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Jersey Jazz
NA jazz is NJAJE's #1 for the sixth year!
The NA Big Band and Chameleon headed to Nutley for the New Jersey Association for Jazz Education (NJAJE) state finals and came back with super-size trophies.
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Chameleon came in first for the sixth year in a row. The rhythm section received an Outstanding Section award. George Austin '15 won the top soloist award, the Rick Kerber Scholarship; and Kevin Jiang '15 and Patrick Peters '15 won Outstanding Soloist awards.
The NA Big Band played their best performance to date with amazing solos from Scott McGraw ’17, Courtney Cooperman ’16, Sam Fishbein ’17, Luca Moretti ’20, Samantha Powell ’19 and Teddy McGraw ’20.
Check out the full list of awards
Check out the full list of awards
About the NJAJE Competition
The New Jersey State Jazz Band Festival is a statewide competition for high school jazz bands. In March of each year, 45-50 high school jazz bands compete in a preliminary round. The top nine bands in each of three divisions then move on to compete again in the state finals for each division in April.
The New Jersey State Jazz Band Festival is a statewide competition for high school jazz bands. In March of each year, 45-50 high school jazz bands compete in a preliminary round. The top nine bands in each of three divisions then move on to compete again in the state finals for each division in April.
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