February 11, 2017 Dear Students and Educators:

Greetings, and welcome to the 49th annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival . We are so pleased that you are with us to experience our event, which highlights young artists, band and choir directors, music education, and jazz.

As the festival approaches its 50th year, we are proud to say that it has become the largest of its kind in the United States, featuring thousands of student performers who represent public and private high schools from across the coun - try and beyond. The students embody the very best of high school instrumental and vocal jazz in large- and small-ensemble combinations, as well as solo vocal - ists (featured in our Jazz Singers Showcase category, now in its second year). This year, we have expanded the vocal ensemble category to accommodate increased demand, adding a third V class to the schedule.

One of our festival goals is to provide enriching opportunities for young artists to experience jazz from multiple angles (i.e., performing, attending clinics, visiting exhibits offered by Berklee and festival sponsors, and hearing the performances of musicians just like them). In addition, we recognize the power of bringing music teachers together to showcase the talents and efforts of their students, inspire each other, and expand their professional networks. Accordingly, we have scheduled time throughout the day for these activities, and we encourage you to take advantage of and explore the offerings that most interest you.

The festival held a jazz education forum and luncheon on Friday, February 10, bringing directors, artists, industry representatives, and other arts leaders to Berklee to discuss best practices and the future of jazz education. This year, Robert Klevan was at the forum (and will be at the festival) to share his expertise and receive a special acknowledgement of his impressive career and legacy as a jazz educator and leader of the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Jazz is an American art form that provides a vehicle for personal expression and creativity not found in other music genres. As you perform today, we encourage you to play and sing your best song, soar with personal expression through improvisation, and feel free to take musical risks. Most important, enjoy the opportunity to make music—with friends. Thanks to everyone who helped make this festival happen—and to the teachers, booster groups, parents, school principals, bus drivers, and others who support ed the thousands of young musicians here today. Together, we are facilitating essential musical moments in the development of young artists, and hopefully creating memories that will last a lifetime.

Enjoy the day!

Best,

Rob Rose Darla S. Hanley

Vice President for Special Programs, Dean of Professional Education Division, Berklee College of Music; Berklee College of Music; Executive Director and Producer, Coproducer/Director of Berklee High School Jazz Festival Jazz Education and Programs, Berklee High School Jazz Festival

5 Table of Contents

Festival Schedule of Events ...... 8

Performance Schedule by Time ...... 12

Performance Schedule by School ...... 22

Festival History ...... 32

2016 Festival Winners ...... 33

Participating Schools by State and Country ...... 36

Information Tables ...... 40

Awards and Scholarships ...... 42

Years of Participation Awards ...... 45

First-Time Festival Attendees ...... 46

Hynes Convention Center Floor Plan ...... 47

Map of Berklee College of Music ...... 50

Festival Committee ...... 51 Festival Schedule of Events Festival Schedule of Events

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Hynes Convention 12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Campus Tour Center, 900 Boylston Street. Leaves from Admissions table, second level hallway

8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Registration 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Maggie Scott Trio First level hallway Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Educator and Parent Hospitality Lounge 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Berklee Tower of Power Ensemble Room 202, third level Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level Directed by Bobby Gallegos 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Berklee College of Music Information Tables (Including Office of Admissions, Summer Programs, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Jazz Singers Showcase Finals and more) Room 201, second level Second and third level hallways 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Funkestra Music Industry Exhibit Tables Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level Third level hallways Directed by Mimi Rabson

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Ensemble Competition/Performances Mimi Rabson —violinist, violist, composer, and educator First, second, and third levels Called a “violin phenom” by , Mimi (See pages 12 and 22 for exact locations) Rabson has distinguished herself as one of Boston’s most creative and versatile musicians. She appears regularly in 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Berklee Bookstore, Festival Merchandise, and classical, jazz, klezmer, and other eclectic performances. Music Supplies A first-prize winner of the Cultural Council Lobby, second level Fellowship in composition, Rabson was a founding member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, appeared with 10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Campus Tour Itzhak Perlman on the album In the Fiddler’s House , and performed on television Leave from Admissions, second level hallway on The Late Show with David Letterman . StringLetter Press publishes her compositions and arrangements. She is an associate professor at Berklee 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Open Jam Sessions College of Music and a sought-after clinician. For more information, visit Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level mimirabson.com.

2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Berklee Rainbow Band All-Stars Berklee City Music High School Academy Ensembles Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Directed by Tia Fuller Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level Program Directors: Misael Martinez and Imani Wilson 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level The Berklee City Music High School Academy program provides year-round Directed by Greg Hopkins music instruction to high school students in underserved communities in Boston and the Greater Boston area. The program is funded in part by 3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Campus Tour the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Leaves from Admissions table, second level hallway

8 9 Festival Schedule of Events

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Berklee P-Funk Ensemble Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level Directed by Lenny Stallworth

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Sean Jones Clinic—The Routine: Maximizing Your Daily Practice Schedule Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. The 78th Army Band Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level

Performance Schedule

5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Awards Presentation by Time Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level Darla S. Hanley, Emcee The award ceremony will open with Greg Hopkins and the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, featuring the winner of the new Berklee Jazz Singers Showcase and the winning arrangement of the seventh annual Herb Pomeroy Jazz Composition/Arranging Contest.

Ensemble packets will not be distributed after the awards presentation because all scoring is completed online. Competition scores for all classes will be posted outside the auditorium at the conclusion of the awards ceremony. Ensemble directors can access their ensemble’s individual scoring forms at berkleejazz.org .

6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Winners Showcase Concert Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level

10 Performance Schedule by Time Performance Schedule by Time

Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room Please note there may be changes to this schedule. Final schedules are Windsor Locks High School Paul Sibilia Windsor Locks High School CT L6 102 Jazz Ensemble posted outside each performance room. Classes L1–L6 are for large, competing ensembles. Scituate High School William Richter Scituate High School MA V2 309 Jazz Choir Class LNC is for large, noncompeting ensembles. Classes S1–S4 are for competing combo ensembles. Old Orchard Beach High Brittany Elwell Old Orchard Beach ME V3 300 School Jazz Choir High School Class SNC is for small, noncompeting combo ensembles. Concert Jazz Tom Christensen The Fieldston School NY L4 208 Classes V1–V3 are for competing vocal jazz ensembles. The Trevor Clefs Tim Otto Trevor Day School NY S4 110 All performance rooms are located on the first, second, and third levels of the Portsmouth High School Ted Rausch Portsmouth High School RI L3 210 Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street. Jazz Ensemble Competing classes are determined by school size, based upon the enrollments NBHS Whaler Jazz Band Timothy Mason MA L1 312 of grades 10–12 of each school. Participation in a noncompeting class is at the John Mange Stoughton High School MA S2 111 request of the director or due to space limitations. Jazz Combo Stage Band David Brudz East Catholic High School CT LNC 204 Somersworth High School Matthew Lagarde Somersworth High School NH L5 104 Jazz Ensemble Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room Steinert High School Michael Anzuini Steinert High School NJ L2 313 8:30 AM Jazz Band Beaver Country Day Yaure Muniz Beaver Country Day School MA S4 110 Manchester High School Edward Tyler Manchester High School CT V1 304 School Combo 9:55 AM 9:00 AM Friends Seminary Kristin Marchilena Friends Seminary NY V3 200 Simsbury High Jazz Ensemble Ken Fischer Simsbury High School CT S1 107 Chamber Singers Milton Academy Jazz Combo Bob Sinicrope Milton Academy MA S2 105 Marcia Wytrwal Barnstable High School MA V1 302 The SRDS Show Choir Bogna McGarrigle Saddle River Day School NJ V3 200 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Chamber Singers Bailey Emerson RHAM High School CT V2 306 Music Collective Carolyn Castellano MA S1 107 Bishop Hendricken High Sean Donnelly Bishop Hendricken RI L3 206 Biddeford High Patrick Bolin Biddeford High School ME S2 105 School Jazz Ensemble High School School Combonation Richard Labedz Newton North High School MA L1 311 Pitman High School Jazz Band Phil Verespy Pitman High School NJ L5 103 Jazz Ensemble Lexington High School Pat Donaher Lexington High School MA L1 311 Rauner College Prep Robert Vega Rauner College Prep IL L5 103 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Band ELMERA Jazz Ensemble David Rivera Escuela Libre de Musica PR S4 109 Senior Jazz Band Ray Ponte East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. MA L4 207 Martinez Ernesto Ramos Antonini High School Lyman Hall Jazz Ensemble Dean DellaVecchia Lyman Hall High School CT L2 310 Newton South HS Lab Lisa Linde MA LNC 203 Xavier Jazz Ensemble Erik Elligers Xavier High School CT L4 207 Jazz Ensemble RHAM High School Jazz Band Nick Kokus RHAM High School CT L3 206 Edgemont High School John Catoliato Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School NY S3 301 Jazz Combo Hampshire Regional HS Dara M. Adams- Hampshire Regional MA L6 101 Jazz Band Smith High School Maloney High David Pelletier Maloney High School CT V1 302 School Allegrettos Princeton Jazz Ensemble Scott Grimaldi Princeton High School NJ LNC 203 Upper School Jazz Combo Ray Morrow Waynflete School ME S4 109 Carmel Singers Bryan Lynch Carmel High School NY V2 306 Take the “4” Train Penelope Smetters- Celia Cruz Bronx High NY L6 101 CHS Jazz Nonet Raymond J. Sinclair II Cromwell High School CT S3 301 Jacono School of Music 10:20 AM Woodstock Academy Lauren Churchill Woodstock Academy CT L2 310 RHS Jazz Chamber Anthony Covelli MA S4 110 Big Band The Trinity Madrigals Sarah Bonsignore Trinity School NY V3 300 9:25 AM Greater Hartford Academy Grant Beale Greater Hartford CT L4 208 RE Combo Jon Hamm Ransom Everglades FL S3 303 Big Band Academy of the Arts Margaret McLallen Needham High School MA S1 108 Jazz Combo I James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT S1 108 Jazz Combo 12 13 Performance Schedule by Time Performance Schedule by Time

Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room

Pritzker Jazz Ensemble Benjamin Das Pritzker College Prep IL L3 210 Killingly High School Jeffrey Ethier Killingly High School CT L3 210 Jazz Ensemble Vision Lance Schanck Nokomis Regional High ME V2 309 Fryeburg Academy Michael Sakash Fryeburg Academy ME L5 104 Cadet Blues Jazz Ensemble Kyle Chamberlin La Salle Institute NY L6 102 Jazz Ensemble New Standard Combo Michael Sakash Fryeburg Academy ME S3 303 Princeton Jazz Combo Joe Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ S1 108 La Salle Academy Jazz Band Brian Brouillard La Salle Academy RI LNC 204 MHS Swing Choir Dina Madden Mamaroneck High School NY V1 304 Tiger Bebop Richard Labedz Newton North High School Ma V1 304 eSKape Marina Murray South Kingstown High School RI V2 309 Herricks Jazz Combo Geoffrey Taylor Herricks High School NY S2 111 Upper School Jazz Ensemble Ray Morrow Waynflete School ME L6 102 Newton South HS Lisa Linde Newton South High School MA L1 312 Enharmonix Jeffrey Kerr Portsmouth Abbey School RI V3 300 Jazz Ensemble 11:45 AM Maloney High School Brian Cyr Maloney High School CT L2 313 Jazz Ensemble I Anthony Covelli Rockport High School MA L6 101 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Messengers Jim Cifelli Trinity School NY L5 103 Edgemont High School John Catoliato Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School NY L5 104 Jazz Ensemble Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Benjamin O’Shea Burnt Hills-Ballston NY L3 206 High School Jazz Ensemble Lake High School 10:50 AM George Stevens Academy Steven Orlofsky George Stevens Academy ME S4 109 Felinology Brad Linde Georgetown Day High School DC S3 301 Jazz Combo Kingswood Oxford Wayne Pierce Kingswood Oxford School CT S4 109 Burlington City High School David Thomas May Burlington City High School NJ V3 200 Jazz Combo Blue Notes Jazz Choir Bangor High School Scott Burditt Bangor High School ME LNC 203 Highland Jazz Doug Heyburn West Milford Township NJ V1 302 Jazz Band High School Pilgrim Jazz Choir Nancy M Kennedy Pilgrim High School RI V1 302 Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA S1 107 Select Jazz Combo High School Hampden Academy Patrick Michaud Hampden Academy ME L4 207 Jazz Ensemble Foxboro Jazz Combo Brian Raymond Foxborough High School MA S2 105 Jazz 1 Edward Adams Danbury High School CT L1 311 Carmel High School Jazz Band Peter Ballantoni Carmel High School NY L2 310

NBHS Jazz Combo Timothy Mason New Bedford High School MA S1 107 12:10 PM Marcato 4 Lyfe Stephen St. Georges Brookfield High School CT L3 206 Kingswood Oxford Big Band Wayne Pierce Kingswood Oxford School CT L6 102 Falmouth Jazz Singers Wendy Northrup Falmouth High School ME V2 306 Hampden Academy Andrew Laidman Hampden Academy ME S3 303 Jazz Combo Haddam-Killingworth High Marcy Webster Haddam-Killingworth CT V3 200 School Vocal Jazz Ensemble High School Steven Scott Wellesley High School MA L1 312 Falmouth High School Jake Sturtevant Falmouth High School ME L4 208 The SRDS Jazz Ensemble Erick Storckman Saddle River Day School NJ L6 101 Jazz Band North Smithfield High School Metro A. Narcisi III North Smithfield High School RI L5 103 Quintessential Nick Kokus RHAM High School CT S2 111 Jazz Band Curtis HS Jazz Band Ray Scro Curtis High School NY LNC 204 Spencerport HS John Viavattine Spencerport High School NY L2 310 Jazz Ensemble Princeton Studio Vocals Joe Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ V1 304 Deptford Jazz Combo Carl Cox Deptford High School NJ S2 105 South Kingstown High Fritz Benz South Kingstown High School RI L3 210 School Jazz Ensemble 11:15 AM The Hill Singers Amy Ranta Woodstock Academy CT V2 309 Souhegan HS Jazz Ensemble Carl Benevides Souhegan High School NH LNC 204 Old Orchard Beach High Mark Manduca Old Orchard Beach ME S4 110 12:40 PM EGHS Vocal Jazz Ensemble Jenn Armstrong East Greenwich High School RI V2 306 School Jazz Combo High School Mira Costa High School Jazz I Joel Carlson Mira Costa High School CA L1 311 Improv IV Tom Christensen The Fieldston School NY S3 303 Barnstable HS Jazz Combo Tony Hyde Barnstable High School MA S1 107 Jazz East Big Band David Brudz East Catholic High School CT L4 208 Noble High School Jazz Band Mark Mumme Noble High School ME LNC 203 Londonderry High School Serge Beaulieu Londonderry High School NH L1 312 Jazz Ensemble Blue Ram combo Brian Height Overbrook High School NJ S3 301 Robert K Wheeler Oliver Ames High School MA L2 313 Varsity Jazz Matt DeLassus Ellington High School CT L4 207 Jazz Ensemble Mount St Charles Academy Marc Blanchette Mount St Charles Academy RI L5 103 Combo Thomas Kessler Bacon Academy CT S2 111 Jazz Band 14 15 Performance Schedule by Time Performance Schedule by Time

Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room

Hampshire Regional High Dara M. Adams- Hampshire Regional MA S4 109 2:00 PM School Jazz Combo Smith High School Camden Creative Arts Benita Farmer Creative Arts Morgan NJ V3 300 Vocal Jazz Group Village Academy Herricks Jazz Ensemble Geoffrey Taylor Herricks High School NY L2 310 Pentucket High School David Schumacher Pentucket Regional MA S3 303 1:05 PM Jazz Combo High School VSOP Jim Cifelli Trinity School NY S3 303 Jazz Lab Tony Hyde Barnstable High School MA LNC 204 York High School Daniel Sovetsky York High School ME L4 208 Newtown High School Kurt Eckhardt Newtown High School CT L1 312 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble ACES ECA Jazz Collective Jim Martin ACES Educational Center CT S4 110 Lexington High School Pat Donaher Lexington High School MA S1 108 for the Arts Jazz Combo Bangor High School George H. Redman Bangor High School ME V1 304 Pieces of the Puzzle Janes E. Carver Jr. Appomattox Regional VA S4 110 Jazz Choir Governor’s School Old Orchard Beach High Mark Manduca Old Orchard Beach ME L6 102 Thornton Academy Jazz Band Jennifer Witherell- Thornton Academy ME L2 313 School Jazz Ensemble High School Stebbins Mamaroneck HS “A” Band Timothy E. Hooker Mamaroneck High School NY L1 312 Weston High School Steven Fasoli Weston High School CT L3 210 Cranston East Big Band Greg Arsenault Cranston High School East RI LNC 204 Jazz Ensemble West Warwick Jazz “A” Band Matthew Livesey West Warwick High School RI L3 210 Stoughton High School Christopher Stoughton High School MA V2 309 Fryeburg Academy Vocal Mimi Rohlfing Fryeburg Academy ME V3 300 Jazz Choir Nickelson-Mann Jazz Ensemble Haddam-Killingworth High Timothy D’Amato Haddam-Killingworth CT L4 208 ELF Jazz Ensemble Patrick Lennon MA L5 104 School Jazz Band High School Plainfield High School Brian Stevenson Plainfield High School CT V2 309 Xavier Jazz Combo Erik Elligers Xavier High School CT S2 111 Chamber Choir Otter Valley Jazz Collective Patrick Roberts Otter Valley Union VT L6 102 Jericho High School Richard Roselli Jericho High School NY L2 313 High School Jazz Ensemble Burlington City High School David Thomas May Burlington City High School NJ L5 104 Bethel High School Damon E. Coachman Bethel High School CT S2 111 Jazz Band Jazz Ensemble Herricks High School James Ludwig Herricks High School NY V1 304 Newton South Combo Ed Harlow Newton South High School MA S1 108 Jazz Choir

1:35 PM 2:30 PM HMTCA Jazz Combo Eddie Hasspacher Hartford Magnet Trinity CT S4 109 Mira Costa High School Joel Carlson Mira Costa High School CA S1 107 College Academy Combo I/II/III Concert Jazz Band James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT L2 310 ECA Jazz Ensemble Will Cleary and ACES Educational Center CT L6 101 Jim Martin for the Arts Notre Dame High School Jason Arnold Notre Dame High School CT L5 103 Jazz Band Silent Oxen Michael Remy Mount Desert Island ME S3 301 High School King Jazz Studio Orchestra Garrett Mendez King School CT L6 101 The Real Ambassadors Dianne Mower Greater Hartford Academy CT V2 306 Nokomis Jazz Ensemble Lance Schanck Nokomis Regional High ME L4 207 of the Arts Fox Lane HS Jazz Quartet Joey Berkley Fox Lane High School NY S1 107 John Jay Jazz Trio Jeff Richardson John Jay High School NY S2 105 Tarpon Springs Jazz Combo 2 Christopher De Leon Tarpon Springs High School FL SNC 301 Hampden Academy Patrick Michaud Hampden Academy ME LNC 203 Deptford Jazz Ensemble Carl Cox Deptford High School NJ L3 206 Jazz Band Chamber Choir Marinne Cheney Bacon Academy CT V2 306 Scott Winship Marblehead High School MA L3 206 Jazz Band Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA LNC 203 Symphonic Jazz Ensemble High School Caravan Dean Neal Maine Central Institute ME V3 200 Small Ensemble I Dr. William Pace Xavier High School NY S2 105 Idyllwild Arts Academy Paul Carman Idyllwild Arts Academy CA S4 109 Combo A John Jay Vocal Jazz Ensemble Steven Morse John Jay High School NY V1 302 Centennial High School David Matchim Centennial High School MD L2 310 Arlington High School Rich Guillen Arlington High School NY L1 311 Jazz Band Jazz Machine Spencerport Vocal Jazz Laura Mance Spencerport High School NY V1 302 Edgemont Vocal Jazz Kelley Morse Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School NY V3 200

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Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room

Old Rochester Regional Mike Barnicle Old Rochester Regional MA L4 207 Rhythmix Lynda Maccini East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. MA V2 306 High School Jazz Band High School Pavloff High School Manchester High School Keith Berry Manchester High School CT L1 311 Studio Big Band I Raymond J. Sinclair II Cromwell High School CT L5 103 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble Dr. William Pace Xavier High School NY L3 206 Yarmouth High School Joey Hendricks Yarmouth High School ME L5 103 Portsmouth Abbey Tuesday Joe Bentley Portsmouth Abbey School RI S4 109 Jazz Band Night Jazz Lab 2:55 PM 3:50 PM Woodstock HS Jazz Ensemble Jody Henderson Woodstock Union VT L6 102 Camden Creative Arts Jamal Dickerson Creative Arts Morgan NJ S4 110 High School Small Group and Jojo Streater Village Academy Jazz Ensemble James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT LNC 204 Oxbridge Academy Ernie Mills Oxbridge Academy of FL S3 303 and Stephanie Wattel Jazz Combo the Palm Beaches Toll Gate A Combo Nicholas Reed Toll Gate High School RI S2 111 Greater Hartford Academy Grant Beale Greater Hartford Academy CT S2 111 Coginchaug Jazz Band Timothy Fisher Coginchaug Regional CT L5 104 of the Arts Jazz Ensemble of the Arts High School Toll Gate Jazz Band Nicholas Reed Toll Gate High School RI LNC 204 Vox Central Jazz Randy White Hopewell Valley Central NJ V1 304 Stratford High School Mark Ryan Stratford High School CT L3 210 High School Jazz Band A Nokomis Jazz Combo Lance Schanck Nokomis Regional High ME S3 303 BTHS Jazz Nouveau Steven Bishop Burlington Township NJ V1 304 Jazz Band Thomas Kessler Bacon Academy CT L3 210 High School Big Band Paul J Pitts Boston Latin School MA L1 312 Enigma Dean Neal Maine Central Institute ME L5 104 Northwest Catholic Daniel Avery Northwest Catholic CT V3 300 Middlebury Union High Anne Severy Middlebury Union VT L4 208 Jazz Singers High School School Jazz Ensemble High School Newton North High School Richard Labedz Newton North High School Ma S1 108 Manchester High School Gary Nolan Manchester High School CT S1 108 Jazz Combo Jazz Combo Tarpon Springs Jazz Ensemble Christopher De Leon Tarpon Springs High School FL L2 313 Concert Jazz Enselble Tom Lizotte Cape Elizabeth High School ME L6 102 The Rivers Select 1 combo Philippe Crettien The Rivers School MA S4 110 Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA L1 312 Concert Jazz Ensemble High School Griswold High School Ray Churchill Griswold High School CT V2 309 Chamber Choir West Milford High School Matt Gramata West Milford Township NJ L2 313 Jazz Ensemble High School Avenger Jazz Ensemble Brendan Carniaux East Greenwich High School RI L4 208 Foxboro Vocal Jazz Ensemble Brian Raymond Foxborough High School MA V2 309 3:25 PM Coventry High School William Smith Coventry High School RI S1 107 4:20 PM Jazz Combo Arlington High School Jazz II David Regner Arlington High School NY LNC 203 Chromatic Ascension Leanora Wilkinson Palm Beach Lakes FL V1 302 Canton High School Dan O’Brien Canton High School CT S3 301 Community High School Jazz Combo ELMERA Big Band Manuel Garcia Escuela Libre de Musica PR L6 101 West Warwick Jazz Combo Matthew Livesey West Warwick High School RI S2 105 Jazz Emsemble Ernesto Ramos Antonini Tuesday Jazz Band John Mange Stoughton High School MA L3 206 Brunswick High School Michael A. Scarpone Brunswick High School ME LNC 203 King Jazz Combo Garrett Mendez King School CT S4 109 Jazz Ensemble II Marshfield High School David Kaminski Marshfield High School MA L2 310 Barrington High School Barbara Hughes Barrington High School RI L2 310 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble Princeton Studio Band Joe Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ L1 311 Overbrook High School Brian Height Overbrook High School NJ L4 207 Jazz Band Northwest Catholic Big Band Daniel Luddy Northwest Catholic CT L5 103 High School Jazz East Combo I David Brudz East Catholic High School CT S3 301 Tarpon Springs Jazz Combo 1 Christopher De Leon Tarpon Springs High School FL S1 107 Brien McMahon High School Ron Secchi Brien McMahon High School CT L1 311 Griswold High School Amanda Richmond Griswold High School CT L4 207 Bishop Hendricken High Bryan Rizzuto Bishop Hendricken RI S2 105 Jazz Band School Jazz Combo High School The Rivers Big Band Philippe Crettien The Rivers School MA L6 101 Otter Valley Jazz Chorale Patrick Roberts Otter Valley Union VT V3 200 High School 18 19 Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School

Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Please note there may be changes to this schedule. Final schedules are Bethel High School Jazz Ensemble Damon E. Coachman CT S2 111 1:05 PM Bethel High School posted outside each performance room. Classes L1–L6 are for large, competing ensembles. Biddeford High School Combonation Patrick Bolin ME S2 105 9:55 AM Biddeford High School Class LNC is for large, noncompeting ensembles. Classes S1–S4 are for competing combo ensembles. Bishop Hendricken High School Jazz Combo Bryan Rizzuto RI S2 105 3:25 PM Bishop Hendricken High School Class SNC is for small, noncompeting combo ensembles. Bishop Hendricken High School Sean Donnelly RI L3 206 9:00 AM Classes V1–V3 are for competing vocal jazz ensembles. Jazz Ensemble Class VNC is for noncompeting vocal ensembles. Bishop Hendricken High School All performance rooms are located on the first, second, and third levels of the Boston Latin School Big Band Paul J Pitts MA L1 312 2:55 PM Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street. Boston Latin School Competing classes are determined by school size, based upon the enrollments Brien McMahon High School Ron Secchi CT L1 311 3:25 PM Brien McMahon High School of grades 10–12 of each school. Participation in a noncompeting class is at the Marcato 4 Lyfe Stephen St. Georges CT L3 206 10:50 AM request of the director or due to space limitations. Brookfield High School Music Collective Carolyn Castellano MA S1 107 9:55 AM Brookline High School Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Brunswick High School Jazz Ensemble II Michael A. Scarpone ME LNC 203 3:25 PM Brunswick High School (ME) ACES ECA Jazz Collective Jim Martin CT S4 110 1:05 PM Burlington City High School David Thomas May NJ V3 200 11:45 AM ACES Educational Center for the Arts Blue Notes Jazz Choir ECA Jazz Ensemble Will Cleary and CT L6 101 2:30 PM Burlington City High School ACES Educational Center for the Arts Jim Martin Burlington City High School Jazz Band David Thomas May NJ L5 104 2:00 PM Pieces of the Puzzle Janes E. Carver Jr. VA S4 110 2:00 PM Burlington City High School Appomattox Regional Governor’s School BTHS Jazz Nouveau Steven Bishop NJ V1 304 3:50 PM Arlington High School Jazz II David Regner NY LNC 203 4:20 PM Burlington Township High School Arlington High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School Benjamin O’Shea NY L3 206 11:45 AM Arlington High School Jazz Machine Rich Guillen NY L1 311 1:35 PM Jazz Ensemble Arlington High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School Chamber Choir Marinne Cheney CT V2 306 1:35 PM Canton High School Jazz Combo Dan O’Brien CT S3 301 4:20 PM Bacon Academy Canton High School Combo Thomas Kessler CT S2 111 11:15 AM Concert Jazz Enselble Tom Lizotte ME L6 102 3:50 PM Bacon Academy Cape Elizabeth High School Jazz Band Thomas Kessler CT L3 210 2:55 PM Carmel Singers Bryan Lynch NY V2 306 9:55 AM Bacon Academy Carmel High School Bangor High School Jazz Choir George H. Redman ME V1 304 1:05 PM Carmel High School Jazz Band Peter Ballantoni NY L2 310 11:45 AM Bangor High School Carmel High School Bangor High School Jazz Band Scott Burditt ME LNC 203 10:50 AM “Take the “”4”“ Train” Penelope Smetters- NY L6 101 9:00 AM Bangor High School Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Jacono Barnstable High School Vocal Marcia Wytrwal MA V1 302 9:55 AM Centennial High School Jazz Band David Matchim MD L2 310 2:30 PM Jazz Ensemble Centennial High School Barnstable High School Coginchaug Jazz Band Timothy Fisher CT L5 104 2:55 PM Barnstable HS Jazz Combo Tony Hyde MA S1 107 12:40 PM Coginchaug Regional High School Barnstable High School Coventry High School Jazz Combo William Smith RI S1 107 3:25 PM Jazz Lab Tony Hyde MA LNC 204 2:00 PM Coventry High School Barnstable High School Cranston East Big Band Greg Arsenault RI LNC 204 1:05 PM Barrington High School Jazz Ensemble Barbara Hughes RI L2 310 3:25 PM Cranston High School East Barrington High School Camden Creative Arts Vocal Jazz Group Benita Farmer NJ V3 300 2:00 PM Beaver Country Day School Combo Yaure Muniz MA S4 110 8:30 AM Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Beaver Country Day School 22 23 Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School

Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Camden Creative Arts Small Group Jamal Dickerson and NJ S4 110 3:50 PM Foxboro Vocal Jazz Ensemble Brian Raymond MA V2 309 3:50 PM Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Jojo Streater Foxborough High School CHS Jazz Nonet Raymond J. Sinclair II CT S3 301 9:55 AM Friends Seminary Chamber Singers Kristin Marchilena NY V3 200 9:55 AM Cromwell High School Friends Seminary Studio Big Band I Raymond J. Sinclair II CT L5 103 3:25 PM New Standard Combo Michael Sakash ME S3 303 10:20 AM Cromwell High School Fryeburg Academy Curtis HS Jazz Band Ray Scro NY LNC 204 12:10 PM Fryeburg Academy Jazz Ensemble Michael Sakash ME L5 104 11:15 AM Curtis High School Fryeburg Academy Jazz 1 Edward Adams CT L1 311 10:50 AM Fryeburg Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble Mimi Rohlfing ME V3 300 1:05 PM Danbury High School Fryeburg Academy Deptford Jazz Combo Carl Cox NJ S2 105 10:50 AM George Stevens Academy Jazz Combo Steven Orlofsky ME S4 109 11:45 AM Deptford High School George Stevens Academy Deptford Jazz Ensemble Carl Cox NJ L3 206 1:35 PM Felinology Brad Linde DC S3 301 10:50 AM Deptford High School Georgetown Day High School Rhythmix Lynda Maccini Pavloff MA V2 306 3:25 PM The Real Ambassadors Dianne Mower CT V2 306 2:30 PM East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. High School Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Senior Jazz Band Ray Ponte MA L4 207 9:00 AM Greater Hartford Academy Big Band Grant Beale CT L4 208 10:20 AM East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. High School Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Stage Band David Brudz CT LNC 204 9:25 AM Greater Hartford Academy of Grant Beale CT S2 111 3:50 PM East Catholic High School the Arts Jazz Ensemble Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Jazz East Big Band David Brudz CT L4 208 11:15 AM East Catholic High School Griswold High School Jazz Band Amanda Richmond CT L4 207 4:20 PM Griswold High School Jazz East Combo I David Brudz CT S3 301 3:25 PM East Catholic High School Griswold High School Chamber Choir Ray Churchill CT V2 309 2:55 PM Griswold High School Avenger Jazz Ensemble Brendan Carniaux RI L4 208 2:55 PM East Greenwich High School Haddam-Killingworth High School Marcy Webster CT V3 200 10:50 AM Vocal Jazz Ensemble EGHS Vocal Jazz Ensemble Jenn Armstrong RI V2 306 12:40 PM Haddam-Killingworth High School East Greenwich High School Haddam-Killingworth High School Timothy D’Amato CT L4 208 2:00 PM ELF Jazz Ensemble Patrick Lennon MA L5 104 1:05 PM Jazz Band Easthampton High School Haddam-Killingworth High School Edgemont High School Jazz Combo John Catoliato NY S3 301 9:00 AM Hampden Academy Jazz Combo Andrew Laidman ME S3 303 12:10 PM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hampden Academy Edgemont High School Jazz Ensemble John Catoliato NY L5 104 10:20 AM Hampden Academy Jazz Ensemble Patrick Michaud ME L4 207 10:50 AM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hampden Academy Edgemont Vocal Jazz Kelley Morse NY V3 200 1:35 PM Hampden Academy Jazz Band Patrick Michaud ME LNC 203 2:30 PM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hampden Academy Varsity Jazz Matt DeLassus CT L4 207 12:40 PM Hampshire Regional HS Jazz Band Dara M. Adams-Smith MA L6 101 9:55 AM Ellington High School Hampshire Regional High School ELMERA Jazz Ensemble David Rivera Martinez PR S4 109 9:55 AM Hampshire Regional High School Dara M. Adams-Smith MA S4 109 12:40 PM Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini Jazz Combo ELMERA Big Band Jazz Emsemble Manuel Garcia PR L6 101 3:25 PM Hampshire Regional High School Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini HMTCA Jazz Combo Eddie Hasspacher CT S4 109 1:35 PM Falmouth High School Jazz Band Jake Sturtevant ME L4 208 12:10 PM Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Falmouth High School Herricks Jazz Combo Geoffrey Taylor NY S2 111 10:20 AM Falmouth Jazz Singers Wendy Northrup ME V2 306 10:50 AM Herricks High School Falmouth High School Herricks Jazz Ensemble Geoffrey Taylor NY L2 310 12:40 PM Fox Lane HS Jazz Quartet Joey Berkley NY S1 107 1:35 PM Herricks High School Fox Lane High School Herricks High School Jazz Choir James Ludwig NY V1 304 2:00 PM Foxboro Jazz Combo Brian Raymond MA S2 105 11:45 AM Herricks High School Foxborough High School 24 25 Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School

Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Vox Central Jazz Randy White NJ V1 304 2:55 PM Mamaroneck HS “A” Band” Timothy E. Hooker NY L1 312 1:05 PM Hopewell Valley Central High School Mamaroneck High School Idyllwild Arts Academy Combo A Paul Carman CA S4 109 2:30 PM Manchester High School Jazz Choir Edward Tyler CT V1 304 9:25 AM Idyllwild Arts Academy Manchester High School Jericho High School Jazz Ensemble Richard Roselli NY L2 313 1:05 PM Manchester High School Jazz Combo Gary Nolan CT S1 108 3:50 PM Jericho High School Manchester High School John Jay Jazz Trio Jeff Richardson NY S2 105 2:30 PM Manchester High School Jazz Ensemble Keith Berry CT L1 311 2:30 PM John Jay High School Manchester High School John Jay Vocal Jazz Ensemble Steven Morse NY V1 302 1:35 PM Marblehead High School Jazz Band Scott Winship MA L3 206 2:30 PM John Jay High School Marblehead High School Killingly High School Jazz Ensemble Jeffrey Ethier CT L3 210 11:15 AM Marshfield High School Jazz Ensemble David Kaminski MA L2 310 4:20 PM Killingly High School Marshfield High School King Jazz Studio Orchestra Garrett Mendez CT L6 101 1:35 PM Middlebury Union High School Anne Severy VT L4 208 3:50 PM King School Jazz Ensemble Middlebury Union High School King Jazz Combo Garrett Mendez CT S4 109 4:20 PM King School Milton Academy Jazz Combo Bob Sinicrope MA S2 105 9:00 AM Milton Academy Kingswood Oxford Jazz Combo Wayne Pierce CT S4 109 10:50 AM Kingswood Oxford School Mira Costa High School Jazz I Joel Carlson CA L1 311 12:40 PM Mira Costa High School Kingswood Oxford Big Band Wayne Pierce CT L6 102 12:10 PM Kingswood Oxford School Mira Costa High School Combo I/II/III Joel Carlson CA S1 107 2:30 PM Mira Costa High School La Salle Academy Jazz Band Brian Brouillard RI LNC 204 10:20 AM La Salle Academy Silent Oxen Michael Remy ME S3 301 2:30 PM Mount Desert Island High School Cadet Blues Jazz Ensemble Kyle Chamberlin NY L6 102 10:20 AM La Salle Institute Mount St Charles Academy Jazz Band Marc Blanchette RI L5 103 12:40 PM Mount St Charles Academy Lexington High School Jazz Ensemble Pat Donaher MA L1 311 9:55 AM Lexington High School Needham High School Jazz Combo Margaret McLallen MA S1 108 9:25 AM Needham High School Lexington High School Jazz Combo Pat Donaher MA S1 108 2:00 PM Lexington High School NBHS Whaler Jazz Band Timothy Mason MA L1 312 9:25 AM New Bedford High School Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Select Jazz Combo Thomas Grandprey MA S1 107 11:45 AM Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School NBHS Jazz Combo Timothy Mason MA S1 107 10:50 AM New Bedford High School Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Symphonic Thomas Grandprey MA LNC 203 1:35 PM Jazz Ensemble Newton North High School Jazz Ensemble Richard Labedz MA L1 311 9:00 AM Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Newton North High School Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Concert Thomas Grandprey MA L1 312 3:50 PM Tiger Bebop Richard Labedz MA V1 304 10:20 AM Jazz Ensemble Newton North High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Newton North High School Jazz Combo Richard Labedz MA S1 108 2:55 PM Londonderry High School Jazz Ensemble Serge Beaulieu NH L1 312 11:15 AM Newton North High School Londonderry High School Newton South Combo Ed Harlow MA S1 108 1:05 PM Lyman Hall Jazz Ensemble Dean DellaVecchia CT L2 310 9:55 AM Newton South High School Lyman Hall High School Newton South HS Lab Jazz Ensemble Lisa Linde MA LNC 203 9:00 AM Caravan Dean Neal ME V3 200 2:30 PM Newton South High School Maine Central Institute Newton South HS Jazz Ensemble Lisa Linde MA L1 312 10:20 AM Enigma Dean Neal ME L5 104 3:50 PM Newton South High School Maine Central Institute Newtown High School Jazz Ensemble Kurt Eckhardt CT L1 312 2:00 PM Maloney High School Jazz Ensemble Brian Cyr CT L2 313 10:20 AM Newtown High School Maloney High School Noble High School Jazz Band Mark Mumme ME LNC 203 12:40 PM Maloney High School Allegrettos David Pelletier CT V1 302 9:00 AM Noble High School Maloney High School Vision Lance Schanck ME V2 309 10:20 AM MHS Swing Choir Dina Madden NY V1 304 11:15 AM Nokomis Regional High Mamaroneck High School 26 27 Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School

Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Nokomis Jazz Ensemble Lance Schanck ME L4 207 1:35 PM Portsmouth High School Jazz Ensemble Ted Rausch RI L3 210 9:25 AM Nokomis Regional High Portsmouth High School Nokomis Jazz Combo Lance Schanck ME S3 303 2:55 PM Princeton Jazz Combo Joe Bongiovi NJ S1 108 11:15 AM Nokomis Regional High Princeton High School North Smithfield High School Jazz Band Metro A. Narcisi III RI L5 103 10:50 AM Princeton Studio Vocals Joe Bongiovi NJ V1 304 12:10 PM North Smithfield High School Princeton High School Northwest Catholic Jazz Singers Daniel Avery CT V3 300 2:55 PM Princeton Studio Band Joe Bongiovi NJ L1 311 4:20 PM Northwest Catholic High School Princeton High School Northwest Catholic Big Band Daniel Luddy CT L5 103 4:20 PM Princeton Jazz Ensemble Scott Grimaldi NJ LNC 203 9:55 AM Northwest Catholic High School Princeton High School Notre Dame High School Jazz Band Jason Arnold CT L5 103 1:35 PM Pritzker Jazz Ensemble Benjamin Das IL L3 210 10:20 AM Notre Dame High School Pritzker College Prep Old Orchard Beach High School Jazz Choir Brittany Elwell ME V3 300 9:25 AM RE Combo Jon Hamm FL S3 303 9:25 AM Old Orchard Beach High School Ransom Everglades Old Orchard Beach High School Mark Manduca ME S4 110 11:15 AM Rauner College Prep Jazz Band Robert Vega IL L5 103 9:00 AM Jazz Combo Rauner College Prep Old Orchard Beach High School Chamber Singers Bailey Emerson CT V2 306 9:00 AM Old Orchard Beach High School Mark Manduca ME L6 102 1:05 PM RHAM High School Jazz Ensemble RHAM High School Jazz Band Nick Kokus CT L3 206 9:55 AM Old Orchard Beach High School RHAM High School Old Rochester Regional High School Mike Barnicle MA L4 207 2:30 PM Quintessential Nick Kokus CT S2 111 12:10 PM Jazz Band RHAM High School Old Rochester Regional High School RHS Jazz Chamber Anthony Covelli MA S4 110 10:20 AM Oliver Ames High School Jazz Ensemble Robert K Wheeler MA L2 313 11:15 AM Rockport High School Oliver Ames High School Jazz Ensemble I Anthony Covelli MA L6 101 11:45 AM Otter Valley Jazz Collective Patrick Roberts VT L6 102 2:00 PM Rockport High School Otter Valley Union High School The SRDS Show Choir Bogna McGarrigle NJ V3 200 9:00 AM Otter Valley Jazz Chorale Patrick Roberts VT V3 200 3:25 PM Saddle River Day School Otter Valley Union High School The SRDS Jazz Ensemble Erick Storckman NJ L6 101 10:50 AM Blue Ram combo Brian Height NJ S3 301 12:40 PM Saddle River Day School Overbrook High School Scituate High School Jazz Choir William Richter MA V2 309 9:25 AM Overbrook High School Jazz Band Brian Height NJ L4 207 3:25 PM Scituate High School Overbrook High School Simsbury High Jazz Ensemble Ken Fischer CT S1 107 9:00 AM Oxbridge Academy Jazz Combo Ernie Mills FL S3 303 3:50 PM Simsbury High School Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches Somersworth High School Jazz Ensemble Matthew Lagarde NH L5 104 9:25 AM Chromatic Ascension Leanora Wilkinson FL V1 302 3:25 PM Somersworth High School Palm Beach Lakes Community High School Souhegan HS Jazz Ensemble Carl Benevides NH LNC 204 11:15 AM Pentucket High School Jazz Combo David Schumacher MA S3 303 2:00 PM Souhegan High School Pentucket Regional High School South Kingstown High School Fritz Benz RI L3 210 12:10 PM Pilgrim Jazz Choir Nancy M. Kennedy RI V1 302 10:50 AM Jazz Ensemble Pilgrim High School South Kingstown High School Pitman High School Jazz Band Phil Verespy NJ L5 103 9:55 AM eSKape Marina Murray RI V2 309 11:15 AM Pitman High School South Kingstown High School Plainfield High School Chamber Choir Brian Stevenson CT V2 309 1:05 PM Spencerport HS Jazz Ensemble John Viavattine NY L2 310 10:50 AM Plainfield High School Spencerport High School Enharmonix Jeffrey Kerr RI V3 300 11:15 AM Spencerport Vocal Jazz Laura Mance NY V1 302 2:30 PM Portsmouth Abbey School Spencerport High School Portsmouth Abbey Tuesday Night Jazz Lab Joe Bentley RI S4 109 3:25 PM Steinert High School Jazz Band Michael Anzuini NJ L2 313 9:25 AM Portsmouth Abbey School Steinert High School 28 29 Performance Schedule by School Performance Schedule by School

Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Stoughton High School Jazz Choir Christopher Nickelson- MA V2 309 2:00 PM West Warwick Jazz Combo Matthew Livesey RI S2 105 4:20 PM Stoughton High School Mann West Warwick High School Stoughton High School Jazz Combo John Mange MA S2 111 9:25 AM Weston High School Jazz Ensemble Steven Fasoli CT L3 210 2:00 PM Stoughton High School Weston High School Tuesday Jazz Band John Mange MA L3 206 4:20 PM Jazz Combo I James Antonucci CT S1 108 10:20 AM Stoughton High School William H. Hall High School Stratford High School Jazz Band A Mark Ryan CT L3 210 3:50 PM Concert Jazz Band James Antonucci CT L2 310 1:35 PM Stratford High School William H. Hall High School Tarpon Springs Jazz Combo 2 Christopher De Leon FL SNC 301 1:35 PM Jazz Ensemble James Antonucci and CT LNC 204 2:55 PM Tarpon Springs High School William H. Hall High School Stephanie Wattel Tarpon Springs Jazz Ensemble Christopher De Leon FL L2 313 2:55 PM Windsor Locks High School Jazz Ensemble Paul Sibilia CT L6 102 9:25 AM Tarpon Springs High School Windsor Locks High School Tarpon Springs Jazz Combo 1 Christopher De Leon FL S1 107 4:20 PM The Hill Singers Amy Ranta CT V2 309 12:10 PM Tarpon Springs High School Woodstock Academy Concert Jazz Tom Christensen NY L4 208 9:25 AM Woodstock Academy Big Band Lauren Churchill CT L2 310 9:00 AM The Fieldston School Woodstock Academy Improv IV Tom Christensen NY S3 303 11:15 AM Woodstock HS Jazz Ensemble Jody Henderson VT L6 102 2:55 PM The Fieldston School Woodstock Union High School The Rivers Select 1 combo Philippe Crettien MA S4 110 2:55 PM Xavier Jazz Ensemble Erik Elligers CT L4 207 9:55 AM The Rivers School Xavier High School The Rivers Big Band Philippe Crettien MA L6 101 4:20 PM Xavier Jazz Combo Erik Elligers CT S2 111 2:00 PM The Rivers School Xavier High School Thornton Academy Jazz Band Jennifer Witherell- ME L2 313 2:00 PM Small Ensemble I William Pace NY S2 105 1:35 PM Thornton Academy Stebbins Xavier High School Toll Gate A Combo Nicholas Reed RI S2 111 2:55 PM Jazz Ensemble William Pace NY L3 206 3:25 PM Toll Gate High School Xavier High School Toll Gate Jazz Band Nicholas Reed RI LNC 204 3:50 PM Yarmouth High School Jazz Band Joey Hendricks ME L5 103 2:30 PM Toll Gate High School Yarmouth High School The Trevor Clefs Tim Otto NY S4 110 9:25 AM York High School Jazz Ensemble Daniel Sovetsky ME L4 208 1:05 PM Trevor Day School York High School Jazz Messengers Jim Cifelli NY L5 103 11:45 AM Trinity School VSOP Jim Cifelli NY S3 303 1:05 PM Trinity School The Trinity Madrigals Sarah Bonsignore NY V3 300 10:20 AM Trinity School Upper School Jazz Combo Ray Morrow ME S4 109 9:00 AM Waynflete School Upper School Jazz Ensemble Ray Morrow ME L6 102 11:15 AM Waynflete School Wellesley High School Steven Scott MA L1 312 12:10 PM Wellesley High School Highland Jazz Doug Heyburn NJ V1 302 11:45 AM West Milford Township High School West Milford High School Jazz Ensemble Matt Gramata NJ L2 313 3:50 PM West Milford Township High School “West Warwick Jazz “”A”“ Band” Matthew Livesey RI L3 210 1:05 PM West Warwick High School

