2024 Results
For 46 years secondary school students from throughout New Zealand and overseas have gathered to compete for trophies at the National Youth Jazz Competition held as part of the National Jazz Festival Tauranga.
Trophy Winners
TROPHY | FOR | SCHOOL | INDIVIDUAL NAME |
BEST OF FESTIVAL Trophy | Most Outstanding Jazz Band + $250 | King’s College | All the King’s Horses |
NORMAN FAMILY TROPHY | Best Jazz Combo+$250 | Rangitoto College | North Sea |
NEW ORLEANS TROPHY | Best Big Band +$500 | Pukekohe High School Stage Band | |
TAURANGA JAZZ SOCIETY TROPHY | Best COMBO musician + $200 | ACG Strathallan | Minho Choi |
GEORGE RAWIRI TROPHY | Best Musician +$200 #Music Planet | King’s College | Ted Coop |
MASON TROPHY | Combo displaying strong band concept | Auckland Grammar School | Auckland Grammar Jazz Combo |
LAUREN ELLIS Trophy | Best Big Band Drummer | Pukekohe High School | Daniel Potter |
SOUNZ Trophy | Best Performance of a NZ Composition | Wellington COllege | Just Add Water |
RODGER FOX TROPHY | Best Trombonist | Pukekohe High School | Willow Thompson |
DAVE FEEHAN TROPHY | Best Vocalist | Avondale College | Allegra D’Souza |
EDWINA THORNE TROPHY | Best Trumpet or flugel | Tauranga Boys’ College | Ollie Farquharson |
TOM BAYLISS TROPHY | Best Clarinet | Westlake Boys High School | Aaron Ko |
MAYERS MUSIC CENTRE TROPHY | Best Guitarist | Tauranga Boys’ College | Michael van Lieshout |
BAY CITY MUSIC TROPHY | Best Keyboardist | King’s College | Ben Moutter |
P & S PENMAN TROPHY | Best Bassist | Rangitoto College | Robert Kim |
HILL/WILCOCK TROPHY | Best Drummer | Hamilton Boys High School | Mason Johnstone |
BAKER/ALLEN TROPHY | Best Arrangement | ACG Strathallan College | Minho Choi |
BILL HOFFMEISTER TROPHY | Best Pianist | Westlake Boys High School | Shan Liu |
YANAGISAWA TROPHY | Best Saxophonist | King’s College | Ted Coop |
DENNIS HUGGARD TROPHY | Best First Year Performance Band | St Mary’s College Big Band | |
ERROL CHRISTIANSEN TROPHY | Best Flautist | King’s College | Louis Liu |
DEREK JACOMBS TROPHY | Award for Innovation | Kristin School | Akaal Singh |
KEN MITCHELL TROPHY | Best Original Composition | Wellington High School | Miro Holland |
Big Band Awards
| BAND NAME | AWARD |
| ACG Strathallan Big Band | Gold |
| Auckland Grammar Big Band | Silver |
| Avondale College Big Band | Gold |
| Bethlehem College Big Band | Silver |
| Hamilton Boys’ High School Big Band | Gold |
| Kng’s College Little Big Band | Gold |
| Pukekohe High School Stage Band | Gold |
| Rangitoto College Big Band | Gold |
| Rangitoto College Jazz Orchestra | Silver |
| Rongotai College Big Band | Bronze |
| Saint Kentigern College Big Band | Gold |
| Saint Kentigern College Jazz Orchestra | Silver |
| Sancta Maria College Big Band | Bronze |
| Scots College Jazz Band | Silver |
| St Cuthbert’s College Stage Band | Gold |
| St Mary’s Big Band | Silver |
| Tauranga Boys’ College Big Band | Gold |
| Tauranga Boys’ College Stage Band | Silver |
| Trident High Jazz Band | Bronze |
| Waikato Dio Jazz | Silver |
| WC & WGC Big Band | Gold |
| Wellington High School Big Band | Bronze |
| Westlake Big Band | Gold |
Combo Awards
| SCHOOL | BAND NAME | AWARD |
| Wellington College & Wellington Girls’ College | 1867 Quartet | Gold |
| Aquinas College | AC Combo | Bronze |
| King’s College | All the King’s Horses | Gold |
| King’s College | All the Kings Queens | Bronze |
| Auckland Grammar School | Auckland Grammar Jazz Combo | Gold |
| Avondale College | Avondale Quartet | Gold |
| Avondale College | Birdland | Silver |
| Kristin School | Blue in Green | Silver |
| Avondale College | Blue Note | Silver |
| Cambridge High School | Cam High Jazz Squad | Bronze |
| Cambridge High School | CHS Jazz Band | Silver |
| Tauranga Boys’ College | Combustion | Bronze |
| ACG Strathallan | Double Cheeseburger Combo | Gold |
| Avondale College | Five Spot | Gold |
| Hamilton Boys’ High School | Hamilton Boys’ High School Jazz Combo | Gold |
| Lynfield College | Huia Combo | Bronze |
| King’s College | Ionian Combo | Silver |
| Wellington High School | Kantele Trio and friend | Bronze |
| Kristin School | Kind of Teal | Gold |
| Marcellin College | Marcellin College Jazz Saints | Gold |
| Marcellin College | Marcellin College Junior Combo | Bronze |
| St Cuthberts College | Milestones | Silver |
| Mt Maunganui College | MMC Jazz Combo | Bronze |
| Lynfield College | Moa Combo | Gold |
| Rangitoto College | Montreux | Gold |
| Tauranga Boys’ College | Mooleo | Gold |
| Rangitoto College | North Sea | Gold |
| Wellington High School | Office Max | Gold |
| Otumoetai College | OTC Combo | Silver |
| Pukekohe High School | PHS Combo 1 | Gold |
| Pukekohe High School | PHS Combo 2 | Bronze |
| Lynfield College | Pouakai Combo | Bronze |
| Saint Kentigern College | Saint Kentigern College Jazz Combo | Silver |
| Saint Kentigern College | Saint Kentigern College Jazz Ensemble | Bronze |
| Sancta Maria College | SMC Combo 1 | Gold |
| Sancta Maria College | SMC Combo 2 | Silver |
| Sancta Maria College | SMC Combo 3 | Bronze |
| Rangitoto College | Stockholm | Silver |
| Avondale College | Swing 46 | Bronze |
| Scots College | The Fulton Experience | Bronze |
| New Plymouth Boys’ High School | The Maund Dawgs | Silver |
| ACG Strathallan | Trio of Four | Gold |
| Wellington High School | uhhhhhhhh | Gold |
| Tauranga Boys’ College | Vitamin Combo | Silver |
| Westlake Boy’s High School | Westlake Combo | Silver |
| Lynfield College | Whekau Combo | Bronze |
| Orewa College | Wombo Combo | Silver |
| Scots College | Yumeno | Silver |