Both the Garfield and Roosevelt High School jazz bands will be in concert at Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, June 9. Both bands were top finalists for the 2010 Essentially Ellington Festival Awards, with Garfield taking First Place (for the second year in a row) and Roosevelt earning an honorable mention.
The jazz bands have just returned from the Essentially Ellington Competition in New York, and have decided to put on a show as leaders in high school jazz bands nationwide. The concert is “pay what you can,” with a suggested donation of $20 at the door to benefit the bands, their high school music programs and the Seattle Center Foundation. Both bands will be performing “big band standards, including the great works of Duke Ellington.”
It will be a time for great music and celebration. The event is part of Seattle Center efforts to invite the community to participate in activities on the campus that delight and inspire the human spirit.