Congrats to both Roosevelt High and Garfield High Jazz Bands

Neither Roosevelt High School's jazz band or Garfield High School's jazz band took top honors at the Essentially Ellington competition this year. However, these musicians from both schools were honored and deserve congratulations (some honors shared with other schools as well):

OUTSTANDING RHYTHM SECTION: Roosevelt High School 

OUTSTANDING TROMBONE SECTION: Garfield High School

OUTSTANDING TRUMPET SECTION: Garfield High School

OUTSTANDING BASS: Garfield High School

OUTSTANDING DRUMS: Roosevelt High School

OUTSTANDING CLARINET: Peter Strickland, Garfield High School

HONORABLE MENTION ALTO SAX: Charlee Dobson-Cohen

OUTSTANDING ALTO SAX: Graham Cobden, Garfield High School

OUTSTANDING TENOR SAX: Taiyo Fuwa, Roosevelt High School 

OUTSTANDING DOUBLER: Peter Strickland, Garfield High School

OUTSTANDING TRUMPET: Timothy Park, Garfield High School

The Cootie Williams Award - Timothy Park, Garfield High School 

 

Comments

Anonymous said…
Ballard high school? Absent? How come?

They use to be truly stellar, of course, that “attracted” the wrong kind of attention from the glass palace (can’t have any excellence anywhere!) so they railroaded the principal and installed a failure.

A friend’s kid withdrew from music when they were told they were “de-colonizing” the music program… i.e. taking it apart in whatever way they could get away with in politically correctly manner to sabotage it.

Looking at the numbers as well as the % of running start participation throughout the district really does tell a story. And, in our experience, our kids’ high school made the RS program incredibly difficult to decode/file paper work/successfully register and enroll. They absolutely DEEMPHASIZED running start and kind of hid it really.

Anyway, long live instrumental music; it is an unbelievably valuable connector of kids, community, and beauty.

Blue Bus
5/26/23, 7:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Yoshi Stroh (Roosevelt) won Outstanding Drums- it’s an individual award.

Blue Dog
5/26/23, 10:25 PM
Anonymous said…
Ballard has a new band director, who started last year. From what I can tell, he is well loved and doing a fantastic job (I have a kid in band). I would say thar rather than “de colonizing” the directors are looking for new artists, who may have been over looked. I love Sousa and Beethoven, but it’s a welcome change to hear new pieces of music. As for the previous admin, there were many, many issues with him. Having worked in various schools, in many roles, there is a lot that the public doesn’t know (I see a lot of what happens behind the science, and I still miss a lot). Whether Wynkoop should have been removed or not, I think it was a change for the better (for everyone). He had spent his entire career at Ballard and I think he needed to try something new. -FormerTeacher
5/27/23, 10:16 AM
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