’S Jazz Education Hall of Fame José Diaz YOUNG Page 118 STARS SHINE Jazz Education Achievement Awards Kent Devereaux THE BEST STUDENT Page 121 Steve Sveum MUSICIANS OF 2014 Page 123 Alto saxophonist Patrick Bartley, a student at the Manhattan School of Music, is this year’s Undergraduate College winner in the category Jazz Instrumental Soloist. JUNE 2014 DOWNBEAT 95 BRIAN HATTON 37th Annual Student Music Awards Fantasy V, Jazz Soloist Brubeck Institute Junior High School Winner Esteban Castro Piano Spring School Oscar Perez Tenafly, NJ Junior High School Outstanding Performance Gus Hurteau Vibes Westlake Middle School Randy Porter Oakland, CA High School Winners Fernando Ferrarone Trumpet & Alto Saxophone Felix Varela Senior High School Daniel Strange Miami, FL Zoe Obadia Cole Davis Dan Gailey Trio Collective Lawrence, KS Alto Saxophone Bass Bloomington High School North LaGuardia High School Janis Stockhouse Glen Ridge High School Nick Hetko Kevin Lagos Kevin Blancq Bloomington, IN Piano Glen Ridge, NJ New York, NY University of Miami Josh Bermudez Martin Bejerano Performing Arts High School Outstanding Guitar Coral Gables, FL High School Winner Performances New World School of the Arts Jim Gasior Graduate College Winners Precollege Combo Anton Derevyanko Miami, FL Manhattan School of Music José Valentino Tenor Saxophone Jeremy Manasia Medfield High School Andy Arditi Piano, Flute, Saxophone New York, NY Douglas Olsen Tenor Saxophone University of South Florida Medfield, MA Colburn School of the Arts Dr. David Williams Lee Secard Tampa, FL Performing Arts High School Andrés Rovira Los Angeles, CA Outstanding Performances Piano Aaron Hedenstrom Paideia School Undergraduate Saxophone BTW Jazz Combo I ‘13 College Winner Kevin Bales University of North Texas Booker T. Washington HSPVA Brad Leali Atlanta, GA Bart Marantz Patrick Bartley Denton, TX Dallas, TX Aris Kare Alto Saxophone Manhattan School of Music Graduate College Guitar Colburn Jazz Workshop Palos Verdes High School Justin DiCioccio Outstanding Performance Monday Night Band Shellie Parkinson New York, NY Colburn School of the Arts Palos Verdes Estates, CA Quentin Angus Undergraduate College Guitar Lee Secard Performing Arts Outstanding Performances University of Adelaide Los Angeles, CA High School Winner Elder Conservatorium of Music Ethan Philion Mark Carroll Max Lesser Acoustic Bass Adelaide, Australia Honors Ensemble Winner Tenor Saxophone Oberlin Conservatory Colburn School of the Arts Peter Dominguez Berklee Jazz Lee Secard Oberlin, OH Workshop Shades Los Angeles, CA Small Jazz Berklee College of Music Brian Scarborough Combo Rick DiMuzio & Terri Lyne Trombone Carrington Performing Arts High School University of Kansas High School Winner Medford, MA Outstanding Performances School of Music 96 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2014 37th Annual Student Music Awards Honors Ensemble Gary Keller Folsom, CA Outstanding Performances Miami, FL Large Jazz Ensemble High School Outstanding Concord Combo Balchemy Performances Tucson Jazz Institute New School for Junior High School Winner Brice Winston Jazz & Contemporary Music Jazz Band “A” Tucson, AZ Chris Stover Folsom Middle Buchanan High School New York, NY School Jazz Band Paul Lucckesi Jazzschool Advanced Folsom Middle School Clovis, CA Jazz Workshop I John Zimny California Jazz Conservatory Graduate College Winner Folsom, CA Honors Ensemble Winner Michael Zilber Berkeley, CA José Valentino Ensemble Junior High School Caleb Chapman’s University of South Florida Outstanding Performances Crescent Super Band Dr. David Williams Caleb Chapman Music Undergraduate Walnut Creek Tampa, FL Caleb Chapman College Winner Intermediate Jazzers Salt Lake City, UT Walnut Creek Intermediate School Fantasy V Graduate College Rita Zigas-Brown Honors Ensemble Brubeck Institute Walnut Creek, CA Outstanding Performance Joe Gilman & Nick Fryer Outstanding Performances Stockton, CA Stanley Middle School Ellington Big Band MSM Chamber Jazz Messengers Tucson Jazz Institute Undergraduate College Jazz Ensemble Stanley Middle School Doug Tidaback Outstanding Performances Manhattan School of Music Bob Athayde Tucson, AZ Justin DiCioccio A Little Big Band Lafayette, CA New York, NY Oberlin Conservatory Undergraduate High School Winner Peter Dominguez College Winner Oberlin, OH Mereneu Project University for Music and Folsom High School Elmhurst College Jazz Band Manny Echazabal Group Performing Arts Graz Jazz Band I Elmhurst College University of Miami Ed Partyka Folsom High School Doug Beach Frost School of Music Graz, Austria Curtis Gaesser Elmhurst, IL Jazz Instrumental Soloist Fully Committed This year’s winners in the Jazz Instrumental- Zoe Obadia ist Soloist category came to jazz via different paths, but they are each fully committed to having a career as a musician. Though he started playing without any formal training, Patrick Bartley, an undergraduate at Man- hattan School of Music, attributes elementary-school exposure to a wide range of performing arts with pre- paring him for success in music. Early in his life, he gravitated toward visual arts and developed a passion for