Music Department
Torrey Pines High School
Jazz Band Awards
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
2023 Victor de Oliveira
2022 Samuel Sheffield
2020 Caleb Sheffield
2019 Noah Garcia
2018 Lenni Elbe
2017 Will Nute
2016 Derek Xu
2015 Zach Siegel
2014 Kurtis Shaffer
2013 Sean Elliott
2012 Callum Lamb
2011 Jaeyoung Kim
2010 Ian Buss
2009 Helen Papadopoulos
2008 Jeffery Sweet
2007 Joe Mimura
2006 Andre´ Blumenstein
2005 Michael Harper
Irvine Jazz Festival
2020
Event canceled due to Covid-19
2018
Jazz Band - 2nd place, Most Outstanding Trumpet Section (Intermediate Division)
Combo – 4th place
Outstanding musicianship awards: Nicole Pustilnik, Matthew Jiang, Lenni Elbe, James Freedman, Andrew Zhao, Sofia Nocito
2017
Jazz Band - 2nd place
Combo – 1st place
Outstanding musicianship awards: Sofia Nocito, Lenni Elbe, Andrew Zhao, Yechan Choi, Noah Garcia, James Freedman Hannah Berman-Schneider
2016
Jazz Band - 2nd place
Lenni Elbe & Derek Xu shared the Overall Outstanding Soloist Award for the entire division.
Sofia Nocito – Outstanding Musicianship Award
2015
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
Best Overall Trumpet Section
Outstanding Soloist Awards – YunSung (Francisco) Jo, Zach Siegel, Violet Leon, Harold Shen, Nicolas Calle, Derek Xu, Lenni Elbe, Alex Dyson
Combo A – 3rd place, Superior
Best Overall Soloist Combo Division – Violet Leon
2014
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
Most Outstanding Saxophone Section
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Nick Barnes, Francisco Jo, Kurtis Shaffer & Zach Siegel
Top Overall Soloist Award – Nicolas Calle
Combo A – 1st place, Unanimous Superior
Combo B – 3rd place
2013
Jazz Band – 4th place
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Nick Barnes, Francisco Jo & Kurtis Shaffer
Most Outstanding Soloist Award for entire division – Kurtis Shaffer
Combo A – 1st place
Combo B – 3rd place
2012
Jazz Band – 4th place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Donnie Laudicina, Cindy Choe
2011
Jazz Band – Most Outstanding Trombone Section Award
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Nicci Cazares, Lenny Cheah, & Jaeyoung Kim
2010
Jazz Band – 3rd place, Superior, Most Outstanding Trombone Section Award
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Eric Hayes, Ian Buss, Matt Maneval & Callum Lamb
Most Outstanding soloist Award for entire division – Ian Buss
2009
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Eric Hayes, Ian Buss, Julianne Manalo
Fullerton Jazz Festival
2014
Jazz Band – 4th place
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Kurtis Shaffer & MinJi Kim
Combo A – 3rd place, Advanced Category
Combo B – 6th place, Advanced Category
2013
Jazz Band – Superior
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Kurtis Shaffer & Francisco Jo
Combo A – 1st place, Unanimous Superior (97%)
Outstanding musicianship Awards – Kurtis Shaffer, Nicolas Calle, Sean Elliott & Zach Siegel
Combo B – Excellent (2 points away from superior)
Outstanding musicianship Awards – Felix Lee & Nick Barnes
2012
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Francisco Jo & Donnie Laudicina
Combo A – 3rd place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Francisco Jo, Cindy Choe, Sean Elliott
Reno Jazz Festival
2013
Combo A – Excellent
Combo B – Excellent
SDA Jazz Festival
2012
Jazz Band – Unanimous Superior
Solo recognition to: Donnie Laudicina & Francisco Jo
Combo A – Unanimous Superior
Combo B – Superior
CCA Jazz Festival
2013
Combo A – Unanimous Superior
Combo B – Unanimous Superior
Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
2012
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
Coronado Jazz Festival
2011
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior, (Advanced category)
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Nicci Cazares, Lenny Cheah, Andy Zhao, Will Shi, & Omron Hassan
2010
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Unanimous Superior, (Advanced Category)
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Ian Buss, Julianne Manalo, Callum Lamb, Kunyu Fang, Kevin Kim, Steven Chen, Robert Johnson & Lenny Cheah
2009
Jazz Band – Superior
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Ian Buss, Julianne Manalo, Katy Kelsoe, Mark Vismonte
Heritage Festival, San Francisco
2010
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
Bellflower Jazz Festival
2009
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior