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Saturday, February 6, 2016

February 6, 2016 Dear students and educators:

Greetings and welcome to the 48th annual Berklee High School Festival. We are so pleased that you are here with us to experience our event highlighting young artists, band and choir directors, music education, and jazz music.

As the festival approaches its 50th year, we are proud to say that our event has become the largest of its kind in the United States, featuring thousands of student performers representing public and private high schools from across the country and beyond. The students embody the very best of high school instrumental and vocal jazz in large- and small-ensemble combinations.

One of our goals of the festival 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/or festival sponsors, and hearing the performances of other 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 develop and expand their professional networks. Accordingly, throughout the day, we scheduled time for all of these activities, and we encourage you to take advantage of and explore whichever of the festival’s many facets most interest you.

This year, we are excited to mention that we added a new category called Jazz Singers Showcase, which provides a place for talented solo vocalists to compete . This is the first time in the history of the festival that solo singers are competing, and it will result in the winner performing in the evening showcase concert with a Berklee big band.

The festival also includes a new Jazz Education Forum and Luncheon, held on the Friday before the competition and designed to bring directors, artists, industry representatives, and other arts leaders to Berklee to discuss best practices and the future of jazz education. The 2016 forum features a prestigious roster includ ing Steve Bailey, Debra Byrd, John Clayton, José Antonio Díaz, Sean Jones, and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.

We are also pleased to announce that George Wein, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) jazz master, producer and pianist, will be at our festival to receive a special acknowledgement of his impressive career and legacy.

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 importantly, enjoy the opportunity to make music with friends. Thanks to everyone who assisted in making this festival happen—and to the A Tribute to George Wein: NEA Jazz Master, Producer, and Pianist teachers, booster groups, parents, school principals, bus drivers, and others who supported the thousands of young musicians here today. Together, we are George Wein is legendary in the music industry. He is a tireless facilitating essential musical moments in the development of young artists, and visionary, artist, businessman, and impresario who has spent his hopefully creating memories for them that will last a lifetime. professional life both in the spotlight as a performer and working behind the scenes to make things happen and support the music Enjoy the day! of others.

Wein is a talented jazz pianist from , who began playing Best, as a teenager. He initially started his own band, which played regularly around town. In addition, Wein got his start locally as an accompanist Rob Rose Darla S. Hanley for jazz musicians when they came through Boston. In 1950 Wein officially launched his career when he opened a jazz club called, Storyville, started the Storyville label, and became an entrepreneur. With Storyville Wein booked many of the leading jazz artists of the day including Vice President for Special Programs Dean of the Professional Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, and Billie Holiday. Festival Executive Director and Producer Education Division His club shaped the jazz scene in Boston and provided a space for Wein to Festival Coproducer/Director of perform and engage with many other impressive musicians. Jazz Education and Programs Beyond Storyville, Wein formed a company called Festival Productions. For Berklee College of Music more than 60 years, he and Festival Productions organized hundreds of music events in the United States and abroad.

In 1954 Wein produced the first , where he literally invented the idea of an outdoor music festival. The success of the Newport Jazz Festival led Wein to collaborate with renowned artist, , to create the . He continued to add new events over the years, working to organize and book festivals including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Kool Jazz Festival, the Essence Music Festival, and the JVC Jazz Festival, to mention a few. In addition to creating these large-scale music events, Wein pioneered the idea of securing corporate sponsorships to support them. His impressive work in this area includes collaborations and titled events with Mellon Bank, Verizon, JVC, Essence, and Ben & Jerry’s, among others. In 2010 Wein founded the Newport Festivals Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on keeping the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals financially and musically sound.

Throughout his career, Wein has been recognized as a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master, performed all over the world including performances at the White House for two American presidents ( and ), and received an honorary doctoral degree from Berklee College of Music. His contributions to jazz music are great and are captured in his beautiful autobiography, Myself Among Others .

We are thrilled to have Wein with us to recognize his outstanding career and contributions at our Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Thank you, George.

Last year Berklee created the “George Wein Jazz Impresario Award” to honor great jazz presenters. To date three awards have been presented, the first to Fred Taylor followed by Luis Alvarez and Carlo Pagnotta. Wein was honored to have the award named after him. Table of Contents

Festival Schedule of Events ...... 8

Performance Schedule by Time ...... 14

Performance Schedule by School ...... 24

Festival History ...... 34

2015 Festival Winners ...... 35

Participating Schools by State ...... 37

Information and Vendor Tables ...... 40

Awards and Scholarships ...... 42

Years of Participation Awards ...... 45

First-Time Festival Attendees ...... 45

Hynes Convention Center Floor Plan ...... 46

Map of Berklee College of Music ...... 49

Jazz Festival Committee ...... 50 Festival Schedule of Events Festival Schedule of Events

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Hynes Convention 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Baritone Sax Clinic Presented by Center, 900 Boylston Street. Danny Harrington Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Registration First-level hallway 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Caliente Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Ensemble Competition/Performances Directed by the 2016 John LaPorta Jazz Educator of First, second, and third levels the Year Award recipient, José Antonio Díaz. See pages 14 and 24 for exact locations Caliente , winner of the Houston Press Music Awards’ 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Educator and Parent Hospitality Lounge Best Latin Winner , is the nationally acclaimed repertoire Room 300, third level ensem ble for Díaz Music Institute. It is the only youth group to receive the prestigious Houston Press Music 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Jazz Singers Showcase Award, and is under the direction of José Antonio Díaz. Room 200, second level The ensem ble has appeared with some of the music industry’s biggest stars, such as Eddie Palmieri, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Berklee College of Music Information Tables Johnny Pacheco, Bobby Valentin, Ismael Miranda, (Including Office of Admissions, Summer Programs, and Roberto Roena. and more) Caliente has appeared at the Midwest Clinic in Second and third-level hallways Chicago, the Jazz Education Network Conference, the Oregon Music Educators Association Conference, Music Industry Exhibit Tables the Music Educators National Conference, the Texas Bandmasters Association, Third-level hallways and a host of other concert performances. 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Berklee Bookstore, Festival Merchandise, and 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m . Berklee Vocal Jazz Ensemble Music Supplies The Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level Veterans Memorial Lobby, second level Directed by Ned Rosenblatt

12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Campus Tour Berklee City Music Leaves from Admissions table, second-level hallway High School Academy Ensemble Performances 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level The Jazz Singers Showcase Finals Room 200, second level Program Director: Greg Holt

The Berklee City Music High School Academy program provides year-round 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Berklee Tower of Power Ensemble music instruction to high school students in underserved communities in Presented by Berklee Summer Programs Boston and the Greater Boston area. The program is funded in part by Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level the Cultural Council. Directed by Bobby Gallegos

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Vocalogy The Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level 10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Campus Tour Leave from Admissions table, second-level hallway 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Open Jam Sessions Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level The Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level Directed by Greg Hopkins

