SAM Performs: The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Name: SAM Performs: The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra
Start: 2025-02-09T12:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-09T14:00:00-08:00
Location: Seattle Art Museum

Schedule

Sun Feb 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WA

Join us for a special musical performance exploring the genre that inspired the genius exhibited in Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley and Alexander Calder. SAM will host the Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra in our South Hall from 12:00–2:00 pm. Experience this experimental and dynamic music as we consider its lasting influence on modern and contemporary artists.
The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) was formed in 2000 to encourage women and girls to become involved in jazz performance and composition as a career or avocation, to develop the musical, educational, and artistic growth of individual musicians, and to foster appreciation of jazz as an art form. SWOJO has become a dynamic force for jazz in the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest. It has performed at clubs, jazz festivals, and concert halls on two continents.
SWOJO proudly features contemporary, original music by regional and international women composers and arrangers, including Jill Townsend, Ann Reynolds, Leigh Pilzer, Christine Jensen, Jessie Smith, and Nelda Swigget. SWOJO has performed with many female jazz artists, including Dee Daniels, Grace Kelly, Mimi Fox, Christine Jensen, Jill Townsend, Sherrie Maricle, Greta Matassa, Sheryl Bailey, Ingrid Jensen, and many others. SWOJO has performed at Benaroya Hall, the Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival, Seattle Jazz Vespers, The Triple Door, Bumbershoot, Festival Jazz en Lima (Peru), and more.