Artistic Programs
New Music Mondays- 9pm Jam
This weekly jam session is curated with an eye towards exploring the history of jazz through the compositions and styles of important artists, styles, movements and regions.
Piano Starts Here
Six times per year since 2012, local jazz pianists explore and pay tribute to historic jazz piano/composer icons. This has included great composers such as Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Sonny Clark, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Bill Evans, Fats Waller, Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, Herbie Hancock and Herbie Nichols. Local pianists have included Marc Seales, Dawn Clement, Tim Kennedy, Gus Carns, Bill Anschell, Darius Wilrich, Ray Skjelbred, Ryan Burns, Robin Holcomb, Jake Svendsen, Dave Peck, Jovino Santos Neto, Nelda Swiggett, Aaron Otheim, Sumi Tonooka, Alex Guilbert, Carolyn Graye, Randy Halberstadt, Eric Verlinde, Michael Owcharuk, Marina Albero, Ron Weinstein, Josh Rawlings and Wayne Horvitz.
Festivals
This program presents and nurtures festivals celebrating a wide range of musical styles and cultures, including:
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Latin Festival
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Ancient to Future Festival
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Blues Festival
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Women in Jazz
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Psychedelic Festival
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Women in Country Music
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Brazilian Festival
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Caribbean Festival
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Improvised Music Festival
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Earshot Jazz Festival
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Film music from movies of historical and cultural import ranging from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" to "Black Panther"
Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble
Since 2012, the RRCME has performed regularly on Monday nights. The RRCME performs a blend of structured and conducted improvisations based on a wide range of musical material. Two CDs and eight years later, they are still going strong.
Artist Programming Partners
Columbia City BeatWalk
Early Music Seattle
Earshot Jazz
Seattle JazzEd
Jazz Night School
KEXP
KNKX
Pacifica Literary Review
Seattle Festival of Improvised Music
Town Hall
Youth & Education Programs
Home for the Holidays
This program offers performance opportunities for young Seattle Musicians who are studying around the country when they are “home for the holidays.”
The After-School Club
This program provides a performance venue for Seattle music education programs, including:
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JazzEd
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Garfield High School
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Jazz Night School
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Meter Music School
Youth & Education Programming Partners
The Phinney Ridge Youth Orchestra
Rain City Rock Camp for Girls
Reel Grrls
School of Rock
Local Schools:
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Garfield High School
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Jane Addams Middle School
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Lakeside School
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Orca K-8
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Seattle Urban Academy
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University Prep
Community Programs
This program provides performance space and support services to neighborhood and community organizations involved in civic engagement, diverse coalition building, action on climate change, and other progressive priorities.
Community Programming Partners
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Climate Solutions/Washington State Ballot Initiative 1631
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Seaward Park Audubon Society
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The Windermere Foundation
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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
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Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness