The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents for one night only the Eleventh Annual Sister City Female Jazz Vocalist Audition. Doors open at5:30 pm, auditions start at 6:30 pm and the evening will end around 9:30pm.
The 11th Annual Sister City Female Vocalist Jazz Audition at Jazz Alley is right around the corner so mark your calendars! The Seattle Kobe Sister City Association (SKSCA) is pleased to announce its Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Audition. SKSCA will select one high school and one adult female jazz vocalist from the greater Seattle area to Kobe, Japan to perform at the Kobe Jazz Queen Vocalist Contest on May 9th, 2015.
Every fall for the last fifteen years, the winner of the Kobe Jazz Queen Contest has flown to Seattle to debut in the US at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley. Last year SKSCA sent local jazz vocalist Jennifer Kienzle and high school vocalist Laura Rosok to Kobe for the May 2014 Kobe Jazz Queen Contest. This year, the SKSCA is proud to host its 11th jazz vocalist audition as a reciprocal exchange to send two Seattle female jazz vocalists to Japan.
Finalists will be selected by end of February, and they will perform at a live audition at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on Monday, March 9, 2015, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 pm.) Family, friends, and community members are encouraged to come and support the finalists. The suggested donations are $5.00/students and $10.00/adults with proceeds supporting this and future Seattle-Kobe Jazz competitions. Finalists will be announced the first week of March.
For interested singers, please go to the SKSCA website for further information and an application form: http://www.sksca.org
February 2 – Applications due. For complete details and application materials www.seattlekobe.org
February 21 – Finalists notified by e-mail
March 9 – Live audition at Jazz Alley from 6:30p until 9:30p.
Eligibility: Applicants must be female high school student or adult age 18 or older, reside in the greater Seattle area, be alto to represent Seattle in KOBE, Japan
Sponsors for this event include: Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Kobe Trade Information Office, Sankei Travel, Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association, and Shinkaichi Music Street.