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HIGH SCHOOL BIG BANDS

Beaverton Arts & Communications Magnet Academy

Beaverton

OR

Robert Crowell

Buchanan High School Clovis CA Paul Lucckesi
Davis Senior High School Davis CA Fredrick Lange
Folsom High School "A" Folsom CA Curtis Gaesser
Folsom High School "B" Folsom CA Curtis Gaesser
Foothill High School Pleasanton CA Bob Moorefield
Hamilton Academy of Music Los Angeles CA Dan Taguchi
Las Vegas Academy Las Vegas NV Patrick Bowen
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Los Angeles CA Jason Goldman
Mission Viejo High School Mission Viejo CA Doug Meeuwsen
Rio Americano High School Sacramento CA Josh Murray
Valley Christian High School San Jose CA Dave Gregoric

HIGH SCHOOL COMBO DIVISION

Acalanes High School

 

Lafayette

CA

 

Rick Meyer

 

Berkeley High School “A”

Berkeley

CA

Charles Hamilton

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts

Dallas

TX

Bart Marantz

Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen

MI

Bill Sears

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

Los Angeles

CA

Jason Goldman

Valley Christian High School

San Jose

CA

Dave Gregoric


HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL DIVISION

Aptos High School

Aptos

CA

Meri Pezzoni

Dos Pueblos High School

Goleta

CA

Brian Slotnick-Lastrico

Downey High School

Downey

CA

Cory Olariu

Folsom High School "A"

Folsom

CA

Curtis Gaesser

Fullerton Union High School Academy of the Arts

Fullerton

CA

Jill DeWeese

Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep School

Santa Cruz

CA

Drew Lewis

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts

Los Angeles

CA

Pat Bass

Valley Christian High School

San Jose

CA

David Hook


MIDDLE SCHOOL BIG BAND DIVISION

Folsom Middle School

Folsom

CA

John Zimny

La Paz Intermediate

Mission Viejo

CA

Dan Robbins

Sinaloa Middle School

Novato

CA

Jason Eckl

Sutter Middle School

Folsom

CA

John Zimny

Valley Christian Jr. High School

San Jose

CA

Dave Gregoric

Woodlands Middle School

Hartsdale

NY

Iantheia Calhoun


COLLEGE BIG BAND DIVISION

California State University Long Beach

Long Beach

CA

Jeff Jarvis

California State University Northridge

Northridge

CA

Matt Harris

Central Washington University

Ellensburg

WA

Chris Bruya

Florida International University

Miami

FL

Sam Lussier

Sacramento State University

Sacramento

CA

Steve Roach

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor

MI

Ellen Rowe


CONGLOMERATE BIG BAND DIVISION

Central Florida Youth Big Band

Apopka

FL

Douglas “Skip” Perry

Jazzschool Studio Band

Berkeley

CA

Keith Johnson

Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra

Portland

OR

Thara Memory

Sacramento Youth Symphony Big Band

Sacramento

CA

Jeff Alkire

SFJAZZ High School All-Stars

San Francisco

CA

Dee Spencer

The Jazz Ensemble

Poway

CA

Vincent Greco


SPECIAL GUEST GROUPS

Alaska Jazz Workshop

Anchorage

AK

John Damberg

Blackburn High School Big Band

Blackburn, Victoria

Australia

Andy O'Connell

California State University Northridge Vocal Jazz Ensemble “Epicenter”

Northridge

CA

Matt Falker

Prague Conservatory of Music

Prague

Czech Republic

Milan Svoboda

Sinaloa Middle School Jazz Choir

Novato

CA

Jason Eckl

Tomisato High School Big Band

Tomisato

Japan

Masaki Shinohara

Woodlands MS/HS Band

Hartsdale

NY

Iantheia Calhoun


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