30 31 Festival History 2016 Festival Winners

Former Berklee President Lee Eliot Berk initiated the college’s annual High Large Ensembles Class L4 School Jazz Festival. When it debuted on March 15, 1969, it featured 21 bands First Place: Westbrook High School and was known as the New England High School Stage Band Festival. The Class L1 (Maine) Rush-Henrietta Central High School Band, directed by Thomas Ghidiu, was the First Place: Princeton High School Directed by Kyle Smith winning ensemble. (New Jersey) Second Place: Sankt Annæ Directed by Joe Bongiovi Gymnasium (Denmark) The following schools participated in the founding festival: Second Place: Arlington High School Directed by Jens Erik Raasted (New York) Third Place: Old Rochester Regional Connecticut Directed by Rich Guillen High School (Massachusetts) Bridgeport High School Third Place: Newtown High School Directed by Mike Barnicle (Connecticut) Maine Honorable Mention: Greater Hartford Directed by Kurt Eckhardt Falmouth High School Academy of the Arts (Connecticut) Honorable Mention: Shawnee High Directed by Dan O’Brien School (New Jersey) Massachusetts Directed by Nick Rotindo Class L5 Central High School (Weymouth) First Place: Northwest Catholic High Class L2 School (Connecticut) First Place: William H. Hall High Directed by Daniel A. Luddy Grafton High School School (Connecticut) Second Place: Cromwell High School Holbrook High School Directed by James Antonucci (Connecticut) Needham High School Second Place: Deptford High School Directed by Raymond J. Sinclair II Peabody High School (New Jersey) Third Place: Coginchaug Regional Tewksbury Memorial High School Directed by Carl Cox High School (Connecticut) Third Place: Centennial High School Directed by Dean Coutsouridis Wellesley High School (Maryland) Honorable Mention: North Smithfield Westborough High School Directed by David Matchim High School (Rhode Island) Westwood High School Honorable Mention: Spencerport High Directed by Fritz Benz Xaverian Brothers Stage Band (Westwood) School (New York) Directed by John Viavattine Class L6 New Hampshire First Place: Creative Arts Morgan Pinkerton Academy (Derry) Class L3 Village Academy (New Jersey) First Place: Barrington High School Directed by Jamal Dickerson New York Chenango Valley High School (Binghamton) (Rhode Island) Second Place: Newark Academy Rush-Henrietta Central High School Directed by Barbara Hughes (New Jersey) Second Place: South Portland High Directed by Julius Tolentino Rhode Island School (Maine) Third Place: The Rivers School Barrington High School Directed by Craig Skeffington (Massachusetts) Cranston High School Third Place: Bacon Academy Directed by Philippe Crettien (Connecticut) Honorable Mention: Cape Elizabeth Over the years, thousands of high school students and music educators have Directed by Thomas Kessler High School (Maine) benefited from the performance evaluations, clinics, workshops, and scholarship Honorable Mention: Overbrook High Directed by Tom Lizotte opportunities available to you today. The 2017 festival alone has more than 200 School (Pennsylvania) ensembles and more than 3,000 student musicians participating, making it the Directed by Brian Height country’s largest high school jazz festival.

32 33 2016 Festival Winners 2016 Festival Winners

Small Ensembles Class S4 Jazz Singers Showcase First Place: Creative Arts Morgan First Place: Howard W. Blake High Class S1 Village Academy (New Jersey) School (Florida) First Place: Lexington High School Directed by Joseph Streater Karlea Boswell-Edwards (Massachusetts) Second Place: ACES Educational Second Place: Princeton High School Directed by Pat Donaher Center for the Arts (Connecticut) (New Jersey) Second Place: Fox Lane High School Directed by Jeff Fuller Maisie Ryle (New York) Third Place: Beaver Country Day Third Place: Rockport High School Directed by Joey Berkley School (Massachusetts) (Massachusetts) Third Place: Princeton High School Directed by Ed Nicholson Kiva Trumbour (New Jersey) Honorable Mention: The Rivers School Directed by Joe Bongiovi (Massachusetts) Honorable Mention: Newton South Directed by Philippe Crettien High School (Massachusetts) Directed by Ed Harlow Class V1 First Place: Foxborough High School Class S2 (Massachusetts) First Place: Greater Hartford Academy Directed by Brian Raymond of the Arts (Connecticut) Second Place: Princeton High School Directed by Dan O’Brien (New Jersey) Second Place: Barrington High School Directed by Caitlyn Bongiovi (Rhode Island) Third Place: Hopewell Valley Central Directed by Barbara Hughes High School (New Jersey) Third Place: Milton Academy Directed by Randy White (Massachusetts) Honorable Mention: Woodstock Directed by Bob Sinicrope Academy (Connecticut) Honorable Mention: Berlin High Directed by Amy Ranta School (Connecticut) Directed by Jeff Sirois Class V2 First Place: Edgemont Jr./ Class S3 Sr. High School (New York) First Place: Escuela Libre de Música Directed by Kelley Morse Ernesto Ramos Antonini (Puerto Rico) Second Place: Fryeburg Academy Directed by David Rivera Martínez (Maine) Second Place: Newark Academy Directed by Mimi Rohlfing (New Jersey) Third Place: Maine Central Institute Directed by Julius Tolentino Directed by Dean Neal Third Place: Highland Park High School Honorable Mention: Portsmouth (New Jersey) Abbey School (Rhode Island) Directed by Werner Colmon Directed by Jeff Kerr Honorable Mention: Ransom Everglades School (Florida) Directed by Jon Hamm

34 35 Participating Schools by State and Country Participating Schools by State and Country

California Florida Milton Academy La Salle Institute Idyllwild Arts Academy Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches Needham High School Mamaroneck High School Mira Costa High School Palm Beach Lakes Community New Bedford High School Spencerport High School High School Newton North High School Trevor Day School Connecticut Ransom Everglades School Newton South High School Trinity School ACES Educational Center for the Arts Tarpon Springs High School Old Rochester Regional High School Webster Thomas High School Bacon Academy Oliver Ames High School Xavier High School Bethel High School Illinois Pentucket Regional High School Brien McMahon High School Pritzker College Prep Rockport High School Puerto Rico Brookfield High School Rauner College Prep Scituate High School Escuela Libre de Música Ernesto Canton High School Stoughton High School Ramos Antonini Coginchaug Regional High School Maine The Rivers School Cromwell High School Bangor High School Wellesley High School Rhode Island Danbury High School Biddeford High School Barrington High School East Catholic High School Brunswick High School New Hampshire Bishop Hendricken High School Ellington High School Cape Elizabeth High School Londonderry High School Coventry High School Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Falmouth High School Somersworth High School Cranston High School East Griswold High School Fryeburg Academy Souhegan High School East Greenwich High School Guilford High School George Stevens Academy La Salle Academy Haddam-Killingworth High School Hampden Academy New Jersey Mount Saint Charles Academy Hartford Magnet Trinity Maine Central Institute Burlington City High School North Smithfield High School College Academy Mount Desert Island High School Burlington Township High School Pilgrim High School Killingly High School Noble High School Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Portsmouth Abbey School King School Nokomis Regional High Deptford High School Portsmouth High School Kingswood Oxford School Old Orchard Beach High School Hopewell Valley Central High School South Kingstown High School Lyman Hall High School Thornton Academy Overbrook High School Toll Gate High School Maloney High School Waynflete School Pitman High School West Warwick High School Manchester High School Yarmouth High School Princeton High School Newtown High School York High School Saddle River Day School Virginia Northwest Catholic High School Steinert High School Appomattox Regional Notre Dame High School Maryland West Milford High School Governor’s School Plainfield High School Centennial High School RHAM High School New York Vermont Simsbury High School Massachusetts Arlington High School Middlebury Union High School Stratford High School Barnstable High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School Otter Valley Union High School Weston High School Boston Latin School Carmel High School Woodstock Union High School William H. Hall High School Brookline High School Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Windsor Locks High School East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High School Curtis High School Woodstock Academy Easthampton High School Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Xavier High School Foxborough High School Ethical Culture Fieldston School Hampshire Regional High School Fox Lane High School District of Columbia Lexington High School Friends Seminary Georgetown Day High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Herricks High School Marblehead High School Jericho High School Marshfield High School John Jay High School

36 37 Information and Vendor Tables Information and Vendor Tables

Berklee College of Music Information Tables

Berklee Office of Admissions Second and third level hallways Staff and student representatives from the Office of Admissions will be available to discuss programs and application procedures, including the audition and interview process. You can pick up brochures, CDs, and other materials, as well as watch performances from some of Berklee’s most exciting concerts.