9 10 Festival Schedule of Events Festival Schedule of Events

2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. The Berklee Rainbow Band All-Stars Combo Vocalogy is breathing new life into vocal jazz. Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level Building on the tradition of musicality established by groups like the Hi-Lo’s and the Singers Unlimited, 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Christian Scott Vocalogy is setting a new standard with intricate aTunde Adjuahand Sean Jones original arrangements of surprising songs, and The Jazz Workshop Room, Ballroom C, third level entertaining solo features with world-class vocal Stay for a 15-minute meet-and-greet with Sean improvisation. afterwards! The quintet got its start as an artist-in-residency Heavily involved in education, Sean Jones recently program under Grammy nominee and Jazz Education Network Lifetime Award joined Berklee College of Music’s distinguished winner Phil Mattson. In more than a decade since, Christine Guter (lead), David faculty as the chair of the Brass Department. He has Thorne Scott (alto), John Knutson (tenor), Gerhard Guter (baritone), and Chris also taught at Duquesne University in his adopted Morey (bass) have performed for audiences from California to Nova Scotia. hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at the In addition to concerts, Vocalogy specializes in giving workshops and clinics Photo by Jimmy Katz Oberlin Conservatory of Music, while regularly offer - to high school and college students, drawing on their individual professional ing master classes and clinics all around the world. In addition, Jones serves as experiences that runs the gamut from classical choral music to composing for artistic director of both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Jazz Orchestras, and is video games. working toward organizing various jazz orchestras all over the country. Jones is the current artist in residence at San Francisco Performances and is a member 3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Campus Tour of the SFJAZZ Collective. Leaves from Admissions table, second-level hallway A passionately committed, heavily focused, and deeply spiritual man, Jones relies upon his serious study of philosophy—especially that of 13th century 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Berklee P Funk Ensemble theologian and mystic Meister Eckhardt, and Don Miguel Ruiz, whose vision is Berklee Showcase Room, Ballroom A, third level drawn from the ancient wisdom of the Toltec native people of Southern Directed by Lenny Stallworth Mexico—to fuel the pursuit of his expansive and generous vision. Jones current ly lives in Boston with his wife, Stacey. 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Playing across Genres, Presented by Sean Jones Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is a two-time Edison Award–winning (2010 and 2012) and Grammy Award– 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Awards Presentation nominated jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level He is the nephew of jazz innovator and legendary Tonight’s awards ceremony will open with Greg sax man Donald Harrison Jr. He began his musical Hopkins and the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, tutelage under the direction of his uncle at the age of featuring the winner of the new Berklee Jazz 13. After graduating from the New Orleans Center for Singers Showcase. Creative Arts (NOCCA) in 2001, Christian received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where he Because all scoring will be done online, ensemble packets will not be distributed earned a degree 30 months later. after the awards presentation. Competition scores for all classes will be posted Since 2006, Adjuah has worked with McCoy Tyner, Prince, Marcus Miller, Eddie outside the auditorium at the conclusion of the awards ceremony. Ensemble Palmieri, and Mos Def (Yasiin Bey), among other notable talents. Adjuah’s current directors will have access to their ensemble’s individual scoring forms by logging release, 2015’s Stretch Music , debuted at no. 1 on iTunes and reached no.1 in 17 into their accounts on the berkleejazz.org website. markets around the globe. The recording marks the partnership between Adjuah Scott’s Stretch Music record label and Ropeadope Records. 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Winners Showcase Concert Adjuah’s 2016 projects include the inaugural Stretch Music App Challenge, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, second level which will have musicians and music students compete for extraordinary prizes by submitting videos of themselves using the Stretch Music App. Adjuah and his team will also prepare and plan for the inaugural Stretch Music Festival that will take place in New York City in early 2017. 11 12 Performance Schedule by Time 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 Loyola Blakefield Jazz David London Loyola Blakefield MD SNC 110 Combo Blue posted outside each performance room. Classes L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, and L6 are for large, competing ensembles. Honors Jazz Ensemble Richard Labedz MA L1 312 Class LNC is for large, non competing ensembles. Lisa Linde Newton South High School MA LNC 203 Classes S1, S2, S3, and S4 are for competing combo ensembles. Lab Jazz Ensemble Class SNC is for non-competing combo ensembles. RHAM High School Jazz Band Nick Kokus RHAM High School CT L2 313 Classes V1 and V2 are for competing vocal jazz ensembles. Robbinsville High School Birch Wilson Robbinsville High School NJ L3 210 All performance rooms are located on the first, second, and third levels of the Jazz Band Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street. Sankt Annæ Big Band Jens Erik Raasted Sankt Annæ Gymnasium DK L4 208 eSKape Marina Murray South Kingstown High Sch RI V1 304 Competing classes are determined by school size, based upon the enrollments John Mange Stoughton High School MA S2 111 of grades 10, 11, and 12 of each school. Participation in a non-competing class is Jazz Combo at the request of the director or due to space limitations. Trinity Madrigals Sarah Bonsignore Trinity School NY V2 309 Windsor Locks High School Mr. Paul Sibilia Windsor Locks High School CT L5 104 Jazz Ensemble

Ensemble Name Director High School State Class Room 9:55 AM BB&N Jazz Ensemble Pandelis Karayorgis Buckingham Browne & Nichol MA S3 301 8:30 AM Deptford Jazz Combo Carl Cox Deptford High School NJ S1 107 Rauner College Prep Robert Vega Rauner College Prep IL L5 104 Jazz Band The Allegrettos David Pelletier Maloney High School CT V1 302

9:00 AM NBHS Whaler Jazz Band Timothy Mason New Bedford High School MA L1 311 Bethel High School Damon Coachman Bethel High School CT S2 105 Old Orchard Beach High Brittany Elwell Old Orchard Beach ME V2 306 Jazz Ensemble School Jazz Choir High School Stage Band David Brudz East Catholic High School CT LNC 202 Pitman High School Jazz Band Phil Verespy Pitman High School NJ L6 101 Fryeburg Academy E.S.P. Mike Sakash Fryeburg Academy ME S3 301 Princeton Jazz Ensemble Scott Grimaldi Princeton High School NJ LNC 202 Combo Pritzker Jazz Ensemble Benjamin Das Pritzker College Prep IL L3 206 Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Concert Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA L1 311 South Portland High School Craig Skeffington South Portland High Schoo ME S2 105 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Combo Manchester High School Edward Tyler Manchester High School CT V1 302 Thornton Academy Jazz Band Jennifer Witherell- Thornton Academy ME L2 310 Jazz Choir Stebbins Jazz Ensemble Darrell Hendricks Mount Olive HIgh School NJ L2 310 Tiverton High School Jazz Band Dan Snizek Tiverton High School RI L5 103 Vision Timothy Burns Nokomis Regional High ME V2 306 The Trevor Clefs Tim Otto Trevor Day School NY S4 109 Old Orchard Beach Brittany Elwell Old Orchard Beach ME S4 109 9:55 AM High School Jazz Combo High School York High School Daniel Sovetsky York High School ME L4 207 Dom Talotta Plainville High School CT L4 207 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Band 10:20 AM SJP Jazz Eagles Seelan Manickam St. John's Preparatory Scho MA S1 107 Bangor High School Jazz Band Scott Burditt Bangor High School ME LNC 203 Concert Jazz Tom Christensen The Fieldston School NY L5 103 Music Collective Carolyn Castellano MA S1 108 Waynflete Upper School Ray Morrow Waynflete School ME L6 101 Jazz East Big Band David Brudz East Catholic High School CT L4 208 Jazz Ensemble Friends Seminary Vocal Jazz Kristin Marchilena Friends Seminary NY V2 309 Lauren Churchill Lauren Churchill Woodstock Academy CT L3 206 Hampshire Regional High Dara Adams-Smith Hampshire Regional High MA L6 102 9:25 AM School Jazz Band Jazz/ Rock Ensemble Matthew Finnegan Boston College High Schoo MA S1 108 Herricks High School Geoffrey Taylor Herricks High School NY L2 313 Edgemont Jazz Combo John Catoliato Edgemont Jr./Sr. High Sch NY S3 303 Jazz Ensemble Hartford Magnet Trinity Eddie Hasspacher Hartford Magnet Trinity C CT L6 102 Highland Park High School Werner Colmon Highland Park High School NJ S3 303 College Academy Stage Jazz Combo

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

Mount Saint Charles Academy Marc Blanchette Mount St Charles Academy RI L5 104 Old Orchard Beach High Mark Manduca Old Orchard Beach High Sc ME L6 102 Jazz Band School Jazz Ensemble The SRDS Jazz Ensemble Erick Storckman Saddle River Day School NJ S4 110 Fitch High School Andrew Lefebvre Robert E. Fitch High School CT L2 313 Jazz Ensemble Stoughton High School Jazz Choir Christopher Stoughton High School MA V1 304 The Episcopal Academy Ryan Dankanich The Episcopal Academy PA LNC 203 Nickelson-Mann Jazz Ensemble Susan E. Wagner High School Paul Corn Susan E. Wagner High Sch NY L1 312 Xavier Jazz Ensemble Erik Elligers Xavier High School (CT) CT L4 208 Jazz Band 11:45 AM Jazz “A” Band Matthew Livesey West Warwick High School RI L3 210 Jazz Band Thomas Kessler Bacon Academy CT L3 206 Jazz Ensemble I William Pace Xavier High School NY S2 111 Studio Big Band I Mr. Raymond J. Cromwell High School CT L5 103 Sinclair II 10:50 AM Bishop Hendricken Sean W. Donnelly Bishop Hendricken RI L3 206 Hall-Dale High School Deb Large Hall-Dale High School ME L6 101 Jazz Ensemble High School Jazz Band Varsity Jazz Band Matt DeLassus Ellington High School CT L4 207 Kingswood Oxford Wayne Pierce Kingswood Oxford School CT S4 109 “Little Big Band” EWG Jazz Select Gregg Charest Exeter-West Greenwich Se RI L5 103 MHS Swing Choir Dina Madden Mamaroneck High School NY V1 302 The High Five Jazz Combo Steven Orlofsky George Stevens Academy ME S4 109 Manchester High School Keith Berry Manchester High School CT L2 310 La Salle Academy Jazz Band Brian Brouillard La Salle Academy RI LNC 202 Princeton Jazz Combo Joe Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ S1 107 Newton South High School Lisa Linde Newton South High School MA L1 311 Jazz Ensemble Pritzker Jazz Combo Benjamin Das Pritzker College Prep IL S2 105

