BOISE STATE ANNOUNCES GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL WINNERS

The winners of this year’s Boise State University Gene Harris Jazz Festival student competitions were decided this afternoon. For the second consecutive year, the Jazz Festival awarded cash and certificates for new musical instruments as prizes to winning bands and soloists. The winners are:

Mead High School, Spokane, Wash., Director Terry Lack

1st Place - Mead High School, Spokane, Wash., Director Terry Lack

2nd Place - Borah High School, Director Kevin Sullivan

Nampa High School No. 3, Director Tom Stone

1st Place - Vallivue Middle School, Director Eric Adamson

Best Saxophone - Rodney Zuroevost, Borah High School

Best Trumpet - Brad Fulkerson, Mead High School

Best Trombone - Tim Lienhard, Cheney High School No. 1 (Washington)

Best Six String Guitar - Tim Tietjan, Capital High School

Best Drum - Paul Lack, Mead High School

Best Piano - Megan Meade, Eagle High School

Mead High School, Director Terry Lack

Vallivue Middle School, Director Eric Adamson

The Judge’s Choice winners will open tonight’s Festival finale concert at 7 p.m. in the Pavilion at Boise State featuring The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Tickets are available at the door for $20-$40.

Friday’s Judge’s Choice winners, who opened the Friday evening jazz concert, were River Glen Junior High School, Boise, under the direction of Karen Danley, and Capital High School, Boise, under the direction of Marty Worthington. This year’s Vocal Competition winner was Mt. Hood Community College, who also performed Friday night.

Nearly 1,000 junior high school and high school students from throughout the Northwest participated in the 6th annual Festival. This year's participants were:

American Falls High School, Director John Gist

Boise High School, Director David Smyth

Borah High School, Director Kevin Sullivan

Burley Junior High School, Director Rich Lindsay

Capital High School, Director Marty Worthington

Caldwell High School, Director Sam Stone

Cheney High School, Director Toby Bathurst

Declo High School, Director David Cole

Eagle Middle School, Director Doug Davis

East Junior High, Director Nick Clements

Hermiston High School (Oregon), Director Roger Mitchell

Jefferson Jr. High, Director Mark Tripp

Lowell Scott Middle School, Director Greg Felton

Mead High School (Washington), Director Terry Lack

Mountain Home High School, Director Jerry Tippets

Nampa West Middle School, Director Ted Carrico

Nampa High School, Director Tom Stone

O'Leary Junior High, Director Dennis Bortz

Riverglen High School, Director Karen Danley

Skyline High School, Director Bob Dunmire

Skyview High School, Director Dan Johnson

South Jr. High, Director Melissa Lyons

Timberline High School, Director Allen Ellis

Vallivue Middle School, Director Eric Adamson

Weiser High School, Director Michael Hall

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Brad Peters 
Gene Harris Jazz Festival 
Executive Producer 208-426-3099 or bpeters@boisestate.edu

Media Contact:

Sherry Squires
Festival Media Relations
208-426-1563 or 208-866-0144

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