened? Want to list your gigs? Please email news and announcements about community jazz gigs, concerts and events to jazzcalendar@earshot.org.