Pentucket High School David Schumacher Pentucket Regional High S MA S2 105 12:10 PM Jazz Combo Marcato 4 Lyfe Stephen St. Georges Brookfield High School CT L3 210 Plainfield High School Brian Stevenson Plainfield High School CT V2 306 Little Big Horn Bob Rosen Friends Seminary NY L6 102 Chamber Choir Jazz Ensemble I Dan O'Brien Greater Hartford Academy CT S2 111 RE Combo Jon Hamm Ransom Everglades FL S3 301 Herricks Jazz Choir Stephanie Haas Herricks High School NY V1 304 Simsbury High Jazz Ensemble Kenneth Fischer CT S1 107 Margaret McLallen Needham High School MA L1 312 Spencerport High School John Viavattine Spencerport High School NY L2 310 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble Newark Academy Combo Julius Tolentino Newark Academy NJ S3 303 Trinity Jazz Orchestra Jim Cifelli Trinity School NY L6 101 Enharmonix Jeff Kerr Portsmouth Abbey School RI V2 309 Woodstock Academy Amy Ranta Woodstock Academy CT V1 302 Hill Singers Jazz Ensemble Kyle Smith Westbrook High School ME L4 208 Jazz Band James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT LNC 203 11:15 AM Advanced Afternoon Ed Nicholson Beaver Country Day School MA S4 110 12:40 PM Jazz Ensemble Fryeburg Academy Vocal Mimi Rohlfing Fryeburg Academy ME V2 306 ELMERA Jazz Emsemble David Rivera Escuela Libre de Musica PR S3 303 Jazz Ensemble Martinez Haddam-Killingworth Timothy D'Amato Haddam-Killingworth Hig CT L5 103 Fryeburg Academy Big Band Mike Sakash Fryeburg Academy ME L5 104 High School Jazz Band Swing 14 Marcy Webster Haddam-Killingworth Hig CT V2 309 Lexington High School Pat Donaher Lexington High School MA L1 311 Jazz Ensemble Barry Hudson Leominster High School MA L1 312 Jazz Band Newton South Combo Ed Harlow Newton South High School MA S1 107 Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA S1 108 Shawnee Jazz Band Nick Rotindo Shawnee High School NJ LNC 202 Select Jazz Combo South Kingstown High School Kevin Koehler South Kingstown High Sch RI L2 310 Milton Academy Jazz Combo Bob Sinicrope Milton Academy MA S2 111 Jazz Band Tiger Bebop Richard Labedz Newton North High School MA V1 304 Jazz Messengers Jim Cifelli Trinity School NY S3 301 Noble High School Mark Mumm Noble High School ME L3 210 Waynflete Upper School Ray Morrow Waynflete School ME S4 109 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Combo Weston High School Steven Fasoli Weston High School CT L4 207 Jazz Ensemble 17 18 Performance Schedule by Time Performance Schedule by Time

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

1:05 PM Camden Creative Arts Joseph Streater Creative Arts Morgan Villa NJ S4 110 ECA Jazz Collective; Jeff Fuller ACES Educational Center f CT S4 110 Jazz Combo Disciples of Miles Hampshire Regional High Barrington High School Barbara Hughes Barrington High School RI L3 210 School Jazz Combo Dara M. Adams- Hampshire Regional High MA S3 303 Jazz Ensemble Smith Avenger Jazz Ensemble Brendan Carniaux East Greenwich High Scho RI L4 208 Advanced Jazz Combo Richard Labedz Newton North High School MA S1 108 ELF Jazz Band Patrick Lennon MA L6 102 Newtown High School Kurt Eckhardt Newtown High School CT L1 312 Jazz Ensemble Jericho High School Richard Roselli Jericho High School NY L2 313 Jazz Ensemble Nokomis High School Timothy Burns Nokomis Regional High ME L4 208 Jazz Ensemble Loyola Blakefield Jazz David London Loyola Blakefield MD S2 111 Combo Gold North Smithfield High Regina McAdam North Smithfield High Sch RI V2 309 School Chamber Choir Enigma Dean Neal Maine Central Institute ME L5 104 Otter Valley Jazz Collective Patrick Roberts Otter Valley Union High Sc VT L6 102 Princeton Studio Vocals Caitlyn Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ V1 304 Blue Ram Combo Brian Height Overbrook High School NJ S2 111 RHAM High School Nick Kokus RHAM High School CT S1 108 Jazz Combo Jazz Band Megan Kirwin Tolland High School CT LNC 203 Rebel Tones Show Choir Jacki Moro Saddle River Day School NJ V2 309 UIC College Prep Steven Sanders UIC College Prep IL L3 210 Jazz Ensemble Seneca High School Jazz Band Keith Styers Seneca High School NJ LNC 203 Yarmouth High School Rick Dustin Yarmouth High School ME L5 104 Mr. Berardi Southington High School CT L1 312 Jazz Band Jazz Ensemble Jazz Improv IV-2 Tom Christensen The Fieldston School NY S3 303 2:30 PM Arlington High School Rich Guillen Arlington High School NY L1 311 1:35 PM Jazz Machine Biddeford High School Patrick Bolin Biddeford High School ME L4 207 Edgemont Vocal Kelley Morse Edgemont Jr./Sr. High Sch NY V2 306 Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble Good Question Wayne Naus Cape Cod All Star Jazz Ban MA SNC 105 Guilford High School T. Thomas Boates III Guilford High School CT L2 310 Coginchaug Regional High Dean Coutsouridis Coginchaug Regional High CT L5 103 Jazz Ensemble School Jazz Ensemb Killingly High School Jeffrey Ethier Killingly High School CT L4 207 Cranston High School Mark Colozzi Cranston High School East RI L2 310 Jazz Ensemble East Big Band Lexington High School Pat Donaher Lexington High School MA S1 107 Curtis Jazz Ensemble Ray Scro Curtis High School NY LNC 202 Jazz Combo Just Friends Nonet Bob Rosen Friends Seminary NY S4 109 Northwest Catholic Big Band Daniel A. Luddy Northwest Catholic High S CT L5 103 The Real Ambassadors Dianne Mower Greater Hartford Academy CT V1 302 RHS Jazz Ensemble I Anthony Covelli MA L6 101 Jazz Choir Seneca Jazz Combo II Doug Barber Seneca High School NJ SNC 105 Hall-Dale High School Deb Large Hall-Dale High School ME V2 306 Spencerport Vocal Jazz Laura Mance Spencerport High School NY V1 302 Jazz Choir Stratford High School Mark Ryan Stratford High School CT L3 206 KING Jazz Studio Orchestra Garrett Mendez King Low Heywood Thoma CT L6 101 Jazz Band A Mamaroneck HS "A" Band Timothy E. Hooker Mamaroneck High School NY L1 311 The Rivers Select 1 Combo Philippe Crettien The Rivers School MA S4 109 South Portland High School Craig Skeffington South Portland High Schoo ME L3 206 Steven Scott Wellesley High School MA LNC 202 Jazz Ensemble Two O’Clock Jazz Band Jazz Combo James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT S1 107 Midnight Blues Combo Kyle Smith Westbrook High School ME S3 301 Woodstock HS Nonet Jody Henderson Woodstock Union High Sch VT S3 301 2:55 PM 2:00 PM Chamber Choir Marinne Cheney Bacon Academy CT V1 304 Bangor High School George H. Redman Bangor High School ME V1 304 Barrington High School Barbara Hughes Barrington High School RI S2 111 Jazz Choir Jazz Combo Centennial High School David Matchim Centennial High School MD L2 313 Deptford Jazz Ensemble Carl Cox Deptford High School NJ L2 313 Jazz Band Rhythmix Lynda Maccini East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. Hig MA V2 309 Pavloff 19 20 Performance Schedule by Time Performance Schedule by Time

