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New Jersey Association for Jazz Education

Preliminary Festival Locations (5:00 PM)
Monday, March 1, 2021 @ Liberty Middle School
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 @ Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 @ Southern Regional HS
Thursday, March 4, 2021 @ Steinert High School
Friday, March 5, 2021 @ Wayne Valley High School

Finals Locations for Saturday, April 17, 2021 (5:00 PM)
Division I @ JP Stevens High School
Division II @ Princeton High School
Division III @ Burlington City High School

NJAJE State Jazz Festival

2021 Prelim Schedules (5 Locations)
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:
  • 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.
Kerber Scholarship Application (Closed)

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:
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:
OUTSTANDING TROMBONE SECTIONS:
OUTSTANDING RHYTHM SECTIONS:
OUTSTANDING SIGHT READING:

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