2023 Student Performance Winners

Vocal Ensemble

Winner – SE Special Chorus
Director: Liz Thurgood
School: Skyway Elementary
Location: Coeur d’Alene, ID

Runner up – SMS Canto de Sorensen
Director: Charlene Babb
School: Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts & Humanities
Location: Coeur d’Alene, ID

Instrumental Combo

Winner – CPS Elementary Jazz Combo
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Instrumental Solos

Winner – Francis McHenry
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Runner up – Benjamin Arora
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Instrumental Large Ensembles

Winner – BMS Jazz Band
Director: Cynthia Plank
School: Beaumont Middle School
Location: Portland, OR

Runner up – LCS The Odyssey Jazz Band
Director: Cameron La Plante
School: Libby Center School
Location: Spokane, WA

Instrumental Combos

Winner – HMS Jazz Band Combo I
Director: Angela Pence
School: Hamilton Middle School
Location: Seattle, WA

Runner up – CPS Junior High Jazz Combo
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Instrumental Solos

Winner – Eva Wesley
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Runner up – Evelyn Yosmali
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Vocal Large Ensembles

Winner – HMS Vocal Jazz
Director: Angela Pence
School: Hamilton Middle School
Location: Seattle, WA

Runner up – LMS Jazz Choir
Director: Tricia James
School: Lincoln Middle School
Location: Pullman, WA

Vocal Solos

Winner – Eleneanor Edlefsen
Director: Angela Pence
School: Hamilton Middle School
Location: Seattle, WA

Runner up – Blake Shaw
Director: Angela Pence
School: Hamilton Middle School
Location: Seattle, WA

Instrumental Large Ensembles

AAAA

Winner – LHS Jazz 1
Director: Zacharia Macintyre
School: Lincoln High School
Location: Seattle, WA

Runner up – BSHS Jazz Ensemble 1
Director: Edd George
School: Bellevue Senior High School
Location: Bellevue, WA

AAA

Winner – MTHS Jazz Ensemble 2
Director: Darin Faul
School: Mountlake Terrace High School
Location: Mountlake Terrace, WA

Runner up – PHS Jazz Band 1
Director: Ryan Messling
School: Prairie High School
Location: Battle Ground, WA

AA

Winner – CDACA Red Hot Jazz Band
Director: Michael Harrison
School: Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy
Location: Coeur d’Alene

Runner up – SSS Grade 11 Jazz Band
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

A

Winner – SWHS Jazz Ensemble
Director: Chris Harshman
School: South Whidbey High School:
Location: Langley, WA

Runner up – WSS Sr. Jazz Band
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

B

Winner – CHS Jazz Band
Director: Mike Morgan
School: Colfax High School
Location: Colfax, WA

Runner up – WSS Grade 10 Jazz Band
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Instrumental Combos

AAAA

Winner – BSHS Jazz Combo
Director: Edd George
School: Bellevue Senior High School
Location: Bellevue, WA

Winner – CPS High School Combo
Director: Isidore Rudnick
School: Cincinnati Public Schools
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Runner up – EWHS Instrumental Jazz Combo
Director: Jake Bergevin
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

AAA

Winner – SSS Jazz Combo
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

Runner up – WLSSS 4te
Director: Jason Paas
School: W.L. Seaton Secondary School
Location: Vernon, BC

AA

Winner – CDACA Hot Club of Coeur d’Alene
Director: Michael Harrison
School: Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy
Location: Coeur d’Alene

Runner up – PHS The Cold Fusion Combo
Director: Andrew Mielke
School: Pullman High School
Location: Pullman, WA

A

Winner – WSS Geddes/Guitard/Stevenson/Podritske/Tomkins Quintet
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Winner – WSS Stevenson/Pearce Duo
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Runner up – SWHS Jazz Combo
Director: Chris Harshman
School: South Whidbey High School
Location: Langley, WA

B

Winner – WSS Grade 10 Jazz Combo I
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Runner up – WSS Grade 10 Jazz Combo II
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Instrumental Solos

AAAA

Winner – Nick Reinert
Director: Jake Bergevin
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

