2016 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).
Watch the 2016 Winner Videos
Download the full festival ranking as a PDF
Large Ensemble
Class L1
1st Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Joe Bongiovi
Play2nd Place:
Arlington High School (NY)
Directed by Rich Guillen
Play3rd Place:
Newtown High School
Directed by Kurt Eckhardt
Play4th Place:
Shawnee High School
Directed by Nick Rotindo
PlayClass L2
1st Place:
William H. Hall High School
Directed by James Antonucci
Play2nd Place:
Deptford High School
Directed by Carl Cox
Play3rd Place:
Centennial High School
Directed by David Matchim
Play4th Place:
Spencerport High School
Directed by John Viavattine
PlayClass L3
1st Place:
Barrington High School
Directed by Barbara Hughes
Play2nd Place:
South Portland High School
Directed by Craig Skeffington
Play3rd Place:
Bacon Academy
Directed by Thomas Kessler
Play4th Place:
Overbrook High School
Directed by Brian Height
PlayClass L4
1st Place:
Westbrook High School
Directed by Kyle Smith
Play2nd Place:
Sankt Annæ Gymnasium
Directed by Jens Erik Raasted
Play3rd Place:
Old Rochester Regional High School
Directed by Mike Barnicle
Play4th Place:
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Directed by Dan O’Brien
PlayClass L5
1st Place:
Northwest Catholic High School
Directed by Daniel A. Luddy
Play2nd Place:
Cromwell High School
Directed by Mr. Raymond J. Sinclair II
Play3rd Place:
Coginchaug Regional High School
Directed by Dean Coutsouridis
Play4th Place:
North Smithfield High School
Directed by Fritz Benz
Class L6
1st Place:
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Directed by Jamal Dickerson
Play2nd Place:
Newark Academy
Directed by Julius Tolentino
3rd Place:
The Rivers School
Directed by Philippe Crettien
Play4th Place:
Cape Elizabeth High School
Directed by Tom Lizotte
PlaySmall Ensemble/Combo
Class S1
1st Place:
Lexington High School
Directed by Pat Donaher
Play2nd Place:
Fox Lane High School
Directed by Joey Berkley
Play3rd Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Joe Bongiovi
Play4th Place:
Newton South High School
Directed by Ed Harlow
PlayClass S2
1st Place:
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Directed by Dan O’Brien
Play2nd Place:
Barrington High School
Directed by barbara hughes
Play3rd Place:
Milton Academy
Directed by Bob Sinicrope
Play4th Place:
Berlin High School
Directed by Jeff Sirois
PlayClass S3
1st Place:
Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini
Directed by David Rivera Martínez
Play2nd Place:
Newark Academy
Directed by Julius Tolentino
3rd Place:
Highland Park High School
Directed by Werner Colmon
Play4th Place:
Ransom Everglades
Directed by Jon Hamm
PlayClass S4
1st Place:
Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Directed by Joseph Streater
Play2nd Place:
ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Directed by Jeff Fuller
Play3rd Place:
Beaver Country Day School
Directed by Ed Nicholson
Play4th Place:
The Rivers School
Directed by Philippe Crettien
PlayVocal Jazz Ensemble
Class V1
1st Place:
Foxborough High School
Directed by Brian Raymond
Play2nd Place:
Princeton High School
Directed by Caitlyn Bongiovi
Play3rd Place:
Hopewell Valley Central High School
Directed by Randy White
Play4th Place:
Woodstock Academy
Directed by Amy Ranta
PlayClass V2
1st Place:
Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School
Directed by Kelley Morse
Play2nd Place:
Fryeburg Academy
Directed by Mimi Rohlfing
Play3rd Place:
Maine Central Institute
Directed by Dean Neal
Play4th Place:
Portsmouth Abbey School
Directed by Jeff Kerr
PlaySolo Singer
Class SS
1st Place:
Howard W. Blake
Karlea Boswell-Edwards
Play2nd Place:
Princeton High School
Maisie Ryle
Play3rd Place:
Rockport High School
Kiva Trumbour
PlaySuperior and Outstanding Musicianship Awards
Class L1
Superior Musicianship
Joe Bell, Princeton High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Peter Goldberg, Needham High School
Hersh Gupta, Lexington High School
Matt Lundquist, Newtown High School
Class L2
Superior Musicianship
David Graham, Deptford High School
Outstanding Musicianship
CJ Vanacore, Guilford High School
Joey Siegel, William H. Hall High School
Joel Margolis, William H. Hall High School
Class L3
Superior Musicianship
Caprice Acoff, Overbrook High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Kieran Egan, Barrington High School
Colin Hiscox, Bacon Academy
Owen Doane, South Portland High School
Class L4
Superior Musicianship
Thomas Polizzi, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Outstanding Musicianship
Jacob Patrone, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Shane Fitzgerald, Old Rochester Regional High School
Maxx Wolski, Old Rochester Regional High School
Class L5
Superior Musicianship
Alec Drzewiecki, Cromwell High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Nate Carlson, Haddam-Killingworth High School
Sarah Jessen, Northwest Catholic High School
Jordan Folk, Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School
Class L6
Superior Musicianship
Jousha Sims, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Outstanding Musicianship
Cosimo Fabrizio, Newark Academy
Deren Carson, King School
Samuel Grob, Friends Seminary
Class S1
Superior Musicianship
Joe Bell, Princeton High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Sean Kim, Lexington High School
Caye Tittmann, Boston College High School
Marcello Carelli, Fox Lane High School
Class S2
Superior Musicianship
Jacob Patrone, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Outstanding Musicianship
Ryan Glander, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Thomas Polizzi, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Ben Fitzpatrick, Bethel High School
Class S3
Superior Musicianship
William H. García , Escuela Libre de Musica Ernesto Ramos Antonini
Outstanding Musicianship
Allen Zhu Tenor , Newark Academy
Kevin Elk , Mount Desert Island High School
cosimo fabrizio, Newark Academy
Class S4
Superior Musicianship
Jamar Clark (drums), Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Outstanding Musicianship
Tyler Jenkins, ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Jack Riotte, ACES Educational Center for the Arts
Esiyah Dixon, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
Class V1
Superior Musicianship
Gian Lombardo, Hopewell Valley Central High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Hannah Kalcic, Foxborough High School
Gabe Bar-Cohen, Princeton High School
Ilan Eisenweig, Princeton High School
Class V2
Superior Musicianship
Indigo Passariello, Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School
Outstanding Musicianship
Alex Ouellette, Fryeburg Academy
Julia Tecotzky, Friends Seminary
Haylei Mooney, Plainfield High School