Saturday, February 6, 2016 February 6, 2016 Dear students and educators: Greetings and welcome to the 48th annual Berklee High School Jazz 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 Boston, 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 Berklee College of Music 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 Newport Jazz Festival, 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, Pete Seeger, to create the Newport Folk Festival. 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 (Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton), 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 Massachusetts 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.