Umami Tuesday
Saturday, May 11, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts | MEADOW STAGE
RHIA FOSTER
Born in Cashmere, WA, Foster is a vocalist, educator, and performer living in the Wenatchee Valley. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2014 with degrees in vocal jazz performance and music business. Foster is the cofounder of the award winning group Point of Departure Vocal Jazz at Berklee and has worked with jazz musicians from around the globe. She is particularly passionate about supporting local musicians and specializes in artist management, events coordination, and jazz ballads.
KYLE SOMERS
Kyle Somers is a saxophonist originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from UC San Diego in 2015, he played sax, guitar, and keyboard with various jazz, blues, and rock groups. He released an album of listenable pop music in 2021 called Luminous Canopy in a band that decided to name themselves The Pool Noodles for marketing and tax purposes.
MIKE ROACH
Mike Roach is a graduate from Central Washington University. He studied clarinet performance under Joseph Brooks and holds a certificate of jazz studies. He mostly does musical theater work, often with Leavenworth Summer Theater where he performs in the pit orchestras and conducts.
SETH GARRIDO
A lifelong resident of Washington State, Garrido is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He studied saxophone at Central Washington University and is well versed in many genres from country western to be bop, swing to soul. His album Heavy Handed Heart was released in 2021. Seth is deeply committed to his community of musicians, friends and family and is passionate about human connection via songwriting and storytelling.
TODD SMITH
Born in Leavenworth and after years of studying and playing piano, trumpet and drums, Todd pursued his dreams of being a musician by entering into the School of Architecture at the University of Washington. Putting his career as a musician on pause, he continued to play in small groups throughout college and as a young adult. Now as a husband and father of 2 teenagers he continues to play music while owning and operating a small Architectural firm in Leavenworth, skiing in winters, and biking in summers. He's appreciative of the musical community of Leavenworth and the upper valley for fostering stray musicians.
Domingo Gonzalez
More to come.
ABE MARTINEZ
Abe Martinez has been a drummer for over a decade who has performed in a wide array of genres ranging from punk rock to jazz, reggae to ska. His influences encompass fusion jazz through to elemental math rock. He's also been involved in drum core for many years as a student and then instructor. When he's not on the set, he's been known to DJ on the side, slowly becoming a prominent name in the local EDM industry by playing at well known clubs in Seattle, Portland, and Tri Cities.