Essentially Ellington | Solo and section awards for Seattle-area students

Along with Garfield and Roosevelt high schools taking first and second place at Essentially Ellington, dozens of students from those schools and Bellevue's Newport High School garnered individual and section awards at the jazz-band competition in New York.

OUTSTANDING SOLOISTS

Clarinet

Carl Majeau, Garfield — Outstanding

Alto Saxophone

Kyle Mark, Newport; Evan Shay, Garfield — Outstanding

Tenor Saxophone

Xavier Del Castillo, Roosevelt; Ian Frost and Carl Majeau, Garfield — Outstanding

Baritone Saxophone

Andrew Morrill, Roosevelt — Outstanding

Trumpet

Riley Mulherkar and Gabriel Martin, Garfield; Corey Dansereau and Michael Davis, Roosevelt — Outstanding

Trombone

Andy Clausen, Roosevelt High School — Outstanding

Piano

Ariel Pocock, Newport; Gus Carns, Roosevelt; Benjamin Hamaji, Garfield — Outstanding

Guitar

Eli Meisner, Newport — Outstanding

The Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Vocalist Award

Ariel Pocock, Newport

OUTSTANDING SECTIONS

Reeds

Roosevelt, Garfield — Outstanding

Brass

Roosevelt — Outstanding

Newport — Honorable Mention

Trombones

Garfield — Outstanding

Rhythm Section

Roosevelt — Honorable Mention