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Video Testimonies
Selected Group Awards as a Director
Professional Achievements
Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance High School Large
2016-17
Ensemble 2015 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding High School Composition “Soulful Lee” 2015 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance High School Large
2015
Ensemble 2014 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance High School Large
2014
Ensemble 2010, 2012, 2013, Downbeat Magazine 1st Place High School Large
2010, 2012, 2013
Ensemble 2018 Essentially Ellington 3rd Place
2018
2017 Essentially Ellington 1st Place
2017
2016 Essentially Ellington 2nd Place
2016
2015 Essentially Ellington 2nd Place
2015
2014 Essentially Ellington 1st Place
2014
2013 Essentially Ellington 1st Place
2013
2012 Essentially Ellington 1st Place High School Community Big Band Essentially
2012
1st Place High School Jazz Combo Fullerton College Jazz Festival
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
1st Place Big Band, 2005 Arizona Jazz Academy Jazz Ensembles, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
2005
1st Place University Jazz Big Band Fullerton College Jazz Festival 2003 2nd Place
2003
University Jazz Combo Fullerton College Jazz Festival 2003 1st Place University Jazz
2003
Band Fullerton College Jazz Festival 2002 Grand Champion Jazz Band, Western Illinois
2002
Jazz Festival Grand Champion Jazz Band Quincy Showcase of Excellence
1999, 2001
Grand Champion Jazz Combo, Western Illinois Jazz Festival
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Grand Champion Jazz Combo Quincy Showcase of Excellence
2000, 2001
1st Place Jazz Band, Eastern Illinois Jazz Festival
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
1st Place Jazz Band and Jazz Combo Illinois State Jazz Festival
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
1st Place Jazz Band Montreal Festival of Jazz
1998
1st Place Jazz Band New Orleans Jazz Festival
1997
Grand Champion College Band Western Illinois Jazz Festival
2000, 2001
2nd Place State of Illinois Sweepstakes Overall High School Music Program
2001
3rd Place State of Illinois Sweepstakes Overall High School Music Program
2000
Grand Champion Jazz Band Monterey Jazz Festival
1993
1st Place Jazz Band Reno International Jazz Festival
1993
1st Place Jazz Combo Reno International Jazz Festival
1992, 1993
1st Place Jazz Band and Jazz Combo Pittsburgh Jazz Festival
1993
1st Place Jazz Combo Notre Dame Jazz Festival (College/University)
1982
1st Place Jazz Combo Elmhurst Jazz Festival (College/University)
1982, 1995
Selected Individual Awards
Professional Achievements
National Association of Jazz Educators Award for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education
1981, 1982, 2003, 2005
Mary Case Scholarship
2003
Colton Family Trust Scholarship
2002-2003
Western Illinois Outstanding Teacher of the Year
1999, 2001
Outstanding Trombone Elmhurst Jazz Festival
1995, 1982
Outstanding Trombone Monterey Jazz Festival
1990
Outstanding Trombone Pacific Coast Jazz Festival
1988
Outstanding Trombone Notre Dame Jazz Festival
1982
Outstanding Trombone Wichita Jazz Festival
1982
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