Awards
Throughout the Festival, our guest artists/adjudicators designate individual musicians as “outstanding” for solo, section, or composing/arranging work. At the close of the weekend, they designate a handful of ensembles as “outstanding” overall.
Outstanding Ensemble Awards
• Columbia College “Fusion Ensemble” – Combo
• Drake University Jazz Ensemble One – Big Band
• Elmhurst University Jazz Band – Big Band
• Elmhurst University “Late Night Blues” – Vocal Jazz
• Purdue University Jazz Band – Big Band
• University of Kentucky “Mega-Sax” – Combo
• Wayne State University Jazz Band – Big Band
Outstanding Individual Awards
Calvin Jazz Ensemble
• Josh Burr
• Grace Lunger
Columbia College Fusion Ensemble
• Belmaris Garcia-Gomez
• Hugh Maxey
• Josh Trimble
DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble
• Ken O’Neil
• Andrea Pini
Drake University
• Jack Curtis
• Avery Hickock
Elmhurst University Combo
• Tim Gorman
• John Havrilla
• Ben Urschel
Elmhurst University Jazz Band
• Dai Kamiuchi
• Matt Garcia
• Emma Germann
• Tim Gorman
• John Havrilla
• Jonah Schumow
• Valencia Smith
Elmhurst University Lab Band
• Crystal Adaya
• Steven Fuacz
• Maddux Masopust
• Sachio Nang
Elmhurst University “Late Night Blues”
• Gabby Juskey
• Meghan Sandberg
• Sage Vinyard
Harper College Jazz Ensemble
• Klara Carrera
• Jim Martin
• Joe Wachter
Harper College Lab Band
• Alexandra North
Hillsdale College Jazz Band
• Daniel Ladzinski
• Gavin Listro
Joliet Junior College
• Samuel Burns
• Brian Goodman
• Ron Magiera
Purdue University Jazz Band
• Eric Durbin
Roosevelt University Large Jazz Band
• Amanda Allen
• Joaquin Bonilla
• Ben Dixon
• Reilly Martin
University of Illinois – Combo
• Donovan Davis
• Tommy Haepp
• Jesse Jeffris
University of Illinois – Jazz Band
• Ben Brenda
• Tommy Haepp
• Jesse Jeffris
• Hayden Larsen
University of Kentucky “Mega-Sax”
• Hiroshi Hunter
• Dalton Stanland
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Jazz Ensemble I
• Brandon Terwilliger
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Jazz Ensemble II
• Jacob Pfannerstill
Wayne State University
• Melody Balos
• Russell Calhoun
• Cyrus Keshtkar
• Matt Milanovich
• Sam Novell-Register