BDX is BACK! Educational Drumline Fest Returns
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Seattle JazzED is proud to announce its upcoming BDX Drumline Festival, set to take place on Saturday, June 3, at the Amazon Meeting Center in the South Lake Union neighborhood. This educational showcase will provide percussionists with the opportunity to workshop with professional drumline adjudicators from across the Pacific Northwest, receiving valuable feedback to improve their craft.
The festival will feature secondary school performances from Chimacum High School, Chimacum Jr. High School, Clayburn Middle School, Garfield High School, Life Christian Academy, North Creek High School, Orting Middle School, Robert Bateman Secondary School, Seattle JazzED Drumline, Sequoyah Middle School, Shorewood High School, South Shore Pk-8, Stanwood High School, and West Seattle High School. After performing, percussionists will move to individual clinics, where they will receive personalized feedback from professional drumline educators. The adjudicators are a diverse group, largely from the Pacific Northwest, with years of experience in the field. They include Chris Patin, Josie Dietrich, David Vaughns, and Christopher Grant.
The BDX Drumline Festival was started at Garfield High School by Tony Sodano, who is co-leading this year's event with educators Kelly Clingan and Beth Fortune. Sodano's vision for the festival was to create a non-competitive space for percussionists to learn and grow, and that vision continues today.
The Seahawks Drumline, Blue Thunder, will also perform for students. The day will conclude with an awards ceremony, where adjudicators will honor outstanding groups for specific skills with a focus on feedback.
The BDX Drumline Festival promises to be a day full of music and learning, featuring some of the most talented percussionists from the Pacific Northwest. It is an event not to be missed!
Presenting sponsors of the festival include Amazon and the Douglas R. Roach Jazz Futures Fund. To learn more about the BDX Drumline Festiva and reserve tickets, visit www.seattlejazzed.org/bdx.
2023 BDX design created by Alex Radakovich.
