Your Guide to the Local Jazz Scene
The UW Jazz Orchestra workshops and performs music ranging from the classic big band repertoire to contemporary and cutting-edge concert jazz music by today’s leading jazz composers. The Orchestra was founded in 1968 as the Mead Witter School of Music’s first jazz and popular music ensemble by trombone professor Allen Chase. Now under the direction of Dr. Johannes Wallmann, its previous directors have included bassist Richard Davis, saxophonist Les Thimmig, trombonist Claude Cailliet, and trumpeter Jim Doherty. The Spring 2023 edition of the UW Jazz Orchestra features John Krueger, Michael Howe, Ben Weiss, Prateek Tandon, Hannah Gardner, saxophones; Derek Wolfe, Ella Scott, William Kelley, Jay Yoo, trumpets; Philip Machkovech, Michael Trotier, Greg Scheer, Sara Lehman, trombones; Owen Shefchik, guitar; Mark Goodden, piano; Jan Grzywacz, bass; and Scott Lonzaga, drums.