2021 National Youth Jazz Competition Trophies

Winners Names

NEW ORLEANS TROPHY FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING BIG BAND

Pukekohe High School

NORMAN FAMILY TROPHY FOR THE BEST JAZZ COMBO

Avondale Quartet – Avondale College

GEORGE RAWIRI TROPHY for the Most Outstanding Young Musician

Louis Holland – Wellington

BEST OF FESTIVAL TROPHY- Most Outstanding Jazz Band

Crumbly Jack & Mel Stevenson – Wellington 

SOUNZ TROPHY – Best performance of a NZ composition

Auckland Grammar – “Senegal Champions of Africa” by the Black Seeds

RODGER FOX TROPHY – Most Outstanding Trombonist

Louis Holland – Wellington

DAVE FEEHAN TROPHY – Most Outstanding Vocalist

Eden Brown – Wellington

EDWINA THORNE TROPHY – Most Outstanding Trumpet or Flugel

Miro Holland – Wellington

TOM BAYLISS TROPHY – Most Outstanding Clarinetist

Chester Bodman – Scots College

MAYERS MUSIC CENTRE TROPHY – Most Outstanding Guitarist

Michael van Lieshout – Tauranga Boys’ College

BAY CITY MUSIC TROPHY – Most Outstanding Keyboard Player

Nico Buhne – Wellington

P&S PENMAN TROPHY – Most Outstanding Bassist

Tyler Diprose – Avondale Quartet – Avondale College

HILL/WILCOCK TROPHY – Most Outstanding Drummer

Ranu Ediriweera Wijesuriya – Auckland Grammar

BILL HOFFMEISTER TROPHY – Most Outstanding Pianist

Lucas Kewell – Avondale Quartet – Avondale College

ERROL CHRISTIANSEN TROPHY – Most Outstanding Flautist

Luke Sutton – Scots College

YANAGISAWA TROPHY – Most Outstanding Saxophonist

Alex Vujanic – Pukekohe High School

BAKER/ALLEN TROPHY – Best Arrangement

Crumbly Jack – Wellington

KEN MITCHELL TROPHY – Best Original Composition

“Phase Out Nitrogen Fertiliser” by Mel Stevenson – Wellington

DENNIS HUGGARD TROPHY – Best First Year Performance Band

The Fantails – Sancta Maria College

DEREK JACOMBS TROPHY – Award for Innovation

James Dawes – Articul8 – Kings College

LAUREN ELLIS TROPHY – Best Big Band Drummer

Devin O’Callaghan – Pukekohe High School

L & M Mason Trophy – Best Musicianship Combo

Tauranga Boys Combo One

BIG BAND AWARDS

GOLD

Wellington College and Wellington Girls College

St Cuthbert’s College Stage Band

Tauranga Boys and Tauranga Girls College Big Band One

Lynfield College Big Band

Trident High Big Band

Pukekohe High School Stage Band

Avondale College Big Band

Scots College Jazz Band

Saint Kentigern Big Band

Auckland Grammar Big Band

SILVER

Aquinas College

Avondale College Stage Band

Bethlehem College Big Band

The ACG Strathallan Stocktakers

Rongotai College Big Band

Tauranga Boys and Tauranga Girls College Big Band Two

Clyde St Jazz Band – Diocesan School

COMBO AWARDS

GOLD

Blue Note – Avondale College

Articul8 – Kings College

Saint Kentigern Jazz Combo – Saint Kentigern College

The Fantails – Sancta Maria College

Crumbly Jack – Wellington High School

The Keas – Sancta Maria College

Mel Stevenson – Wellington High School

Avondale Quartet – Avondale College

Club 347 – St Andrew’s College Christchurch

PHS Quintet – Pukekohe High School

Auckland Grammar Combo – Auckland Grammar

Tauranga Boys College Combo One

SILVER

Tauranga Boys College Combo Two

Jazz Tortoises – Scots College

Kristin Jazz Combo – Kristin School

Otumoetai College Combo

Minho and the Drongos – ACG Strathallan

Five Spot – Avondale College

Green Note – Green Bay High School

Robs Dogs – Avondale College

Kikorangi – Kuranui College

Rongotai College Senior Combo

Lynfield College Jazz Combo

Orewa Jazz Combo

Route 65 – Sacred Heart Lower Hutt

52nd Street – Avondale College

Whangaparaoa Senior Jazz Combo

Milestones – St Cuthberts College