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

Jazz East Combo I David Brudz East Catholic High School CT S3 303 Nokomis High School Timothy Burns Nokomis Regional High ME S3 303 Jazz Combo Fox Lane Jazz Quartet Joey Berkley Fox Lane High School NY S1 108 Oliver Ames Jazz Ensemble Robert K. Wheeler MA L2 313 Big Group Michael Remy Mount Desert Island High ME L5 104 Overbrook High School Brian Height Overbrook High School NJ L3 210 Mount Olive Big Band Darrell Hendricks Mount Olive HIgh School NJ LNC 203 Jazz Band Newark Academy Big Band Julius Tolentino Newark Academy NJ L6 102 Seneca Jazz Combo I Doug Barber Seneca High School NJ S1 108 Old Rochester Regional Mike Barnicle Old Rochester Regional Hi MA L4 208 High School Jazz Band 4:20 PM Big Band Paul J Pitts Boston Latin School MA L1 311 Princeton Studio Band Joe Bongiovi Princeton High School NJ L1 312 The BTHS Jazz Singers Steven Bishop Burlington Township High NJ V1 302 730 Ensemble Victor J. Lin The Calhoun School NY S4 110 Senior Jazz Band Ray Ponte East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. Hig MA L4 207 Wakefield Memorial High Thomas Bankert Wakefield Memorial High S MA L3 210 School Jazz Ensemble The J-Grooves Jeremy Osterling Kinsella Magnet School of CT S4 109 Plan Ahead Timothy E.Hooker Mamaroneck High School NY S1 107 3:25 PM Biddeford High School Patrick Bolin Biddeford High School ME S2 105 Marshfield High School David Kaminski Marshfield High School MA L2 310 Jazz Combo Jazz Ensemble I Brewer High School Patrick Bolin Biddeford High School ME S2 105 RATWÖLF Michael Remy Mount Desert Island High ME S3 301 Jazz Ensemble North Smithfield HS Fritz Benz North Smithfield High Sch RI L5 103 Burlington City HS Blue David Thomas May Burlington City High Scho NJ L5 103 Jazz Ensemble Devil Jazz Ensemble Northwest Catholic Daniel Avery Northwest Catholic High S CT V2 306 Concert Jazz Ensemble Tom Lizotte Cape Elizabeth High Schoo ME L6 101 Jazz Singers Griswold High School Raymond Churchill Griswold High School CT V2 306 The Gray Bee Jazz Band Jeremy Fletcher St. Benedict's Preparatory NJ LNC 202 Chamber Choir Tuesday Jazz Band John Mange Stoughton High School MA L3 206 Vox Central Jazz Randy White Hopewell Valley Central Hi NJ V1 302 The Rivers Big Band Philippe Crettien The Rivers School MA L6 101 KING Combo Garrett Mendez King Low Heywood Thoma CT S3 301 Xavier Jazz Combo Erik Elligers Xavier High School (CT) CT S2 105 Manchester High School Douglas Maher Manchester High School CT S1 107 Jazz Combo MHS Jazz Band Scott Winship MA L3 206 Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Nick Rotindo Shawnee High School NJ L1 311 Jazz Improv IV Tom Christensen The Fieldston School NY SNC 109 Toll Gate High School Nick Reed Toll Gate High School RI LNC 202 Jazz Band Concert Jazz Band James Antonucci William H. Hall High School CT L2 310

3:50 PM Berlin High School Combo A Jeff Sirois Berlin High School CT S2 111 BMHS Jazz Orchestra Ron Secchi Brien McMahon High Scho CT L1 312 Camden Creative Arts Jamal Dickerson Creative Arts Morgan Villa NJ L6 102 Jazz Band Edgemont Jazz Ensemble John Catoliato Edgemont Jr./Sr. High Sch NY L5 104 Foxborough Vocal Brian Raymond Foxborough High School MA V1 304 Jazz Ensemble Academy Big Band Dan O'Brien Greater Hartford Academy CT L4 208 Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Thomas Grandprey Lincoln-Sudbury Regional MA LNC 203 Symphonic Jazz Ensemble Caravan Dean Neal Maine Central Institute ME V2 309 Mary McDowell Jazz/ Julie Ackerman- Mary McDowell Friends Sc NY SNC 110 Rock Combo Hovis

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Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time

Please note there may be changes to this schedule. Final schedules are Jazz/ Rock Ensemble Matthew Finnegan MA S1 108 9:25 AM Boston College High School posted outside each performance room. Classes L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, and L6 are for large, competing ensembles. Boston Latin School Big Band Paul J Pitts MA L1 311 4:20 PM Class LNC is for large, non competing ensembles. Boston Latin School Classes S1, S2, S3, and S4 are for competing combo ensembles. Brewer High School Jazz Ensemble Brady Harris ME L4 207 3:25 PM Class SNC is for non-competing combo ensembles. Brewer High School Classes V1 and V2 are for competing vocal jazz ensembles. BMHS Jazz Orchestra Ron Secchi CT L1 312 3:50 PM Class VNC is for non-competing vocal ensembles. Brien McMahon High School All performance rooms are located on the first, second, and third levels of the Marcato 4 Lyfe Stephen St. Georges CT L3 210 12:10 PM Brookfield High School Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street. Music Collective Carolyn Castellano MA S1 108 10:20 AM Competing classes are determined by school size, based upon the enrollments Brookline High School of grades 10, 11, and 12 of each school. Participation in a non-competing class is BB&N Jazz Ensemble Pandelis Karayorgis MA S3 301 9:55 AM at the request of the director or due to space limitations. Buckingham Browne & Nichol

Burlington City HS Blue Devil David Thomas May NJ L5 103 3:25 PM Jazz Ensemble Ensemble Name/High School Director State Class Room Time Burlington City High School

ECA Jazz Collective; Disciples of Miles Jeff Fuller CT S4 110 1:05 PM The BTHS Jazz Singers Steven Bishop NJ V1 302 4:20 PM ACES Educational Center for the Arts Burlington Township High School

Arlington High School Jazz Machine Rich Guillen NY L1 311 2:30 PM Good Question Wayne Naus MA SNC 105 1:35 PM Arlington High School Cape Cod All Star Jazz Band

Chamber Choir Marinne Cheney CT V1 304 2:55 PM Concert Jazz Ensemble Tom Lizotte ME L6 101 3:25 PM Bacon Academy Cape Elizabeth High School

Jazz Band Thomas Kessler CT L3 206 11:45 AM Centennial High School Jazz Band David Matchim MD L2 313 2:00 PM Bacon Academy Centennial High School

Bangor High School Jazz Choir George H. Redman ME V1 304 2:00 PM Coginchaug Regional High School Dean Coutsouridis CT L5 103 1:35 PM Bangor High School Jazz Ensemble Coginchaug Regional High School Bangor High School Jazz Band Scott Burditt ME LNC 203 10:20 AM Bangor High School Cranston High School East Big Band Mark Colozzi RI L2 310 1:35 PM Cranston High School East Barrington High School Jazz Ensemble Barbara Hughes RI L3 210 1:05 PM Barrington High School Camden Creative Arts Jazz Combo Joseph Streater NJ S4 110 2:00 PM Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Barrington High School Jazz Combo Barbara Hughes RI S2 111 2:55 PM Barrington High School Camden Creative Arts Jazz Band Jamal Dickerson NJ L6 102 3:50 PM Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Advanced Afternoon Jazz Ensemble Ed Nicholson MA S4 110 11:15 AM Beaver Country Day School Studio Big Band I Raymond J. Sinclair II CT L5 103 11:45 AM Cromwell High School Berlin High School Combo A Jeff Sirois CT S2 111 3:50 PM Berlin High School Curtis Jazz Ensemble Ray Scro NY LNC 202 1:35 PM Curtis High School Bethel High School Jazz Ensemble Damon E. Coachman CT S2 105 9:00 AM Bethel High School Deptford Jazz Combo Carl Cox NJ S1 107 9:55 AM Deptford High School Biddeford High School Jazz Combo Patrick Bolin ME S2 105 3:25 PM Biddeford High School Deptford Jazz Ensemble Carl Cox NJ L2 313 2:55 PM Deptford High School Biddeford High School Jazz Ensemble Patrick Bolin ME L4 207 1:35 PM Biddeford High School Rhythmix Lynda Maccini Pavloff MA V2 309 2:55 PM East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. High School Bishop Hendricken Jazz Ensemble Sean W. Donnelly RI L3 206 10:50 AM Bishop Hendricken High School