Berklee Summer Programs Second and third level hallways Staff from the Office of Summer Programs will be available to share information about Berklee’s many summer options. Whatever your musical interests may be—performance, technology, music business, composition, etc.—we have a program for you.

Berklee College of Music Information Tables* Third Level Hallways Berklee City Music Berklee Internet Radio Network (BIRN) Career Center Housing Jazz Revelation Records Music Education Office of Admissions Professional Music Student Activities Summer Programs

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*as of print date 40 Awards and Scholarships Awards and Scholarships

Berklee will present the following festival awards to winning ensembles and Klevan graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory of Music at the individuals: University of the Pacific. He pursued postgraduate studies at DePaul University and at Pacific, where he received a master’s degree in music. In 1993, Klevan Jazz Singers Showcase earned his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. The Jazz Singers Showcase is an exciting category that features talented solo vocalists performing jazz standards with a rhythm section. The first place winner Herb Pomeroy Jazz Composition/Arranging Contest will receive a full scholarship to the Five-Week Summer Performance Program, Berklee is pleased to introduce the seventh annual Herb Pomeroy Jazz and will perform with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, directed by Greg Composition/Arranging Contest, sponsored by the Jazz Composition Hopkins, at the awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. in the Hynes Veterans Memorial Department and the Professional Writing Division. The contest is limited to Auditorium on the second level. Second and third place winners receive partial high school students enrolled in grades 9–12. The winning arrangement will be scholarships to the summer program of their choice. performed by the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, directed by Greg Hopkins, at the awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. in the Hynes Veterans Memorial John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Auditorium on the second level. The award is named after the legendary jazz educator who served as a distinguished professor at Berklee for more than three decades. This award, Ensemble Awards offered in conjunction with the Jazz Education Network (JEN), is presented at A first-place trophy will be presented to the winning ensembles in competing the annual JEN Conference and represented at the Berklee High School classes L1 through L6 of the large ensemble category, the winning combos in Jazz Festival. classes S1 through S4, and the winning vocal jazz ensembles in classes V1, V2, and V3. A plaque will be presented to the second- and third-place ensembles Robert Klevan, jazz educator in each of the large competing classes, the competing combo classes, and the For 27 years, Robert Klevan served as music director and competing vocal jazz ensemble classes. Ensembles placing fourth in all director of fine arts at the Stevenson School (grades 9–12) competing classes will receive honorable mention plaques. in Pebble Beach, California. He recently retired after 16 years as the director of bands at University of California– Scholarship Awards Santa Cruz (UCSC). Klevan is the jazz education director Five-Week Summer Performance Program emeritus for the Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) and director Victor Wooten Bass Workshop of the MJF High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Global String Program MJF Middle School Honor Band. In addition, Klevan is the jazz studies director Percussion Weekend for the York School (grades 8–12) in Monterey and director of the Pacific Grove Berklee/Boston Conservatory Brass Program High School Jazz Club “Jazz in the Grove” Big Band. Most recently, he was the Guitar Sessions community relations specialist for CSU Summer Arts at California State Piano/Keyboard Workshop University–Monterey Bay. Vocal Summit Musical Theater Intensive Klevan made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut with the UCSC Wind Stage Performance Workshop Ensemble in May 2001 and returned for an encore performance with the ensemble in February 2009. He is past president of the California Orchestra Directors Association, a past member of the board for the Central Coast section of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), past president for CMEA, and past vice president for the California Alliance for Jazz. He currently serves as a board member for the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and Ensemble Monterey and is the coordinator for the Jazz Education Network’s JENerations Jazz Festival.

Klevan’s articles on music teaching have been published in JazzEd Magazine , Jazz Education Journal , Monterey County Herald , CMEA Magazine , Journal for Texas Music Education Research , and The Instrumentalist .

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Large Ensemble: Competitive Classes L1–L6 Five years First place: Four 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer Appomattox Regional Governor’s School— Petersburg, Virginia performance programs Burlington Township High School— Burlington, New Jersey Second place: Three 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer Coginchaug Regional High School— Durham, Connecticut performance programs Danbury High School— Danbury, Connecticut Third place: Three 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer Idyllwild Arts Academy— Idyllwild, California performance programs Mount Saint Charles Academy— Woonsocket, Rhode Island Pitman High School— Pitman, New Jersey Portsmouth Abbey School— Portsmouth, Rhode Island Small Ensemble: Competitive Classes S1–S4 First place: Three 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer performance programs 10 years Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy— Camden, New Jersey Second place: Two 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer Easthampton High School— Easthampton, Massachusetts performance programs La Salle Academy— Providence, Rhode Island Third place: Two 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School— Sudbury, Massachusetts performance programs Spencerport High School— Spencerport, New York Xavier High School— Middletown, Connecticut Big band and combo award recipients may choose to apply their scholarship to Yarmouth High School— Yarmouth, Maine one of the following summer programs: Five-Week Summer Performance Program 15 years Victor Wooten Bass Workshop George Stevens Academy— Blue Hill, Maine Global String Program Northwest Catholic High School— West Hartford, Connecticut Percussion Weekend Plainfield High School— Central Village, Connecticut Berklee/Boston Conservatory Brass Program Trevor Day School— New York, New York Guitar Sessions Woodstock Union High School— Woodstock, Vermont Piano/Keyboard Workshop Stage Performance Workshop 20 years Arlington High School—LaGrangeville, New York Vocal Ensemble: Competitive Classes V1–V3 Barrington High School—Barrington, Rhode Island First place: Three 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer Biddeford High School—Biddeford, Maine performance programs Second place: Two 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer 25 years performance programs Brien McMahon High School— Norwalk, Connecticut Third place: Two 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer Cranston High School East— Cranston, Rhode Island performance programs Fryeburg Academy— Fryeburg, Maine Otter Valley Union High School— Brandon, Vermont Vocal award recipients may choose to apply their scholarship to one of the Pentucket Regional High School— West Newbury, Massachusetts following summer programs: Five-Week Summer Performance Program 30 years Old Orchard Beach High School— Old Orchard Beach, Maine Stage Performance Workshop Vocal Summit Musical Theater Intensive 35 years Lexington High School— Lexington, Massachusetts

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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School— Burnt Hills, New York Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music— New York, New York Georgetown Day School— Washington, D.C. Mamaroneck High School— Mamaroneck, New York Middlebury Union High School— Middlebury, Vermont Mira Costa High School— Manhattan Beach, California Notre Dame High School— West Haven, Connecticut Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches— West Palm Beach, Florida Palm Beach Lakes Community High School— West Palm Beach, Florida Webster Thomas High School— Webster, New York

We hope you find today’s experience educational and enjoyable.

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48 49 2017 Map of Berklee

2017 Berklee High School Jazz Festival Committee Rob Rose Executive Director and Producer

Darla S. Hanley Coproducer/Director of Jazz Education and Programs

Executive Committee Elizabeth Dawe Director of Operations

Brittany Bethune Interim Director of Operations

Bradley Berger Director of Production

Cathy Horn Adjudication Director

Lindsay Yost Director of Festival Staff

Cynthia Bethune Facility Liaison/Hospitality Director

Christina Quarles Vendors, Catering, and Program Advertising Director

Reggie Lofton Director of Festival Video

Tracy Gibbs Hospitality and Festival Merchandise Director

Allen Bush Media Relations Director

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