Winner – Roman Goron
Director: Edd George
School: Bellevue Senior High School
Location: Bellevue, WA

Runner up – Max Bartron
Director: Jake Bergevin
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

Runner up – Lane Hansen
Location: Wenatchee, WA

AAA

Winner – Erin Kim
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

Winner – Alissa Pan
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

Winner – Tait Pledger
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

Runner up – Amrita Saini
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

AA

Winner – William Leonard
Director: Conte Bennett
School: Arts and Communication Magnet Academy
Location: Beaverton, OR

A

Winner – Thea Guitard
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Runner up – Elijah Geddes
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Vocal Area Mic Ensembles

AAAA

Winner – LHS Gold Voices
Director: Julie Burke
School: Lewiston High School
Location: Lewiston, ID

AAA

Winner – SHS Chamber Choir
Director: Jon Brownell
School: Sandpoint High School
Location: Sandpoint, ID

Runner up – LHS Jazz Choir
Director: Julie Burke
School: Lewiston High School
Location: Lewiston, ID

AA

Winner – SHS Performing Choir Women
Director: Jon Brownell
School: Sandpoint High School
Location: Sandpoint, ID

Runner up – LHS Grace Notes
Director: Julie Burke
School: Lewiston High School
Location: Lewiston, ID

B

Winner – SGS Symphonic Choir
Director: David Demand
School: Saint George’s School
Location: Spokane, WA

Vocal Multi-Mic Ensembles

AAAA

Winner – EWHS Mello-Aires
Director: Charlotte Reese
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

Runner up – JEFHS Camerata
Director: Matt Johnson
School: Joel E Ferris High School
Location: Spokane, WA

AAA

Winner – LCHS Navy Blues Vocal Jazz
Director: Brittany Pfundheller
School: Lake City High School
Location: Coeur d’Alene

A

Winner – KHS Jazz Choir
Director: Adam Ream
School: Kellogg High School
Location: Kellogg, ID

Runner up – SSS Vocal Jazz
Director: Jasmine Brenton
School: Selkirk Secondary School
Location: Kimberley, BC

Vocal Combos

AAAA

Winner – EWHS Vocal Jazz Combo
Director: Jake Bergevin
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

A

Winner – CHS Vocal Jazz
Director: Cathy Bronson
School: Cashmere High School
Location: Cashmere, WA

B

Winner – GHS Vocal Jazz Combo
Director: Marianna Smith
School: Genesee High School
Location: Genesee, ID

Vocal Solos

AAAA

Winner – Lucas Allyea
Director: Charlotte Reese
School: Edmonds-Woodway High School
Location: Edmonds, WA

Runner up – Maya Conklin
Director: Julie Burke
School: Lewiston High School
Location: Lewiston, ID

AAA

Winner – Sonya Chatterjee
Director: Dagan Lowe
School: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Location: Surrey, BC

A

Winner – Sarah Stevenson
Director: Carmella Luvisotto
School: Wellington Secondary School
Location: Nanaimo, BC

Open

Winner - Isabelle Penuelas
Director: Emily Raasch
School: Emily Raasch Voice and Piano Studio
Location: Troy, ID

Runner up - Eva Bosshardt
Director: Emily Raasch
School: Emily Raasch Voice and Piano Studio
Location: Troy, ID

Instrumental Large Ensembles

Winner – SC Jazz Orchestra
Director: Chase Baird
School: Snow College
Location: Ephraim, UT

Instrumental Combos

Winner – Jazz Messengers
Director: Kate Skinner
School: University of Idaho
Location: Moscow, ID

Winner – SC Combo A
Director: Chase Baird
School: Snow College
Location: Ephraim, UT

Runner up – Village Vanguard
Director: Vern Sielert
School: University of Idaho
Location: Moscow, ID

Runner up – CSI Small Jazz Group
Director: Ben Britton
School: College of Southern Idaho
Location: Twin Falls, ID

Instrumental Solos

Winner – Avery Pierce-Garnett
Director: Vern Sielert
School: University of Idaho
Location: Moscow, ID

Runner up – Ryan Beery
Director: Vern Sielert
School: University of Idaho
Location: Moscow, ID