NJAJE State Jazz Festival
Preliminary Festival Locations (5:00 PM)
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Finals Locations for Saturday, April 30, 2022 (5:00 PM)
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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
2020 Divisions for Finals (Revised 2/23/2020)
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
2020 Divisions for Finals (Revised 2/23/2020)
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
2020 Festival Results
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020, the New Jersey State Finals for Jazz Ensembles were canceled. However, the following 27 bands were selected to compete as State Finalists as a result of the State Preliminary Festival held in early March. Following are the State Finalist Bands, listed alphabetically by Division for 2020:
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Division I (Largest School Populations)
Bridgewater-Raritan HS Monday Band Cherokee HS Jazz Ensemble East Brunswick HS Jazz Ensemble Elizabeth HS Jazz Ensemble JP Stevens HS Jazz Ens JP Stevens HS Lab Jazz Newark Academy "Chameleon" Newark Academy "NA Big Band" Passaic County Technical Institute Jazz Band |
Division II (Moderate School Populations)
Edison HS Jazz Ensemble Mount Olive HS Jazz Ensemble Princeton HS Jazz Ensemble Princeton HS Studio Band Randolph HS Jazz Ensemble 1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS Moonglowers Shawnee HS Jazz Ensemble Southern Regional HS Jazz Ensemble West Orange HS Jazz Ensemble 1 |
Division III (Smallest School Populations)
Deptford HS Jazz Ensemble Highland Regional HS Jazz Ensemble Metuchen HS Jazz Ensemble Overbrook HS Jazz Ensemble Seneca HS Jazz Ensemble Sparta HS Blues, Inc! Steinert HS Jazz Ensemble Wayne Valley HS Big Band West Milford HS Jazz Ensemble |
2020 Preliminary Festival Special Awardees
OUTSTANDING SAXOPHONE SECTIONS:
OUTSTANDING TRUMPET SECTIONS:
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OUTSTANDING SIGHT READING:
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