drawing, but after he picked up the clarinet, he was subtly pushed toward music as his primary path. Bartley said he “started getting serious” about the clarinet at age 9. “I got serious about the instrument because I liked it, not because I wanted to be a professional mu- sician,” Bartley said. The studious Bartley—who won this year for a solo on alto saxophone—said the notion of him playing as a professional didn’t even enter his mind until late in high school, when he participated in the Grammy jazz band program. In that atmosphere, he realized there were students his age who were also dedicated to jazz and had professional aspirations. “I saw that there were people who were way Patrick Bartley more serious than I was,” he recalled. “I felt like I was new to the game.” Alto saxophonist Zoe Obadia, a 17-year-old se- nior at Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey, is quite accustomed to the jazz game, having picked up the saxophone at age 8. Obadia, who plans to continue her studies at The Juilliard School this fall, said she first fell in love with music as a young girl, BRIAN HATTON picking up the sounds of jazz from her father, a gui- tar teacher. Hedenstrom, who is pursuing his doctorate in She said winning a Student Music Award vali- jazz composition, said his dedication to jazz started dates her decision to become a professional jazz mu- when he was a high school student in the Minneap- sician. olis area, booking gigs in his spare time. He said he “DownBeat represents the jazz world, I think it’s decided to pursue jazz because there wasn’t anything a great institution, and I just wanted to be part of it,” else he’d rather be doing. she said. “There were obviously times when I wasn’t sure if Kevin Lagos, Obadia’s band director, characteriz- music was what I wanted to do,” he said. “Eventually es her as quiet and reserved. it just became the path. It was something I had a pas- “You would have no idea this was such a quiet sion for that never died out, even after the periods of person when you hear her play,” Lagos said. questioning.” Dedicated, curious and humble are all adjectives Hedenstrom hopes to make a living as a player Brad Leali of the University of North Texas used to and a composer, and he said winning a Student Mu- describe Aaron Hedenstrom, a saxophonist who was sic Award reinforces his feeling that he has made the one of the winners at the Graduate College level. Leali right decisions in his career choices. characterized him as a “natural talent,” adding that “It does a little bit to validate my choice to be a Hedenstrom soaks up and retains new concepts “like professional,” he said. “It’s definitely a boost of en- a sponge to water.” couragement.” —Jon Ross 100 DOWNBEAT JUNE 2014 Undergraduate College Michael McLaughlin Outstanding Performances Medford, MA Eastman Chamber High School Outstanding Jazz Ensemble Performances Eastman School of Music Jeff Campbell Lizzi Trumbore Rochester, NY Rancho Bernardo High School Mike Holguin Utah State University San Diego, CA Jazz Orchestra Utah State University Allison Taylor Jon Gudmundson Oxbridge Academy Logan, UT Cleve Maloon West Palm Beach, FL Get Jazz Orchestra Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Performing Arts High Yoshihiko Katori School Winner Kawasaki, Japan Melinda Rodriguez Graduate College Winners Miami Arts Charter School Christine de la Rosa Two O’Clock Lab Band Miami, FL University of North Texas Jay Saunders Undergraduate Denton, TX College Winners Cal State Long Beach Alyssa Allgood Concert Jazz Orchestra North Central College California State University, Long Janice Borla Beach Naperville, IL Jeff Jarvis Long Beach, CA Harris Long Willamette University Graduate College Wallace Long Outstanding Performances Salem, OR Jazz Lab Band I Undergraduate College University of Northern Colorado Outstanding Performances Dana Landry Greeley, CO Megan Ugarte American River College Concert Jazz Band Dr. Art LaPierre University of Miami Carmichael, CA Frost School of Music John Daversa Erin Bentlage Miami, FL Berklee College of Music Aubrey Johnson Concert Jazz Ensemble Boston, MA University of Colorado–Boulder John Gunther Graduate College Winners Boulder, CO Ashlee Varner University of Northern Colorado Kerry Marsh Vocal Jazz Greeley, CO Soloist Michelle Alonso Junior High School Winner University of North Texas Richard DeRosa Phillip Solheim Denton, TX Eckstein Middle School Cuauhtemoc Escobedo Graduate College Seattle, WA Outstanding Performances High School Winner Mihwa Kim University of North Texas Claire Dickson Rosana Eckert Home-Schooled Student Denton, TX JUNE 2014 DOWNBEAT 101 37th Annual Student Music Awards BTW MIDI Ensemble ‘13, Shacara Rogers Booker T. Washington HSPVA Howard University Connaitre Miller Washington, DC Seth Weaver Manhattan School of Music Luis Bonilla New York, NY Small Vocal Jazz Group Undergraduate College Winner Four Corners Western Michigan University Tom Knific Kalamazoo, MI Undergraduate College Outstanding Performances JAZZ-ology Contra Costa College Dr. Stephanie Austin Letson San Pablo, CA Extensions University of Miami Frost School of Music Dr.