25 26 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

Senior Jazz Band Ray Ponte MA L4 207 4:20 PM Jazz Ensemble I Dan O’Brien CT S2 111 12:10 PM East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. High School Greater Hartford Academy

Jazz East Combo I David Brudz CT S3 303 2:55 PM Academy Big Band Dan O’Brien CT L4 208 3:50 PM East Catholic High School Greater Hartford Academy

Jazz East Big Band David Brudz CT L4 208 10:20 AM Griswold High School Chamber Choir Raymond Churchill CT V2 306 3:25 PM East Catholic High School Griswold High School

Stage Band David Brudz CT LNC 202 9:00 AM Guilford High School Jazz Ensemble T. Thomas Boates III CT L2 310 2:30 PM East Catholic High School Guilford High School

Avenger Jazz Ensemble Brendan Carniaux RI L4 208 1:05 PM Swing 14 Marcy Webster CT V2 309 11:15 AM East Greenwich High School Haddam-Killingworth High School

ELF Jazz Band Patrick Lennon MA L6 102 1:05 PM Haddam-Killingworth High School Timothy D’Amato CT L5 103 12:40 PM Easthampton High School Jazz Band Haddam-Killingworth High School Edgemont Jazz Combo John Catoliato NY S3 303 9:25 AM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hall-Dale High School Jazz Choir Deb Large ME V2 306 1:35 PM Hall-Dale High School Edgemont Jazz Ensemble John Catoliato NY L5 104 3:50 PM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hall-Dale High School Jazz Band Deb Large ME L6 101 11:45 AM Hall-Dale High School Edgemont Vocal Jazz Ensemble Kelley Morse NY V2 306 2:30 PM Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Hampshire Regional High School Dara M. Adams-Smith MA S3 303 2:00 PM Jazz Combo Varsity Jazz Band Matt DeLassus CT L4 207 10:50 AM Hampshire Regional High School Ellington High School Hampshire Regional High School Dara M. Adams-Smith MA L6 102 10:20 AM ELMERA Jazz Emsemble David Rivera Martinez PR S3 303 11:15 AM Jazz Band Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Hampshire Regional High School

EWG Jazz Select Gregg Charest RI L5 103 10:50 AM Hartford Magnet Trinity College Eddie Hasspacher CT L6 102 9:25 AM Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School Academy Fox Lane Jazz Quartet Joey Berkley NY S1 108 2:55 PM Hartford Magnet Trinity College Fox Lane High School Herricks High School Jazz Ensemble Geoffrey Taylor NY L2 313 10:20 AM Foxborough Vocal Jazz Ensemble Brian Raymond MA V1 304 3:50 PM Herricks High School Foxborough High School Herricks Jazz Choir Stephanie Haas NY V1 304 12:10 PM Just Friends Nonet Bob Rosen NY S4 109 1:35 PM Herricks High School Friends Seminary Highland Park High School Jazz Combo Werner Colmon NJ S3 303 10:20 AM Friends Seminary Vocal Jazz Kristin Marchilena NY V2 309 10:20 AM Highland Park High School Friends Seminary Vox Central Jazz Randy White NJ V1 302 3:25 PM Little Big Horn Bob Rosen NY L6 102 12:10 PM Hopewell Valley Central High School Friends Seminary Jericho High School Jazz Ensemble Richard Roselli NY L2 313 1:05 PM Fryeburg Academy Vocal Jazz Ensemble Mimi Rohlfing ME V2 306 12:40 PM Jericho High School Fryeburg Academy Killingly High School Jazz Ensemble Jeffrey Ethier CT L4 207 2:30 PM Fryeburg Academy E.S.P. Combo Mike Sakash ME S3 301 9:00 AM Killingly High School Fryeburg Academy KING Combo Garrett Mendez CT S3 301 3:25 PM Fryeburg Academy Big Band Mike Sakash ME L5 104 11:15 AM King Low Heywood Thomas Fryeburg Academy KING Jazz Studio Orchestra Garrett Mendez CT L6 101 1:35 PM The High Five Jazz Combo Steven Orlofsky ME S4 109 10:50 AM King Low Heywood Thomas George Stevens Academy Kingswood Oxford "Little Big Band" Dr. Wayne Pierce CT S4 109 11:45 AM The Real Ambassadors Jazz Choir Dianne Mower CT V1 302 1:35 PM Kingswood Oxford School Greater Hartford Academy The J-Grooves Jeremy Osterling CT S4 109 4:20 PM Kinsella Magnet School of Performers 27 28 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

La Salle Academy Jazz Band Brian Brouillard RI LNC 202 10:50 AM Big Group Michael Remy ME L5 104 2:55 PM La Salle Academy Mount Desert Island High School

Leominster High School Jazz Band Barry Hudson MA L1 312 11:15 AM RATWÖLF Michael Remy ME S3 301 4:20 PM Leominster High School Mount Desert Island High School

Lexington High School Jazz Ensemble Pat Donaher MA L1 311 12:40 PM Mount Olive Big Band Darrell Hendricks NJ LNC 203 2:55 PM Lexington High School Mount Olive HIgh School

Lexington High School Jazz Combo Pat Donaher MA S1 107 2:30 PM Jazz Ensemble Darrell Hendricks NJ L2 310 9:00 AM Lexington High School Mount Olive HIgh School

Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Symphonic Thomas Grandprey MA LNC 203 3:50 PM Mount Saint Charles Academy Jazz Band Marc Blanchette RI L5 104 10:20 AM Jazz Ensemble Mount St Charles Academy Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Needham High School Jazz Ensemble Margaret McLallen MA L1 312 12:10 PM Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Select Jazz Combo Thomas Grandprey MA S1 108 11:15 AM Needham High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School NBHS Whaler Jazz Band Timothy Mason MA L1 311 9:55 AM Lincoln-Sudbury RHS Concert Thomas Grandprey MA L1 311 9:00 AM New Bedford High School Jazz Ensemble Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Newark Academy Combo Julius Tolentino NJ S3 303 12:10 PM Newark Academy Loyola Blakefield Jazz Combo Blue David London MD SNC 110 9:25 AM Loyola Blakefield Newark Academy Big Band Julius Tolentino NJ L6 102 2:55 PM Newark Academy Loyola Blakefield Jazz Combo Gold David London MD S2 111 1:05 PM Loyola Blakefield Advanced Jazz Combo Richard Labedz MA S1 108 2:00 PM Newton North High School Caravan Dean Neal ME V2 309 3:50 PM Maine Central Institute Honors Jazz Ensemble Richard Labedz MA L1 312 9:25 AM Newton North High School Enigma Dean Neal ME L5 104 1:05 PM Maine Central Institute Tiger Bebop Richard Labedz MA V1 304 11:15 AM Newton North High School The Allegrettos David Pelletier CT V1 302 9:55 AM Maloney High School Newton South High School Lab Lisa Linde MA LNC 203 9:25 AM Jazz Ensemble Mamaroneck HS "A" Band Timothy E. Hooker NY L1 311 1:35 PM Newton South High School Mamaroneck High School Newton South High School Lisa Linde MA L1 311 10:50 AM Plan Ahead Timothy E.Hooker NY S1 107 4:20 PM Jazz Ensemble Mamaroneck High School Newton South High School

MHS Swing Choir Dina Madden NY V1 302 11:45 AM Newton South Combo Ed Harlow MA S1 107 12:40 PM Mamaroneck High School Newton South High School

Manchester High School Jazz Combo Douglas Maher CT S1 107 3:25 PM Newtown High School Jazz Ensemble Kurt Eckhardt CT L1 312 2:00 PM Manchester High School Newtown High School

Manchester High School Jazz Choir Edward Tyler CT V1 302 9:00 AM Noble High School Jazz Ensemble Mark Mumm ME L3 210 11:15 AM Manchester High School Noble High School

Manchester High School Keith Berry CT L2 310 11:45 AM Nokomis High School Jazz Ensemble Timothy Burns ME L4 208 2:00 PM Manchester High School Nokomis Regional High

MHS Jazz Band Scott Winship MA L3 206 3:25 PM Nokomis High School Jazz Combo Timothy Burns ME S3 303 3:50 PM Marblehead High School Nokomis Regional High

Marshfield High School Jazz Ensemble I David Kaminski MA L2 310 4:20 PM Vision Timothy Burns ME V2 306 9:00 AM Marshfield High School Nokomis Regional High

