2024 Festival Award Winners
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
- Elmhurst University Jazz Band – Big Band
- Elmhurst University “Late Night Blues” – Vocal Jazz
- Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra II – Big Band
- Purdue Jazz Combo = Combo
- Temple University Jazz Band – Big Band
- University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Jazz Ensemble I
Outstanding Individual Awards
Central State University President’s Own Jazz Ensemble
- Levar Brown
- Marvin Harshaw
- Heaven Johnson
Columbia College Fusion Ensemble
- Paris Catura
- Danny Lock
- Dante Notocci
- Miles Pretel
- Hayson Verrett
DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble
- Shoji Naito
Elmhurst University Combo
- Tim Gorman
- Frank Hryniewicz
- Tyler Loek
- Mickey O’Brien
- Ben Urschel
Elmhurst University Jazz Band
- Dai Kamiuchi
- Maddux Masopust
- Mickey O’Brien
- Meghan Sandberg
- Jonah Schumow
Elmhurst University Lab Band
- Crystal Adaya
- Jonathan Campbell
- Dylan Catapat
- Anthony Galang
- Lissette Hernandez
- Aiden Peletier
- Brian Tacastacas
Harper College Jazz Band
- Brian Conway
- Jim Martin
- Joseph Wachter
Harper College Jazz Lab Ensemble
- Jalen Little
Hillsdale College Big Band
- Gavin Listro
Hope College Jazz Arts Collective
- Carson Bretz
- Natalie Peterson
- Watt Snyder
Joliet Junior College
- Ron Magiera
- Austin Mendoza
Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra II
- Daniel Bear
- Shane Karas
- Zach Sommerfield
Olivet Nazarene University Jazz Combo
- Adolfo Angel
- Josh Fergusin
- Steven Meyer
- Matt Routt
Purdue Jazz Combo
- Seth DeWhitt
- Nathan Fiew
- Nicholas Krist
- Jascha Lewit
- Max Vallens
Purdue Jazz Ensemble
- Ivan Martin
Temple University Jazz Band
- Anthony Aldissi
- Kate Bresnahan
- John Brunozzi
- Christian Ertl
- Maria Marmarou
- Mike Raymond
- Emmy Rota
- Banks Sapnar
- Drew Sedlacsik
- Anthony Singer
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jazz Ensemble I
- Claudia Acosta
- McKenna Camacho
- Alex Fielder
- Trevor Haglin
- Anton Saucedo
- Tommy Swanick
- Jacob Pfannerstill