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DownBeat Magazine
- 2024 Award - Large Jazz Ensemble
- 2024 Award - Latin Jazz Ensemble
- 2023 Award - Latin Jazz Ensemble
- 2022 Award - Large Jazz Ensemble
- 2022 Award - Small Jazz Combo
- 2021 Award - Large Jazz Ensemble
Essentially Ellington
- 2026 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
- 2025 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
- 2023 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
- 2021 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
- 2019 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
- 2018 Finalist - Concert Jazz Band
National Jazz Festival
- 2022 - 2nd Place - Concert Jazz Band
- 2022 - 3rd Place - Jazz Band II
- 2021 - 1st Place Concert Jazz Band & Jazz Combo I
- 2020 - 1st Place Concert Jazz Band & Jazz Combo I
Charles Mingus High School Competition
- 2026 - Finalist for Combo Category
- 2025 - Finalist and Winner, Best Big Band, Best Woodwinds
- 2024 - Finalist and Winner, Best Big Band, Best Brass
Berklee High School Jazz Festival
- 2019 - Winner - Concert Jazz Band
- 2018 - Winner - Concert Jazz Band
- 2016 - Winner - Concert Jazz Band
Year-by-Year Highlights
2025-2026 School Year
2026 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON COMPETITION PERFORMANCE:
Video: Performance at Fredrick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Outstanding Reed Section: Quinn Knox, Pearse Deveney, Krish Pandya, Hadley Smith, Ann-Yee Lim
Outstanding Soloists: Ben Kornbluh (trombone), Quinn Knox (alto sax)
Honorable Mention Soloist: Julia Wickless (Piano)
2026 CMEA All State Jazz Ensemble Directed by Julius Tolentino
Video: Performance at CT Convention Center
Featuring Students: Quinn Knox (alto), Krish Pandya (tnr), Ben Kornbluh (tbn), Anya Mantripigada (tbn), Daniel Godel (tbn), Sophie Barnes (tpt)
Stephen Sondheim Awards
Hall Band nominated for "Best Student Pit Orchestra"
2026 CHARLES MINGUS COMPETITION PERFORMANCE: Combo Category
Video: Performance at The New School
Oustanding Soloist: Krish Pandya
$40,000 per year scholarship to The New School Recipient: Quinn Knox
Students playing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra—Ben Kornbluh, Quinn Knox, Krish Pandya, and Nathan Ben-Ari—also received recognition at the Mingus Festival for Best Specialized Big Band and Best Brass.
2026 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON SUBMISSIONS
2024-2025 School Year
2025 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON COMPETITION PERFORMANCE
Video: Performance at Fredrick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Outstanding Saxophone Section: Quinn Knox, Sophie Mulready, Chloe Madrak, Mabel Cook, Krish Pandya
Outstanding Soloists: Kiki Melick (drums), Chloe Madrak (tnr sax), Quinn Knox (alto sax)
2025 CHARLES MINGUS COMPETITION PERFORMANCE
2025 Northern Regional Jazz Band
Featuring our students: Quinn Knox (alto sax 1), Krish Pandya (tnr sax 1) ,Nathan Ben-Ari (drums), Ben Kornbluh (tbn 1), Anya Mantripigada (tbn 2), Daniel Godel (tbn 3), Richard Hao (tbn 4), Casey Pyrro (tpt 1) , Sophie Barnes (tpt 2).
2025 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON SUBMISSIONS
Audio/Visual: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Theme from the Asphalt Jungle"
Audio/Visual: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Prelude to a Kiss"
2025 CHARLES MINGUS COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS
2025 CJB WINTER JAZZ CONCERT
2023-2024 School Year
PERFORMANCES - CONCERT BAND
PERFORMANCES - CONCERT JAZZ BAND
Audio: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Invisible Lady" (room recording)
Audio: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Slippers" (room recording)
PERFORMANCES - COMBO I
PERFORMANCES - JAZZ BAND (JBII)
2022-2023 School Year
PERFORMANCES
Article: DownBeat Magazine - "46th Annual Student Music Awards"
Audio/Visual: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Black Orpheus"
Audio/Visual: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Flaming Sword"
Audio/Visual: Concert Jazz Band Performance - "Symphony in Riffs"
2023 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL
Outstanding Trombone Section: Pri Magavi, Maddie Makarewicz, Bhajan Deshpade, Pamba Hikali, Wigner Ma, Matthew Zeman
Outstanding Soloists: Chloe Madrak (clr), Pri Magavi (trombone), Avery Allen (pno)
Outstanding Rhythm Guitar: Jasmine Dang
Honorable Mention Soloist: Maddie Makarewicz (trombone)
2021-2022 School Year
2022 DOWNBEAT AWARDS
Article: DownBeat Magazine - "45th Annual Student Music Awards"
2022 NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Video: Jazz Band II Performance
Outstanding Musician (Soloist)- Maddie Makarewicz & Avery Allen
2020-2021 School Year
2021 DOWNBEAT AWARD
Article: DownBeat Magazine - "44th Annual Student Music Awards"
2021 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL
Outstanding Saxophone and Trombone Section
Honorable Mention Soloists: Tobey Seigel, Noah Yontef, Dylan Heinen, Harry Eptsein
2021 POPS 'N JAZZ
2021 NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Outstanding Musician (Soloist)- Dylan Heinen, Harry Epstein, & Amruth Niranjan
2019-2020 School Year
PERFORMANCES
Video: Concert Band Virtual Performance - "Memorial Day Tribute to America"
Video: Virtual Concert Jazz Band Virtual Performance - "Discomotion"
Photos: 2019 Winter Concert
2020 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON SUBMISSIONS
Audio: "Harlem Airshaft"
Audio: "Isfahan"
2020 NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Outstanding Musician (Soloist)- Dylan Heinen, & Harry Epstein
2018-2019 School Year
PERFORMANCES
Video: Concert Band - "Slava!"
Video: Concert Band - "Arabesque"
Photos: Concert Band Fall 2018, High School Bands by Lori Yontef
2019 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON
Outstanding Trombone Section; Eli Heinen, Noah Yontef, Val Barrieau, Gavin Gray, Brennen Ravenberg, & Gavin Baker soloist awards
2019 BERKLEE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Outstanding Musician (Soloist)--Jason Hoopes
2017-2018 School Year
PERFORMANCES
Photos: Concert Jazz Band Fall 2017
Photos: Concert Band Fall 2017
2018 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON
Awards: Outstanding Trombone Section & Saxophone Section; Eli Heinen, Mike Baril, Gavin Gray, & Tobey Siegel soloist awards
Photos: Concert Jazz Band
2018 BERKLEE JAZZ FESTIVAL
2018 EUROTOUR
Video: Choraliers Performance - "It's Alright With Me"
2015-2016 School Year
2016 BERKLEE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Outstanding Musician (Soloist)--Joey Siegel & Joel Margolis
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