Mary McDowell Jazz//Rock Combo Julie Ackerman-Hovis NY SNC 110 3:50 PM North Smithfield HS Jazz Ensemble Fritz Benz RI L5 103 4:20 PM Mary McDowell Friends School North Smithfield High School

Milton Academy Jazz Combo Bob Sinicrope MA S2 111 11:15 AM Milton Academy 29 30 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

North Smithfield High School Regina McAdam RI V2 309 2:00 PM Pritzker Jazz Ensemble Benjamin Das IL L3 206 9:55 AM Chamber Choir Pritzker College Prep North Smithfield High School RE Combo Jon Hamm FL S3 301 10:50 AM Northwest Catholic Jazz Singers Daniel Avery CT V2 306 4:20 PM Ransom Everglades Northwest Catholic High School Rauner College Prep Jazz Band Robert Vega IL L5 104 8:30 AM Northwest Catholic Big Band Daniel A. Luddy CT L5 103 2:30 PM Rauner College Prep Northwest Catholic High School RHAM High School Jazz Combo Nick Kokus CT S1 108 1:05 PM Old Orchard Beach High School Brittany Elwell ME V2 306 9:55 AM RHAM High School Jazz Choir RHAM High School Jazz Band Nick Kokus CT L2 313 9:25 AM RHAM High School Old Orchard Beach High School Brittany Elwell ME S4 109 9:00 AM Jazz Combo Robbinsville High School Jazz Band Birch Wilson NJ L3 210 9:25 AM Old Orchard Beach High School Robbinsville High School

Old Orchard Beach High School Mark Manduca ME L6 102 11:15 AM Fitch High School Jazz Ensemble Andrew Lefebvre CT L2 313 11:15 AM Jazz Ensemble Robert E. Fitch High School Old Orchard Beach High School RHS Jazz Ensemble I Anthony Covelli MA L6 101 2:30 PM Old Rochester Regional High School Mike Barnicle MA L4 208 2:55 PM Rockport High School Jazz Band Rebel Tones Show Choir Jacki Moro NJ V2 309 1:05 PM Old Rochester Regional High School Saddle River Day School

Oliver Ames Jazz Ensemble Robert K. Wheeler MA L2 313 3:50 PM The SRDS Jazz Ensemble Erick Storckman NJ S4 110 10:20 AM Oliver Ames High School Saddle River Day School

Otter Valley Jazz Collective Patrick Roberts VT L6 102 2:00 PM Sankt Annæ Big Band Jens Erik Raasted DK L4 208 9:25 AM Otter Valley Union High School Sankt Annæ Gymnasium

Overbrook High School Jazz Band Brian Height NJ L3 210 3:50 PM Seneca Jazz Combo II Doug Barber NJ SNC 105 2:30 PM Overbrook High School Seneca High School

Blue Ram Combo Brian Height NJ S2 111 2:00 PM Seneca Jazz Combo I Doug Barber NJ S1 108 3:50 PM Overbrook High School Seneca High School

Pentucket High School Jazz Combo David Schumacher MA S2 105 10:50 AM Seneca High School Jazz Band Keith Styers NJ LNC 203 1:05 PM Pentucket Regional High School Seneca High School

Pitman High School Jazz Band Phil Verespy NJ L6 101 9:55 AM Shawnee Jazz Band Nick Rotindo NJ LNC 202 12:40 PM Pitman High School Shawnee High School

Plainfield High School Chamber Choir Brian Stevenson CT V2 306 10:50 AM Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Nick Rotindo NJ L1 311 3:25 PM Plainfield High School Shawnee High School

Plainville High School Jazz Band Dom Talotta CT L4 207 9:00 AM Simsbury High Jazz Ensemble Kenneth Fischer CT S1 107 10:50 AM Plainville High School Simsbury High School

Enharmonix Jeff Kerr RI V2 309 12:10 PM eSKape Marina Murray RI V1 304 9:25 AM Portsmouth Abbey School South Kingstown High School

Princeton Jazz Ensemble Scott Grimaldi NJ LNC 202 9:55 AM South Kingstown High School Jazz Band Kevin Koehler RI L2 310 12:40 PM Princeton High School South Kingstown High School

Princeton Jazz Combo Joe Bongiovi NJ S1 107 11:45 AM South Portland High School Jazz Combo Craig Skeffington ME S2 105 9:55 AM Princeton High School South Portland High School

Princeton Studio Vocals Caitlyn Bongiovi NJ V1 304 1:05 PM South Portland High School Jazz Ensemble Craig Skeffington ME L3 206 1:35 PM Princeton High School South Portland High School

Princeton Studio Band Joe Bongiovi NJ L1 312 2:55 PM Southington High School Jazz Ensemble Mr. Berardi CT L1 312 1:05 PM Princeton High School Southington High School

Pritzker Jazz Combo Benjamin Das IL S2 105 11:45 AM Spencerport Vocal Jazz Laura Mance NY V1 302 2:30 PM Pritzker College Prep Spencerport High School 31 32 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

Spencerport High School Jazz Ensemble John Viavattine NY L2 310 10:50 AM UIC College Prep Jazz Ensemble Steven Sanders IL L3 210 2:00 PM Spencerport High School UIC College Prep

The Gray Bee Jazz Band Jeremy Fletcher NJ LNC 202 4:20 PM Wakefield Memorial High School Thomas Bankert MA L3 210 2:55 PM St. Benedict’s Preparatory School Jazz Ensemble Wakefield Memorial High School SJP Jazz Eagles Seelan Manickam MA S1 107 9:00 AM St. John’s Preparatory School Waynflete Upper School Jazz Combo Ray Morrow ME S4 109 12:40 PM Waynflete School Stoughton High School Jazz Choir Christopher Nickelson- MA V1 304 10:20 AM Stoughton High School Mann Waynflete Upper School Jazz Ensemble Ray Morrow ME L6 101 9:00 AM Waynflete School Stoughton High School Jazz Combo John Mange MA S2 111 9:25 AM Stoughton High School Wellesley High School Two O’Clock Steven Scott MA LNC 202 2:30 PM Jazz Band Tuesday Jazz Band John Mange MA L3 206 4:20 PM Wellesley High School Stoughton High School Jazz “A” Band Matthew Livesey RI L3 210 10:20 AM Stratford High School Jazz Band A Mark Ryan CT L3 206 2:30 PM West Warwick High School Stratford High School Midnight Blues Combo Kyle Smith ME S3 301 2:30 PM Susan E. Wagner High School Jazz Band Paul Corn NY L1 312 10:20 AM Westbrook High School Susan E. Wagner High School Jazz Ensemble Kyle Smith ME L4 208 12:10 PM 730 Ensemble Victor J. Lin NY S4 110 2:55 PM Westbrook High School The Calhoun School Weston High School Jazz Ensemble Steven Fasoli CT L4 207 12:40 PM The Episcopal Academy Jazz Ensemble Ryan Dankanich PA LNC 203 11:15 AM Weston High School The Episcopal Academy Jazz Combo James Antonucci CT S1 107 1:35 PM Jazz Improv IV-2 Tom Christensen NY S3 303 1:05 PM William H. Hall High School The Fieldston School Jazz Band James Antonucci CT LNC 203 12:10 PM Concert Jazz Tom Christensen NY L5 103 9:00 AM William H. Hall High School The Fieldston School Concert Jazz Band James Antonucci CT L2 310 3:25 PM Jazz Improv IV Tom Christensen NY SNC 109 3:25 PM William H. Hall High School The Fieldston School Windsor Locks High School Jazz Ensemble Mr. Paul Sibilia CT L5 104 9:25 AM The Rivers Select 1 Combo Philippe Crettien MA S4 109 2:30 PM Windsor Locks High School The Rivers School Woodstock Academy Hill Singers Amy Ranta CT V1 302 10:50 AM The Rivers Big Band Philippe Crettien MA L6 101 4:20 PM Woodstock Academy The Rivers School Lauren Churchill Lauren Churchill CT L3 206 9:00 AM Thornton Academy Jazz Band Jennifer Witherell- ME L2 310 9:55 AM Woodstock Academy Thornton Academy Stebbins Woodstock HS Nonet Jody Henderson VT S3 301 1:35 PM Tiverton High School Jazz Band Dan Snizek RI L5 103 9:55 AM Woodstock Union High School Tiverton High School Xavier Jazz Ensemble Erik Elligers CT L4 208 11:15 AM Toll Gate High School Jazz Band Nick Reed RI LNC 202 3:25 PM Xavier High School Toll Gate High School Xavier Jazz Combo Erik Elligers CT S2 105 4:20 PM Tolland High School Jazz Band Megan Kirwin CT LNC 203 2:00 PM Xavier High School Tolland High School Jazz Ensemble I William Pace NY S2 111 10:20 AM The Trevor Clefs Tim Otto NY S4 109 9:55 AM Xavier High School Trevor Day School Yarmouth High School Jazz Band Rick Dustin ME L5 104 2:00 PM Trinity Madrigals Sarah Bonsignore NY V2 309 9:25 AM Yarmouth High School Trinity School York High School Jazz Ensemble Daniel Sovetsky ME L4 207 9:55 AM Jazz Messengers Jim Cifelli NY S3 301 12:40 PM York High School Trinity School

