Preliminary Festival Locations (5:00 PM)
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Finals Locations for Saturday, April 27, 2019 (5:00 PM)
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NJAJE State Jazz Festival
The New Jersey Association for Jazz Education is presenting an opportunity to participate in the official jazz festival sponsored by your state organization devoted solely to jazz education.
The festival occurs in two phases:
To participate in the NJAJE Jazz festivals, please fill out the NJAJE Festival, Conference, and Membership Application form and follow the appropriate instructions.
Downloads for the State Jazz Festival:
State Jazz Festival Rules and Regulations
State Jazz Festival Attendance Policy
Scoring Rubrics
Performance Adjudication Sheet
Sight Reading Adjudication Sheet
Sight Reading Adjudication Procedures
2019 Divisions for Finals (Revised 2/22/19)
Locations, dates, and times for the festival can be found on the calendar page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
The festival occurs in two phases:
- A preliminary round of all participating ensembles, regardless of school size, held at five locations on consecutive nights and adjudicated by the same three professionals. Sight-reading is required and is scored as 15% of the total score in the preliminary round. Improvisation is also required as part of the sight-reading chart, and is one of the new components of the sight-reading adjudication sheet.
- A final round held at three locations; each of the top nine scoring bands from the preliminary round is grouped by school enrollment. Sight-reading and improvisation are required and are identical to the preliminary round.
To participate in the NJAJE Jazz festivals, please fill out the NJAJE Festival, Conference, and Membership Application form and follow the appropriate instructions.
Downloads for the State Jazz Festival:
State Jazz Festival Rules and Regulations
State Jazz Festival Attendance Policy
Scoring Rubrics
Performance Adjudication Sheet
Sight Reading Adjudication Sheet
Sight Reading Adjudication Procedures
2019 Divisions for Finals (Revised 2/22/19)
Locations, dates, and times for the festival can be found on the calendar page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
For the 2019 State Finals, the Graham family will present three $700 scholarships to a senior "most valuable player" in each division, in memory of Mr. Graham's service to the State Jazz Festival as its long time coordinator. Directors will be sent a nomination form before the finals.
2019 Festival Results
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Division I (Largest School Populations)
1st Place John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble 2nd Place Cherokee 3rd Place Edison Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Bridgewater-Raritan Monday Band East Brunswick Elizabeth Jazz Band John P. Stevens Lab Jazz Passaic County Technical Institute West Orange Jazz 1 Section Awards Saxophone John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble Trumpet John P. Stevens Lab Jazz Trombone West Orange Rhythm Cherokee Solo Awards Omkar Sonavane, Alto Sax, Edison Carlos Hernandez, Trumpet, JP Stevens Lab Jazz Grace Fox, Trumpet, Cherokee Elton Boyd, Drums, Edison Rick Kerber Scholarship Bryana Crockett, Drums, Cherokee Richard A. Graham Scholarship Zoe Wang, Bari Sax, JP Jazz Ensemble Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble |
Division II (Moderate School Populations)
1st Place Scotch Plains-Fanwood Moonglowers 2nd Place Princeton Studio Band 3rd Place Princeton Jazz Ensemble Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Jackson Liberty Mendham Mount Olive Northern Burlington County Steinert Wayne Valley Section Awards Saxophone SPF Moonglowers Trumpet SPF Moonglowers Trombone Princeton Studio Band Rhythm Mount Olive Solo Awards Siara Alam, Mendham Jazz Ensemble Grace Quackenboss, Northern Burlington Anthony Demateis, Jackson Liberty Jazz Ensemble Allan Romero, SPF Moonglowers Rick Kerber Scholarship Simon Hwang, Princeton Studio Richard A. Graham Scholarship Stephen Oduro, SPF Moonglowers Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award Princeton Studio Band |
Division III (Smallest School Populations)
1st Place Newark Academy Chameleon 2nd Place West Milford 3rd Place Newark Academy Big Band Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Delaware Valley Deptford Highland Holmdel Overbrook Seneca Section Awards Saxophone Newark Academy Chameleon Trumpet Overbrook Trombone Deptford Rhythm Newark Academy Chameleon Solo Awards Michael Wang, Alto Sax, NA Chameleon Sammi Powell, Vocals, NA Chameleon Ben Chaddha, Trumpet, NA Chameleon Maurice Wade, Trumpet, Overbrook Rick Kerber Scholarship Sidiq Huballa, Drums, Highland Richard A. Graham Scholarship Amanda Roth, Flute, West Milford Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award Newark Academy Chameleon |