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.
2018 Festival Results
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Division I (Largest School Populations)
1st Place John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble 2nd Place Edison 3rd Place John P. Stevens Lab Jazz Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Camden Creative Arts Cherokee East Brunswick Elizabeth Jazz Ensemble Southern Regional West Orange Jazz 1 Section Awards Saxophone Edison Trumpet John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble Trombone John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Edison Solo Awards Elton Byrd, Drums, Edison Isaiah Rivera, Piano, Camden Creative Arts Valerie Collado, Trombone, Edison Destiny Diggs Pinto, Bass, West Orange Rick Kerber Scholarship Varun Das, Drums, John P. Stevens Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award John P. Stevens Jazz Ensemble |
Division II (Moderate School Populations)
1st Place Princeton Studio Band 2nd Place Princeton Jazz Ensemble 3rd Place Scotch Plains-Fanwood Moonglowers Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Hightstown Jackson Memorial Mendham Mount Olive Shawnee Jazz Band Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Section Awards Saxophone SPF Moonglowers Trumpet Princeton Jazz Ensemble Trombone Shawnee Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Princeton Jazz Ensemble Solo Awards Selia Gupta, Princeton Jazz Ensemble Simon Hwang, Princeton Studio Ethan Wollman, SPF Moonglowers Peter Rushing, Shawnee Jazz Band Rick Kerber Scholarship Liam Sutcliffe, Trumpet, Princeton Studio 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 Jackson Liberty Remaining Finalists (in Alphabetical Order) Burlington City Deptford Highland Newark Academy Big Band Overbrook Roxbury Section Awards Saxophone Newark Academy Chameleon Trumpet Jackson Liberty Trombone West Milford Rhythm Newark Academy Chameleon Solo Awards Alan Zhu, Tenor Sax, Newark Acad. Chameleon Reid Christmann, Trombone, Newark Ac. Cham. Vikram Bala, Bass, Newark Academy Chameleon Eric Darnsteadt, Drums, West Milford Rick Kerber Scholarship David Grahm, Alto Sax, Deptford Richard A. Graham Sight Reading Award Newark Academy Chameleon |