Trinity Jazz Orchestra Jim Cifelli NY L6 101 10:50 AM Trinity School 33 34 Festival History 2015 Festival Winners

Former Berklee President Lee Eliot Berk initiated the college’s annual High Large Ensembles Class L4 School Jazz Festival. The first festival took place on March 15, 1969. It was known First Place: Lower Moreland as the First Annual New England High School Stage Band Festival, and it fea - Class L1 High School tured 21 bands. New York’s Rush-Henrietta Central High School Band, directed First Place: Princeton High School Directed by Erin Stroup by Thomas Ghidiu, was the winning ensemble. Directed by Joe Bongiovi Second Place: Pritzker College Prep Second Place: Newton South Directed by Benjamin Das Schools participating in the founding festival in 1969: High School Third Place: Xavier High School (CT) Directed by Lisa Linde Directed by Erik Elligers Bridgeport High School Third Place: Arlington High School (NY) Honorable Mention: Overbrook Directed by Rich Guillen High School Maine Honorable Mention: Newtown Directed by Brian Height Falmouth High School High School Directed by Kurt Eckhardt Class L5 First Place: Canton High School Massachusetts Class L2 Directed by John Mastroianni Central High School, Weymouth First Place: Tarpon Springs Second Place: North Smithfield High School High School Directed by Christopher M. De Leon Directed by Fritz Benz Grafton High School Second Place: Gates Chili High School Holbrook High School Third Place: Westbrook High School Directed by Christopher Oldfield Needham High School Directed by Philip Rich Peabody High School Third Place: Oliver Ames High School Honorable Mention: Northwest Tewksbury Memorial High School Directed by Rob Wheeler Catholic High School Honorable Mention: South Windsor Directed by Daniel Luddy Wellesley High School High School Westborough High School Directed by Frank J. Marci Class L6 Westwood High School First Place: Creative Arts Morgan Xaverian Brothers Stage Band, Westwood Class L3 Village Academy First Place: Barrington High School Directed by Jamal P. Dickerson New Hampshire Directed by Barbara Hughes Second Place: The Rivers School Pinkerton Academy, Derry Second Place: South Portland Directed by Philippe Crettien High School New York Third Place: Burlington City Chenango Valley High School Directed by Craig Skeffington High School Rush-Henrietta Central High School Third Place: South Kingstown Directed by David Thomas May High School Honorable Mention: Cape Elizabeth Rhode Island Directed by Donald Smith High School Barrington High School Honorable Mention: Bacon Academy Directed by Tom Lizotte Cranston High School Directed by Thomas Kessler

Over the years, thousands of high school students and music educators have benefited from the performance evaluations, clinics, workshops, and scholarship opportunities available to you today. The 2016 festival has more than 200 ensembles and more than 3,000 student musicians participating, making it the country’s largest high school jazz festival. 35 36 2015 Festival Winners Participating Schools by State

Small Ensembles Class S4 Connecticut Illinois First Place: Creative Arts Morgan ACES Educational Center for the Arts Pritzker College Prep Class S1 Village Academy Bacon Academy Rauner College Prep First Place: Princeton High School Directed by Jamal P. Dickerson Berlin High School UIC College Prep Directed by Joe Bongiovi Second Place: The Rivers School Bethel High School Second Place: Newton South Directed by Philippe Crettien Brien McMahon High School Massachusetts Brookfield High School Beaver Country Day School High School Third Place: Directed by Ed Harlow Coginchaug Regional High School Boston College High School Directed by Justin Juliano Cromwell High School Boston Latin School Third Place: Lexington High School Honorable Mention: Escuela Libre de East Catholic High School Brookline High School Directed by Andy Held Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini Ellington High School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Honorable Mention: Brookline Directed by David Rivera Martinez Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Cape Cod All Star Jazz Band High School Griswold High School East Bridgewater Jr. Sr. High School Directed by Carolyn Castellano Class V1 Guilford High School Easthampton High School First Place: Fryeburg Academy Haddam-Killingworth High School Foxborough High School Class S2 Directed by Mimi Rohlfing Hartford Magnet Trinity Hampshire Regional High School First Place: John Jay High School Second Place: Greater Hartford College Academy Leominster High School Directed by Jeff Richardson Academy of the Arts Killingly High School Lexington High School Second Place: South Portland Directed by Dianne Mower King Low Heywood Thomas Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Kingswood Oxford School Marblehead High School High School Third Place: Burlington Township Directed by Craig Skeffington Kinsella Magnet School of Marshfield High School High School Performing Arts Milton Academy Third Place: West Warwick Directed by Steven Bishop Maloney High School Needham High School High School Honorable Mention: Princeton Manchester High School New Bedford High School Directed by Metro A. Narcisi III High School Newtown High School Newton North High School Honorable Mention: Bethel Directed by Caitlyn Bongiovi Northwest Catholic High School Newton South High School High School Plainfield High School Old Rochester Regional High School Directed by Mr. Damon E. Coachman Class V2 Plainville High School Oliver Ames High School First Place: Edgemont Jr./Sr. RHAM High School Pentucket Regional High School Class S3 High School Robert E. Fitch High School Rockport High School First Place: Greater Hartford Academy Directed by Kelley Morse Simsbury High School St. John’s Preparatory School of the Arts Second Place: Pioneer Valley Southington High School Stoughton High School Directed by Dan O’Brien Performing Arts Charter Public School Stratford High School The Rivers School Second Place: Fryeburg Academy Directed by Sarah Armstrong Tolland High School Wakefield Memorial High School Directed by Mike Sakash Weston High School Wellesley High School Third Place: Portsmouth Abbey School William H. Hall High School Third Place: Milton Academy Directed by Jeffrey Kerr Windsor Locks High School Maryland Directed by Bob Sinicrope Honorable Mention: Maine Woodstock Academy Centennial High School Honorable Mention: The Central Institute Xavier High School Loyola Blakefield Fieldston School Directed by Dean Neal Directed by Tom Christensen Denmark Maine Sankt Annæ Gymnasium Bangor High School Biddeford High School Florida Brewer High School Ransom Everglades School Cape Elizabeth High School Fryeburg Academy 37 38 Participating Schools by State

George Stevens Academy The Fieldston School Hall-Dale High School Trevor Day School Maine Central Institute Trinity School Mount Desert Island High School Xavier High School Noble High School Nokomis Regional High Pennsylvania Old Orchard Beach High School The Episcopal Academy South Portland High School Thornton Academy Puerto Rico Waynflete School Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Westbrook High School Ramos Antonini Yarmouth High School York High School Rhode Island Barrington High School New Jersey Bishop Hendricken High School Burlington City High School Cranston High School East Burlington Township High School East Greenwich High School Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy Exeter-West Greenwich Senior Deptford High School High School Highland Park High School La Salle Academy Information and Hopewell Valley Central High School Mount Saint Charles Academy Mount Olive High School North Smithfield High School Tables Newark Academy Portsmouth Abbey School Vendor Overbrook High School South Kingstown High School Pitman High School Tiverton High School Princeton High School Toll Gate High School Robbinsville High School West Warwick High School Saddle River Day School Seneca High School Vermont Shawnee High School Otter Valley Union High School St. Benedict’s Preparatory School Woodstock Union High School

New York Arlington High School Curtis High School Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Fox Lane High School Friends Seminary Herricks High School Jericho High School Mamaroneck High School Mary McDowell Friends School Spencerport High School Susan E. Wagner High School The Calhoun School

39 Information and Vendor Tables Information and Vendor Tables

Berklee College of Music Information Tables Steve Lipman Associates Vandoren Berklee Office of Admissions Vic Firth Company Second- and third-level hallways Zildjian Staff and student representatives from the Office of Admissions will be available to discuss programs and application procedures, including the audition and Come by to meet Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and check out the interview process. You can pick up brochures, CDs, and various other materials, Stretch Music App Challenge. and watch performances from some of Berklee’s most exciting concerts. The Stretch Music App Challenge is a contest for musicians, vocalists, rappers, and poets to use the revolutionary Stretch Music App to compete, be seen and heard by music industry leaders, and win amazing prizes. Berklee Summer Programs Second- and third-level hallways Staff from the Office of Special Programs will be available to share information about Berklee’s many summer programs. Whatever your musical interests may be—performance, technology, music business, composition, etc.—we have a program for you.

