2018 Festival Winners
The Berklee High School Jazz Festival competition is comprised of three competitive categories: Large Ensembles, Combo Ensembles, and Vocal Jazz ensembles. Within each category, classes are determined by school size based upon the enrollments of grades, 10, 11, and 12 (with the lowest number class having the largest school enrollment).
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Large Ensemble
Class L1
1st Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Joe Bongiovi
Play2nd Place:
Lexington High School
Directed by Pat Donaher
Play3rd Place:
Newton South High School
Directed by Lisa Linde
Play4th Place:
Centennial High School
Directed by David Matchim
PlayClass L2
1st Place:
William H. Hall High School
Directed by James Antonucci
Play2nd Place:
West Milford Township High School
Directed by Matt Gramata
Play3rd Place:
Darien High School
Directed by Jonathan Grauer
Play4th Place:
Conard High School
Directed by Scott R. Porter
PlayClass L3
1st Place:
Bethel High School
Directed by Damon E. Coachman
Play2nd Place:
Weston High School
Directed by Steven Fasoli
Play3rd Place:
South Portland High School
Directed by Craig Skeffington
Play4th Place:
Bacon Academy
Directed by Thomas Kessler
PlayClass L4
1st Place:
East Catholic High School
Directed by David Brudz
Play2nd Place:
Overbrook High School
Directed by Brian Height / Phil Verespy
Play3rd Place:
Plainville High School
Directed by Dominic Talotta
Play4th Place:
Ellington High School
Directed by Matthew DeLassus
PlayClass L5
1st Place:
North Smithfield High School
Directed by Metro A. Narcisi, III
Play2nd Place:
Cape Elizabeth High School
Directed by Tom Lizotte
Play3rd Place:
Cromwell High School
Directed by Raymond J. Sinclair II
Play4th Place:
Coginchaug Regional High School
Directed by Tim Fisher
PlayClass L6
1st Place:
The Rivers School
Directed by Philippe Crettien
Play2nd Place:
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Directed by Jamal P. Dickerson
Play3rd Place:
ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Directed by Will Cleary
Play4th Place:
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
Directed by Penelope Smetters-Jacono
PlaySmall Ensemble/Combo
Class S1
1st Place:
Lexington High School
Directed by Pat Donaher
Play2nd Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Joe Bongiovi
Play3rd Place:
Newton North High School
Directed by Richard Labedz
Play4th Place:
Newton South High School
Directed by Ed Harlow
PlayClass S2
1st Place:
Pentucket Regional High School
Directed by David Schumacher
Play2nd Place:
RHAM High School
Directed by Nicholas A. Kokus
Play3rd Place:
Milton Academy
Directed by Bob Sinicrope
Play4th Place:
South Portland High School
Directed by Craig Skeffington
PlayClass S3
1st Place:
Boston Arts Academy
Directed by Gregory Groover, Jr.
Play2nd Place:
Trinity School
Directed by Jim Cifelli
Play3rd Place:
The Fieldston School
Directed by Tom Christensen
Play4th Place:
North Smithfield High School
Directed by Metro A. Narcisi, III
PlayClass S4
1st Place:
Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini
Directed by David Rivera Martínez
Play2nd Place:
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Directed by JOJO Streater and Jamal Dickerson
Play3rd Place:
Idyllwild Arts Academy
Directed by Paul Carman
Play4th Place:
The Rivers School
Directed by Philippe Crettien
PlayVocal Jazz Ensemble
Class V1
1st Place:
Burlington Township High School
Directed by Steven Bishop
Play2nd Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Joe Bongiovi
Play3rd Place:
Hopewell Valley Central High School
Directed by Randy White
Play4th Place:
Francis T. Maloney High School
Directed by David Pelletier
PlayClass V2
1st Place:
Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School
Directed by Kelley Morse
Play2nd Place:
Northwest Catholic High School
Directed by Daniel Avery
Play3rd Place:
Fryeburg Academy
Directed by Mimi Rohlfing
Play4th Place:
Foxborough High School
Directed by Brian Raymond
PlayClass V3
1st Place:
Maine Central Institute
Directed by Dean Neal
Play2nd Place:
Portsmouth Abbey School
Directed by Jeffrey Kerr
Play3rd Place:
North Smithfield High School
Directed by Regina McAdam
Play4th Place:
ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Directed by Amy Lachance Christman
Solo Singer
Class SS
1st Place:
Fryeburg Academy
Georgia Stafford
Play2nd Place:
Princeton High School
Maisie Ryle
Play3rd Place:
Ryan Peter Murphy
PlaySuperior and Outstanding Musicianship Awards
Class L1
Superior Musicianship
Liam Sutcliffe, Princeton High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Simon Hwang, Princeton High School
Darsan Swaroop Bellie, Lexington High School
Perrin Price, Boston Latin School
Class L2
Superior Musicianship
Aaron Ouellette, RHAM High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Eric Darnsteadt, West Milford Township High School
Ryan Venora, William H. Hall High School
Peter Suckiel, West Milford Township High School
Class L3
Superior Musicianship
Rishav Kholsa, Weston High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Gabriel Toth, Weston High School
Michael Peters, Noble High School
Thompson, Fisher, Tolland High School
Class L4
Superior Musicianship
Liam Horan-Portelance, East Catholic High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Maurice Wade Trumpet, Overbrook High School
Sam Delong, East Greenwich High School
Iva Wich, Hanover High School (NH)
Class L5
Superior Musicianship
Alex Hansen, Cape Elizabeth High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Shailen Braun, Cromwell High School
Alex Dumas, Mount St Charles Academy
Connor Megee, Burlington City High School
Class L6
Superior Musicianship
Madison Bonaparte, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
Outstanding Musicianship
Devlin Tenney, Litchfield High School
Anton Kot, ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Olivia Kendall, Rockport High School
Class S1
Superior Musicianship
Jeff Gordon, Lexington High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Paul Stehn, Princeton High School
Noah Lilianthal, Princeton High School
Eugene Kim, Lexington High School
Class S2
Superior Musicianship
Derek Skala, Pentucket Regional High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Jake Baynes, Pentucket Regional High School
Aaron Ouellette, RHAM High School
Max Saffer Meng, South Portland High School
Class S3
Superior Musicianship
Dominic Glaude, Boston Arts Academy
Outstanding Musicianship
Maya Polsky, The Fieldston School
Brandon Volel, Boston Arts Academy
Jackson Mitchell, Trinity School
Class S4
Superior Musicianship
Zhane Brown, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Outstanding Musicianship
Devlin Tenney, Litchfield High School
Michael Manasseh, The Rivers School
Fabiola Muñoz, Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini
Class V1
Superior Musicianship
Gillian Scott, Princeton High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Myles Murphy, Newton North High School
Jimmy Waltman, Hopewell Valley Central High School
Edmond Kam, Mamaroneck High School
Class V2
Superior Musicianship
Marilyn Mathews, Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Corey Hall, Foxborough High School
Zachary Brown, Griswold High School
Talia Quagliaroli, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Class V3
Superior Musicianship
Jessica Yang, Portsmouth Abbey School
Outstanding Musicianship
Lily Miller, Maine Central Institute
Tess Gioia, Hall-Dale High School
Addi Williams, Maine Central Institute