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Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Active since: January 1, 2000

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) features many of the finest female jazz artists in the region. Showcasing high intensity jazz, tight harmonies, and lush dynamic sounds, the band performs with a fresh energy stemming from seven years of thrilling audiences on two continents. SWOJO has come a long way in a short time. Since forming in 2000, the band has performed at clubs, jazz festivals, and concert halls in North and South America, released a critically acclaimed CD (Dreamcatcher), and was nominated for an Earshot Golden Ear award in 2006! SWOJO has appeared with a number of distinguished jazz artists including Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Grace Kelly, Don Lanphere, Mimi Fox, Curtis Stigers, Susan Pascal, Sue Orfield, Greta Matassa, Hazel Leach, Jill Townsend, Sherrie Maricle, and Sheryl Bailey

Marge Rosen

Marge Rosen is a busy music educator, trumpet player and percussionist. 

She is a founding member, lead trumpet and the Executive Director for the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra.

Marge is a music instructor at Peninsula College in Port Angeles and the director for the college jazz ensemble.

She is the music director of Stardust Big Band and also plays trumpet with the band.

Marge conducts the Port Townsend Summer Band and performs with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra.

Sidney Hauser

Born: April 5, 1994

Hailing from Whidbey Idland, Sidney received her BA in Fine Arts and a minor in Music Performance from the University of Washington. She has studied under local artists such as Neil Welch, Michael Brockman and Steve Treseler. She now plays lead alto in the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra, second alto in the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and second alto in The Jazz Police. Additionally she plays in a prog rock group, a folk rock band and leads her own fusion group SmackTalk. When she’s not playing music or working full-time, she does commissioned artwork on the side.

Jazz Contest For Women Composers!

February 21, 2015

SEATTLE WOMEN’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) announces the Third Annual Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest for Women Composers. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra with award-winning guitarist Mimi Fox in Seattle. The winner of the contest will receive a $400 honorarium, an audio recording of their piece performed live, ...

Women Jazz Ensemble Composers Wanted!

April 29, 2013

The First Annual Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest for Women Composers is now open for submissions! This contest has been created to encourage the composition of the highest possible quality of jazz ensemble literature playable by high schools, honor bands, college bands and professional bands alike. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the ...

Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest For Women Composers!

March 14, 2013

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) has created this contest to encourage the composition and performance of the highest possible quality of jazz ensemble literature playable by high schools, honor bands, college bands and professional bands alike. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra with a special guest artist ...

Meeting of the Waters

By Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Encontro das

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra: Meeting of the Waters

by Jack Bowers
April 24, 2007

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra, now seven years old, has produced its second superlative album of contemporary jazz, a cosmopolitan enterprise showcasing impressive compositions and arrangements by musical director Daniel Barry; Englishwoman Hazel Leach, co-leader of the European-based United Women's Orchestra; and Jill Townsend, one of Canada's most talented writers in the big-band genre. As on ...

Encontro Das Aguas

April 17, 2007

Album: Meeting of the Waters
By Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 5:40

Dreamcatcher

By Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 63rd St. Theme, The Hiding Place, Pura Emocion, Big Mama Louise, Fly Me to the Moon, Nisqually Riff, As Long As 'm Singing, Peanut Vendor, A Foggy Day, Two to tango, Dreamcatcher