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NJAJE State Jazz Festival
Preliminary Festival Locations (5:00 PM)
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Finals Locations for Saturday, April 29, 2023 (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
2023 Divisions for Finals (As of 1/11/2023)
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
2023 Divisions for Finals (As of 1/11/2023)
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.
2022 Festival Results
Division I (Largest School Populations)
1st Place Newark Academy Chameleon 2nd Place JP Stevens Jazz Ensemble 3rd Place Cherokee Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) East Brunswick Edison John P. Stevens Lab Jazz Newark Academy Big Band Passaic County TVS West Orange Jazz 1 Section Awards Saxophone Newark Academy Chameleon Trumpet John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble Trombone John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Newark Academy Chameleon Solo Awards Andres Guerra, Piano, PCTVS Farah Mbahwe, Saxophones, JP Jazz Ensemble Ben Collins-Siegel, Piano, NA Chameleon Ethan Lee, Tenor Sax and Clarinet, NA Chameleon Rick Kerber Scholarship Siddarth Chalasani, Tenor Sax, NA Chameleon Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award Newark Academy Chameleon |
Division II (Moderate School Populations)
1st Place Scotch Plains-Fanwood Moonglowers 2nd Place Mount Olive Jazz Ensemble 3rd Place Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Eastern Hightstown Morristown Princeton Jazz Ensemble Princeton Studio Band Shawnee Jazz Band Section Awards Saxophone Eastern Trumpet Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Trombone Mount Olive Rhythm SPF Moonglowers Solo Awards Keiran McKenzie, Tenor Sax, Princeton Studio Ryan Parichuk, Bass Trombone, Mount Olive Nick Cianfrani, Bass, Eastern Alvaro Caravaca, Trumpet, Mount Olive Rick Kerber Scholarship Nirayka Monga, Piano, SPF Moonglowers Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award Shawnee Jazz Ensemble |
Division III (Smallest School Populations)
1st Place Deptford 2nd Place West Milford 3rd Place Cherry Hill West Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Metuchen Seneca Sparta Steinert Sterling Wayne Section Awards Saxophone Deptford Trumpet Deptford Trombone West Milford Rhythm Steinert Solo Awards Marc Escarrilla - Alto Sax, DeptfordHS Shane Duffy - Bass West, Milford HS Brennan Coulton - Tenor Sax, West Milford HS Lilianna Sanchez - Vocal, West Milford HS Rick Kerber Scholarship Ben Hoadley - Tenor Sax, Sterling HS Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award West Milford |