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After Garfield High School, he was the band director at Franklin High and Roosevelt High School from 1969 to 1983. Under King's direction, the Roosevelt Jazz Ensembles won the highest accolades at the prestigious Mt Hood Jazz Festivals, the Clarke College Jazz Festivals, and the Reno Jazz Festivals.
Dugdale has a Master's degree in arts from the Seattle Pacific University as well as Bachelor's degree in performance from the Eastman School of Music. [1] He attended Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Washington where he played clarinet and saxophone with Scott Brown and Mark Taylor. [3]
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is an annual high school jazz festival and competition that takes place every May at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The festival is aimed at encouraging young musicians to play music by Duke Ellington and other jazz musicians.
Clarence Acox is an American band director and jazz drummer. He is a native of New Orleans, and has been heard in a variety of settings in the Pacific Northwest.. He is the former director of jazz bands at Garfield High School, [1] where he has taught since arriving from Southern University in Baton Rouge in 1971, initially hired to rejuvenate the school's marching bands.
The orchestra will kick-off the season with a performance from international jazz saxophone artist Markus Howell and four area high school jazz bands at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Harbor Lights ...
In eighth grade, McCready formed his first band, Warrior, whose name soon changed to Shadow. Originally a cover band playing during free periods at Roosevelt High School, the band eventually began writing original material and recording demo tapes. [4] After high school, McCready worked at a pizza restaurant where he befriended musician Pete ...
The school campus, formerly a historic high school for Black students, is slated for more than $50 million in renovations. More: After decades of neglect, Roosevelt High revival finally underway ...
All three Jazz bands are taught by Moc Escobedo. The Senior Jazz Band attends Music in the parks at Silverwood amusement park in Couer D’lane, Idaho.Their main competition is Hamilton International Middle School Jazz Band. Eckstein lost to them at Clark College, Bellevue High School, and Bellevue Community College, and has never won against them.