Trophies & Prizes
The results are in for the 2025 National Youth Jazz Competition
BIG BAND TROPHIES
BIG BAND TROPHY | FOR | SCHOOL | INDIVIDUAL NAME |
NEW ORLEANS TROPHY | Best Big Band +$500 | Wellington College& Wellington Girls College | |
GEORGE RAWIRI TROPHY | Best Big Band Musician +$200 Gift voucher Music Planet | Wellington High School | Evie Patterson |
LAUREN ELLIS TROPHY | Best Big Band Drummer | Wellington College | Patrick Jones |
RODGER FOX TROPHY | Best Big Band Trombonist | Wellington College | Duncan Blennerhassett |
DAVE FEEHAN TROPHY | Best Big Band Vocalist | Kristin School | Zoe de Boer |
EDWINA THORNE TROPHY | Best Big Band Trumpet or flugel | Tauranga Boys’ College | Ollie Larsen |
P & L NORMAN TROPHY | Best Big Band Lead Trumpet | Hamilton Boys High School | Thomas Priest |
MAYERS MUSIC CENTRE TROPHY | Best Big Band Guitarist | Hamilton Boys High school | Dylan Connolly |
P & S PENMAN TROPHY | Best Big Band Bassist | Tauranga Boys College | Lenny Hoskin |
BILL HOFFMEISTER TROPHY | Best Big Band Pianist | Wellington College | Johnson Ding |
YANAGISAWA TROPHY | Best Big Band Saxophonist | Wellington College | Joshua Kerr |
BAKER/ALLEN TROPHY | Best Big Band Arrangement | Wellington High School | “Cheesecake” |
JEFF BAKER TROPHY | Best Big Band Rhythm Section | Wellington College & Wellington Girls College | |
SOUNZ TROPHY | Best Performance of a NZ Composition | Wellington College & Wellington Girls College | Bird of Prayer by Liam Ryan |
DENNIS HUGGARD TROPHY | Best First Year Performance Band | Liston College |
COMBO TROPHIES
COMBO TROPHY | FOR | SCHOOL | INDIVIDUAL NAME |
NORMAN FAMILY TROPHY | Best Jazz Combo+$250 | Rangitoto College | Sea to the North Combo |
TAURANGA JAZZ SOCIETY TROPHY | Best COMBO musician + $200 | Wellington High School | Evie Patterson |
MASON TROPHY | Combo displaying strong band concept | Avondale College | Swing 46 Combo |
L & A RYAN TROPHY | Best Combo Vocalist | Avondale College | Rose Elijas |
TOI OHOMAI TROPHY | Best Combo Bassist | Wellington College | Reilly Blennerhassett |
MURPHY TRUST AKA DR TOOT TROPHY | Best Combo Saxophonist | King’s College | Ted Coop |
DAVID PROUD TROPHY | Best Combo Trombonist | Tauranga Boys’ College | Zavier Churchouse |
BRIAN GEOGHAN TROPHY | Best Combo Trumpet or Flugel | Tauranga Boys’ College | Ollie Larsen |
BAY CITY MUSIC TROPHY | Best Combo Keyboardist | Avondale College | Max McCulloch |
HILL/WILCOCK TROPHY | Best Combo Drummer | Hamilton Boys High School | Mason Johnstone |
DEREK JACOMBS TROPHY | Award for Innovation | John Paul College | John Tamuno |
KEN MITCHELL TROPHY | Best Original Composition | Black Swans Westlake Boys High School | Aryan Thakka “Quarter Mile” Yu Yang Ding “Goodnight Nagoya” |
TOM BAYLISS TROPHY | Best Combo Clarinet | Westlake Boys High School | Aaron Ko |
TREVOR BRAUNIAS TROPHY | Best Combo Guitarist | Cambridge High School | Hunter Davis |
ERROL CHRISTIANSEN TROPHY | Best Combo Flautist | Kristin School | Dania Al Hakeem |
BIG BAND AWARDS
| BAND | SCHOOL | AWARD |
| MMC Big Band | Mt Maunganui College | Bronze |
| Wellington High School Big Band | Wellington High School | Silver |
| St Paul’s Big Band | St Paul’s Collegiate School | Silver |
| Sancta Maria College Stage Band | Sancta Maria College | Bronze |
| ACG Strathallan Jazz Band (Jazzcito) | ACG Strathallan College | Silver |
| TBC Big Band One | Tauranga Boys’ College | Gold |
| ACG Strathallan Stocktakers | ACG Strathallan College | Silver |
| Sancta Maria College Big Band | Sancta Maria College | Gold |
| TGC Big Band | Tauranga Girls’ College | Silver |
| Scots College Jazz Band | Scots College | Gold |
| TBC Big Band Two | Tauranga Boys’ College | Silver |
| Kristin Big Band | Kristin School | Bronze |
| AGS Big Band | Auckland Grammar School | Silver |
| WC & WGC Big Band | Wellington College & Wellington Girls’ College | Gold |
