Bellevue High School Jazz Festival - Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 30th annual Bellevue High School Jazz Festival! The festival, May 4-5, featured nearly 50 jazz bands from throughout the Northwest. The winners are:

HIGH SCHOOL

Sweepstakes Winner:               Garfield High School Jazz Band II, Seattle

AAAA Division

            1st place                     Newport High School Jazz Band I, Bellevue, Wash.

            2nd place                     Chiawana High School Jazz Ensemble I, Pasco, Wash.

            3rd place                     Bothell High School Jazz Band I, Bothell, Wash.

            Outstanding soloist        Spencer Edgers, alto saxophone, Newport High School Jazz Band I

                                               

AAA Division

            1st place                      Garfield High School Jazz Band II, Seattle

            2nd place                      Interlake High School Jazz Band I, Bellevue

            3rd place                      Pasco High School Jazz Ensemble I, Pasco

            4th place                      Mercer Island High School Jazz Band, Mercer Island, Wash.

            Outstanding soloists     Alice MarAbe, piano, Garfield High School Jazz Band II

                                                Daniel Rowe, trumpet, Mercer Island High School Jazz Band

                                                Jacob Weiss, base trombone, Bainbridge High School Jazz Band

                                                Ryan Duval-Fowler, tenor saxophone, Interlake High School Jazz Band I

A-AA Division

            1st place                       Garfield High School Jazz Band III, Seattle

            2nd place                      Newport High School Jazz Band III, Bellevue

            3rd place                      Mount Si High School Jazz Band II, North Bend, Wash.

 

Outstanding Jazz II or III bands:

            1st place                       Chiawana High School Jazz Ensemble II, Pasco

            2nd place                      Bothell High School Jazz Band II, Bothell, Wash.

            3rd place                      Pasco High School Jazz Ensemble II, Pasco

 

MIDDLE-/JUNIOR-HIGH SCHOOL

Middle School Division

            1st place                       Twin Falls Middle School Jazz Band I, North Bend

            2nd place                      Valley View Middle School, Snohomish, Wash.

            3rd place                      Islander Middle School, Mercer Island

            4th place                       Eckstein Middle School Senior Jazz Band, Seattle

Outstanding soloists                 Conner Drake, piano, Twin Falls Middle School Jazz Band I, 

                                            Claire Demorest, vocals, Emma Mitchell-Sparke, alto saxophone, 

                                            and Santosh Sharma, alto saxophone, Eckstein Middle School Senior Jazz Band

Junior High Division

            1st place                       Eisenhower Middle School Jazz Band, Everett, Wash.

            2nd place                      Leota Junior High Jazz Band, Woodinville, Wash.

 

Outstanding Jazz II or III band Eckstein Middle School Beginning Jazz Band