That prompted me to re-read my first blog post about him, then a sixth grader and my fourth student. Hopefully, his job search will go well when he finishes.” He has had several 4.0 quarters and is on the Dean’s list. “It gave him a home wherever he went.” He’s now a senior at Western Washington University in Bellingham, studying manufacturing engineering. “Band was great for him,” she wrote to me. She says he continued to play trumpet in the concert, jazz, and pep bands through four years at two high schools. Escobedo, 8 years ago (please see my blog post of 14 December 2011). Lastly, the strong Senior Jazz Band (41 members, including 7 trumpeters) concluded the concert with five pieces.Īs I sat again in Eckstein Auditorium, I was reminded of a former trumpet student of mine who also played in the winter concert there, also conducted by Mr. Fourth on the program was Vocal Jazz I, the largest group (67 members). Next, the 28-member Intermediate Jazz Band, with 7 trumpeters, played four pieces. After the Junior Jazz Band opened the concert, Vocal Jazz II performed two songs. E” or “Moc”) is Director of Bands, Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz. And here he was now, one and a half years later, my 42nd trumpet student, at this evening concert-the featured trumpet soloist when the 29-member Junior Jazz Band played “Second Line” (Joe Avery Blues). I recall that he originally chose trumpet because it sounded “jazzy” (see my blog post of ).
And one of them was a 6th grade trumpet player who has been taking private lessons from me since May 2018. One hundred and eighty-six student musicians performed for a packed audience on “Jazz Night” on 21 November at Eckstein Middle School in Seattle. Junior Jazz Band, Eckstein Middle School, Seattle
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