| Liston College Jazz Band | Liston College | Silver |
| St Mary’s College Jazz Band | St Mary’s College Auckland | Bronze |
| Rongotai College Big Band | Rongotai College | Silver |
| Pukekohe High School Stage Band | Pukekohe High School | Gold |
| Westlake Girls’ Jazz Band | Westlake Girls’ High School | Bronze |
| St Cuthbert’s College Stage Band | St Cuthbert’s College | Silver |
| King’s College Little Big Band | King’s College | Gold |
| Bethlehem College Big Band | Bethlehem College | Silver |
| Saint Kentigern Jazz Orchestra | Saint Kentigern College | Silver |
| HBHS Big Band | Hamilton Boys’ High School | Gold |
| Western Heights High School Jazz Band | Western Heights High School | Bronze |
| Saint Kentigern Big Band | Saint Kentigern College | Gold |
| PNBHS Stage Band | Palmerston North Boys’ High School | Silver |
| St Mary’s College Big Band | St Mary’s College Auckland | Silver |
| Westlake Big Band | Westlake Boys’ High School | Gold |
| Avondale College Big Band | Avondale College | Silver |
COMBO AWARDS
| BAND NAME | SCHOOL | AWARD |
| The Dream Combo | Tauranga Boys’ College | Bronze |
| New & Unimproved | Scots College | Bronze |
| All(most) Girls Jazz Combo | ACG Strathallan College | Bronze |
| Royale with Cheese | Sancta Maria College | Bronze |
| Wombo Combo | Orewa College | Bronze |
| Blue in Green | Kristin School | Bronze |
| FUZZ | Welllington High School | Bronze |
| The Carmel Quartet | Wellington High School | Bronze |
| RC Combo | Rongotai College | Bronze |
| The Red Stripes | Westlake Boys High School | Bronze |
| Birdland | Avondale College | Bronze |
| St Mary’s College Senior Jazz Combo | St Mary’s College | Bronze |
| Whēkau Combo | Lynfield College | Bronze |
| Pouākai Combo | Lynfield College | Bronze |
| Huia Combo | Lynfield College | Bronze |
| Marcellin College Jazz Unit | Marcellin College | Bronze |
| Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster | Sancta Maria College | Emerging |
| The Magnificent Seven | Tauranga Boys’ College | Emerging |
| Marcellin College Jazz Combo | Marcellin College | Emerging |
| King’s 10ers | King’s College | Emerging |
| St Mary’s College Junior Jazz Combo | St Mary’s College | Emerging |
| Route 65 | Sacred Heart Lower Hutt | Emerging |
| Kaoriki Combo | Lynfield College | Emerging |
| Lennux Deluxe | Tauranga Boys’ College | Gold |
| Horns’ Kin | Tauranga Boys’ College | Gold |
| Fearful Flyers | Hutt International Boys/Scots/WGTN | Gold |
| Sea to the North | Rangitoto College | Gold |
| CHS Jazz Band | Cambridge High School | Gold |
| Swing 46 | Avondale College | Gold |
| Yoshi’s | Saint Kentigern College | Gold |
| Village Vanguard | Saint Kentigern College | Gold |
| Warehouse Stationery | Wellington High School | Gold |
| The Black Swans | Westlake Boys High School | Gold |
| 1867 Combo | Wellington College & Wellington Girls’ College | Gold |
| HBHS Jazz Combo | Hamilton Boys’ High School | Gold |
| All the King’s Horses | King’s College | Gold |
| Otumoetai College Combo | Otumoetai College | Silver |
| Trio of Four | ACG Strathallan College | Silver |
| Big Kahuna Burger | Sancta Maria College | Silver |
| Mom’s Spaghetti | Sancta Maria College | Silver |
| A Minor Inconvenience | John Paul College | Silver |
| Double Cheeseburger Combo | ACG Strathallan College | Silver |
| MMC Jazz Combo | Mt Maunganui College | Silver |
| AGS Jazz Combo | Auckland Grammar School | Silver |
| Milestones | St Cuthbert’s College | Silver |
| Cam High Jazz Squad | Cambridge High School | Silver |
| Pukekohe HS Jazz Combo | Pukekohe High School | Silver |
| Kind of Teal | Kristin School | Silver |
| Marcellin College Jazz Saints | Marcellin College | Silver |
| Five Spot | Avondale College | Silver |
| Blue Note | Avondale College | silver |
| The Maunddawgs | New Plymouth Boys’ High School | Silver |
| Moa Combo | Lynfield College | Silver |
| Ionian Combo | King’s College | Silver |