Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The Triple Door, 216 Union St, Seattle, WA 98101
Get ready for an electric evening where community and music collide. Soundtrack for the Future is more than just a fundraiser. It’s a high-energy celebration of the next generation of jazz. Join us for cocktail hour by The Triple Door, dinner by Wild Ginger and a soul-stirring lineup that includes our students, teaching artists, and the incomparable Gail Pettis!
Dust off your best jazz attire and don’t miss the event that’s sure to be a highlight of your year!
Meet Our Emcee
Sasha Summer Cousineau is a fundraising auctioneer, gala emcee, wedding officiant, fundraising and event planning consultant based in Seattle, WA. As the owner of Revel Rouser events, Sasha is living her “Occupassion” every time she gets to serve local non-profits and educational institutions. A lifelong performer, Sasha’s magnetism on the microphone commands a room, galvanizing donors to give in support of a cause. It is Sasha’s joy to be the storyteller for her clients’ missions, values, and impacts. And she is thrilled to serve as your fundraising auctioneer this evening and thanks you for your generous support of Seattle JazzED.
Meet Our Performer
Two-time winner of Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award “Northwest Vocalist of the Year,” Gail Pettis was born in Kentucky and raised in Gary, Indiana. Shortly after moving to Seattle in 1996 to establish her own orthodontics practice, Pettis, who’d played French horn in high school, began nurturing a new passion for jazz vocals in her early forties, after taking a jazz workshop taught by Seattle saxophonist Darren Motamedy. In 2006, Pettis sold her orthodontic practice and began making music full-time. With two records to her name, Pettis won the Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Competition in 2006, served as an artist-in-residence at Amherst Jazz Festival the same year, and has performed with Gene Harris, New Manhattan Big Band, and Eddie Conrad.
Get a glimpse of last year’s Soundtrack for the Future gala. (Photos by Quiroz Films)
Thank you to last year’s Soundtrack for the Future Gala Sponsors!
Interested in being this year’s sponsor?
We believe any student who wants to play should get to play.
Through jazz education that liberates and inspires, our mission is to increase access in the music room, celebrate student expression and build lasting connection rooted in community.
At Seattle JazzED, we welcome students from all grade levels. You can play or sing in an ensemble, take a one-day workshop, spend a week in the summer honing skills…or all three!
Plus, our families always choose their tuition level. Flexible payment plans and full tuition waivers are available, no questions asked. We’re able to offer sliding scale prices because our community of families pay what they can and our community of donors give what they can.
