Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
Just added for June 8, the Seattle City Council welcomes a quintet from the award-winning Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble. Garfield recently took home first place honors at the Essentially Ellington Competition at New York’s Lincoln Center. The celebration of their success continues at 2 p.m. in City Council Chambers with the presentation of a joint proclamation by Mayor Greg Nickles and the Council honoring these exceptional young musicians.
Seattle Times:
For the first time, both Garfield’s A band and its B, or second-string band, won their divisions at the prestigious Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, which has combined performance with jazz education for more than 40 years. Garfield’s B band and Bellevue’s Sammamish High School were both named outstanding among Class 3A bands. Four members of Garfield’s A band were also recognized as outstanding soloists: Majeau, pianist Andrew Kennard, bassist Colleen Gilligan and trumpeter Riley Mulherkar. The Hampton festival, which ran four days, featured performances by jazz greats like Bobby McFerrin, Monty Alexander and Jeff Hamilton. But the central aim of the festival is to nurture young talent from colleges, high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools.
