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SAM Performs: The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Sat Dec 7 2024

12–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Plestcheeff Auditorium

Photo provided by Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra.

This event will be rescheduled for a later date. Please stay tuned!

Join us in a series of musical performances exploring the genre that inspired the genius exhibited in Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley and Alexander Calder. Each week, SAM will have a different jazz ensemble perform in our South Hall on Saturday from 12–12:45 pm and 1:15–2 pm. Join us as we listen to the experimental and dynamic music, which created a lasting influence on Modern and Contemporary artists.

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Free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra
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 the contemporary, original music of 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, Triple Door, Bumbershoot, Festival Jazz en Lima (Peru) and others.

Check out the other jazz performances coming to SAM!
November 20 Following Space Public Reception
November 23 SAM Performs: KO Ensemble

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