Additional Berklee Information Tables* Third-level hallways Berkleejazz.org Berklee Internet Radio Network (BIRN) Career Development Center Berklee City Music Concert Operations/Cafe 939 Housing Jazz Revelation Records Music Education Office of Admissions Office of Experiential Learning Professional Music Summer Programs Student Activities/Live Well Programs/Parent Services

Music Industry Vendor Tables* Third-level hallways Dudacus Holland College Idyllwild Arts Academy Italy Music Camp Litchfield Performing Arts, Inc. Music School Central.com Penella Saxophone Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s Stretch Music App Challenge

*As of print date 41 42 Awards and Scholarships Awards and Scholarships

Berklee will present the following awards to the winning ensembles and individ uals Díaz’s success with the institute and his career as a music educator were the from today’s festival: subject of a featured cover story in SBO magazine and BDGuide magazines. He received a DownBeat magazine award for achievement in jazz education and The Berklee Jazz Singers Showcase was selected by FOX 26 and Univision Television stations as a Hispanic Hero. In Berklee College of Music is pleased to introduce the Jazz Singers Showcase to 2007, Díaz was inducted into the Texas Christian University Band of Fame. In the 48th annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival. This exciting new category is 2008, he received the prestigious Jefferson Award for his work with Díaz Music offered to talented solo vocalists performing jazz standards with a rhythm sec tion, Institute. He has received four grants from the Houston Arts Alliance to support combo, or big band. The winner will be announced in room 200, second level, his creative writing in Latin jazz music compositions. In addition the Díaz Music following the Showcase finals. The winner will receive a full scholarship to Institute was twice selected by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Berklee’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program, and will perform the win ning Humanities as a finalist for the 2010 and 2011 National Arts and Humanities piece at the awards presentation with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, Youth Program Awards. Díaz is on the board of directors for the Midwest Clinic directed by Greg Hopkins, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hynes Auditorium, second level. and was a member of the Jazz Education Network’s board of directors. Díaz is also a member of the Texas Bandmasters Association, the Texas Music The John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Award is named after a Educators Association, the Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Phi Beta Mu, legendary jazz educator who served as a distinguished professor at Berklee for Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha. more than 30 years. This award, offered in conjunction with the Jazz Education Network (JEN) organization, is presented at the annual JEN Conference and, Herb Pomeroy Jazz Composition/Arranging Contest starting this year, represented at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Berklee is pleased to introduce the fourth annual Herb Pomeroy Jazz Composition/Arranging Contest, sponsored by the Jazz Composition About the Recipient: José Antonio Díaz Department, Professional Writing and Music Technology Division. The winner José Antonio Díaz, a recent recipient of the John will be announced in the auditorium at 2:00 p.m. The arrangement will be LaPorta Educator of the Year Award, is founder and performed by the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, directed by Greg Hopkins. artistic director of the Díaz Music Institute and director of bands at MacArthur High School in Ensemble Awards Houston, Texas. Díaz is newly inducted into A first-place trophy will be presented to the winning ensembles in competing DownBeat magazine’s Jazz Education Hall of Fame classes L1 through L6 of the large ensemble category, the winning combos in and a recipient of the City of Houston Mayor’s classes S1 through S4, and the winning vocal jazz ensembles in classes V1 and Hispanic Heritage Award. Díaz’s groups have V2. A plaque will be presented to the second- and third-place ensembles in per formed with such artists as Carl Allen, Alvin Batiste, each of the large competing classes, the competing combo classes, and the Shelly Berg, Ignacio Berroa, and Nick Brignola, to name just a few. His ensemble competing vocal jazz ensemble classes. Ensembles placing fourth in all has performed multiple times at some of the most prestigious international competing classes will receive honorable mention plaques. events, including the Midwest Clinic, the Jazz Education Network, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Oregon Music Educators Association, the Texas Scholarship Awards Bandmasters Association, and the National Association for Music Education. Five-Week Summer Performance Program Under his leadership, the Díaz Music Institute became internationally Victor Wooten/Berklee Summer Bass Workshop recognized as a premier organization for presenting, developing, and teaching Berklee Global String Intensive Latin jazz and salsa music. Díaz’s innovative programing is enjoyed by the Berklee Percussion Weekend Houston community through the institute’s annual presentation of Noche Guitar Sessions Caliente at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The institute’s repertoire ensemble, Berklee Piano/Keyboard Workshop Caliente is recognized as America’s premier Afro-Latin youth ensemble, in Vocal Summit musical dialogue with some of Latin music’s biggest stars, such as Alex Acuna, Musical Theater Summer Intensive Jimmy Bosch, Candido, Pete Escovedo, and Bobby Valentín, to name just a few. Stage Performance Workshop

43 44 Awards and Scholarships Years of Participation Awards

Large Ensemble: Competitive Classes L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, and L6 Five years First Place: Four 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer Berlin High School— Berlin, Connecticut performance programs Deptford High School— Deptford, New Jersey Second Place: Three 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School— West Greenwich, Rhode Island performance programs Herricks High School— New Hyde Park, New York Third Place: Three 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer The Calhoun School— New York City, New York performance programs Xavier High School— New York City, New York

Small Ensemble: Competitive Classes S1, S2, S3, and S4 10 years First Place: Three 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer New Bedford High School— New Bedford, Massachusetts performance programs 15 years Second Place: Two 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer Killingly High School— Dayville, Connecticut performance programs Third Place: Two 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer 20 years performance programs Boston Latin School— Boston, Massachusetts

Big band and combo award recipients may choose to apply their scholarship to 25 years one of the following summer programs: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts— Hartford, Connecticut Five-Week Summer Performance Program; Milton Academy— Milton, Massachusetts Victor Wooten/Berklee Summer Bass Workshop; Overbrook High School— Pine Hill, New Jersey Berklee Global String Intensive; Berklee Percussion Festival; Guitar Sessions; Berklee Piano/Keyboard Workshop; or First-Time Festival Attendees Stage Performance Workshop ACES Educational Center for the Arts— New Haven, Connecticut Vocal Ensemble: Competitive Classes V1 and V2 Cape Cod All-Star Jazz Band— Harwich, Massachusetts First Place: Three 50 percent tuition awards to selected summer Cromwell High School— Cromwell, Connecticut performance programs Fox Lane High School— Bedford, New York Second Place: Two 35 percent tuition awards to selected summer Hall-Dale High School— Farmingdale, Maine performance programs Highland Park High School— Highland Park, New Jersey Third Place: Two 25 percent tuition awards to selected summer Hopewell Valley Central High School— Pennington, New Jersey performance programs Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts— Hartford, Connecticut Loyola Blakefield— Towson, Maryland Vocal award recipients may choose to apply their scholarship to one of the Newark Academy— Livingston, New Jersey following summer programs: Robbinsville High School— Robbinsville, New Jersey Robert E. Fitch High School— Groton, Connecticut Five-Week Summer Performance Program; Sankt Annæ Gymnasium— Copenhagen, Denmark Stage Performance Workshop; Weston High School— Weston, Connecticut Vocal Summit; or Musical Theater Summer Intensive We hope you find today’s experience both educational and enjoyable.

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47 48 Hynes Convention Center Floor Plan 2016 Map of Berklee

49 50 2016 Berklee High School Jazz Festival Committee Rob Rose Festival Executive Director and Producer

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

Executive Committee Elizabeth Dawe Director of Operations

Bradley Berger Director of Production

Cathy Horn Adjudication Director

Jeff Mason Director of Festival Staff

Cynthia Bethune Facility Liaison/Hospitality Director

Christina Quarles Vendors, Catering, and Program Advertising

Reggie Lofton Director of Festival Video

Tracy Gibbs Hospitality and Festival Merchandise

Allen Bush Berklee Media Relations

Liz Lupton Berklee Media Relations

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