Music Department
Torrey Pines High School
Awards
2023
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Velana Valdez
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Jack Story
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Victor de Oliveira
National School Choral Award – Kathryn Olson
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
SCSBOA Regionals
Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
Forum Festival
Full Orchestra – Gold
Outstanding musicianship awards to Gene Stone (flute) and Caden Jiang (violin)
Choir – Silver
Outstanding musicianship award to alto section
2022
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Mikko Kohnke-Sunenshine
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Jessica Yu
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Samuel Sheffield
National School Choral Award – Camille Annett
2020
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Pavan Navani
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Alex Day
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Caleb Sheffield
National School Choral Award – Jiweon Lee
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra qualified, but event canceled due to Covid-19
Irvine Jazz Festival
Event canceled due to Covid-19
2019
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Stella Chung
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Meghana Garcia
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Noah Garcia
National School Choral Award – Laura Yu
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
2018
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Erica Hwang
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Matthew Carpenter
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Lenni Elbe
National School Choral Award – Tiffany Salatino
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent (Class 4)
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior (Class 5)
Irvine Jazz Festival
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
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Frank Lee
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Megan Carpenter
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Will Nute
National School Choral Award – Kimberly Madsen
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class 5)
Wind Ensemble – Unanimous Superior
SCSBOA Regionals
Wind Ensemble – Superior
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 2nd place
Combo– 1st place
Outstanding Musicianship Awards: Lenni Elbe, Sofia Nocito , Andrew Zhao, Yechan Choi, Noah Garcia, James Freedman, Hannah Berman-Schneider
Music In the Parks
Wind Ensemble –1st place
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Best Overall Orchestra
Jazz Band –1st place, Outstanding Soloist for Entire Festival Award to Christine Kim
Choir – 2nd place
2016
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Andrew Rim
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Jason “JJ” Hsu
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Derek Xu
National School Choral Award – Madison Wright
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class 5)
Wind Ensemble – Unanimous Superior, (Class 5)
SCSBOA Regionals
Wind Ensemble – Superior, (Class 5)
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class 5)
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 2nd place
Lenni Elbe & Derek Xu shared the Overall Outstanding Soloist Award for the entire division.
Sofia Nocito – Outstanding Musicianship Award
Music In the Parks
Wind Ensemble –1st place, Superior, & Best Overall Band
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior, & Best Overall Orchestra
Choir – 2nd place, Superior/Laura Yu – Accompanist Award
2015
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Yeon Hwa (Ashley) Choi
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Luis Vidaurri
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Zach Siegel
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Excellent
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent
Wind Ensemble – Unanimous Superior, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals
Wind Ensemble – Excellent
Irvine Jazz Festival
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, and Alex Dyson
Combo A – 3rd place, Superior
Best Overall Soloist Combo Division – Violet Leon
Music In the Parks
Wind Ensemble –1st place, Superior
Orchestra – 1st place, Superior
Best Overall Band & Best Overall Orchestra
2014
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Leonard Chen
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Taeho Kim
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Kurtis Shaffer
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Intermediate Orchestra – Superior, (Class A)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra and Intermediate Orchestra qualified for Regionals but were unable to attend due to the fire-related school closing
Fullerton College Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 4th place
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Kurtis Shaffer & MinJi Kim
Combo A – 3rd place, (Advanced Category)
Combo B – 6th place, (Advanced Category)
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
Most Outstanding Saxophone Section
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Nick Barnes, Francisco Jo, Zach Siegel & Kurtis Shaffer
Top Overall Soloist – Nicolas Calle
Combo A – 1st place, Unanimous Superior
Combo B – 3rd place
Music In the Parks
Wind Ensemble –1st place, Superior (Band I Category)
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (Orchestra II Category)
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (Orchestra I Category)
2013
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Anita Chen
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Ashley Kim
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Sean Elliott
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent, (Class A) (2 Excellent & 2 Superior)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent, (Class A) (2 Excellent & 2 Superior)
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Fullerton College Jazz Festival
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
Irvine Jazz Festival
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
Reno Jazz Festival
Combo A – Excellent
Combo B – Excellent
Canyon Crest Academy Jazz Festival
Combo A – Unanimous Superior
Combo B – Unanimous Superior
Music In the Parks
Symphonic Band –1st place, Superior (90%) (Band II Category)
Wind Ensemble –1st place, Superior (96%) (Band I Category)
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, Excellent (86%) (Orchestra II Category)
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (100%) (Orchestra I Category)
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior (94%) (Jazz Band Category)
2012
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Sydney Williams
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Dan Li
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Callum Lamb
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent, (Class A)
Wind Ensemble – Unanimous Superior, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals, Ontario, CA
Wind Ensemble – Unanimous Superior, (Class A)
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 4th place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Donnie Laudicina, Cindy Choe
Combo A – 3rd place, Superior
Most Outstanding Soloist Award for entire division – Donnie Laudicina
Fullerton College Jazz Festival
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
SDA Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – Unanimous Superior
Solo recognition to: Donnie Laudicina & Francisco Jo
Combo A – Unanimous Superior
Combo B – Superior
Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
Music in the Parks Festival
Symphonic Band – 1st place, (Concert Band II)
Wind Ensemble – 2nd place, (Concert Band I)
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, (String Orchestra II)
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place and Best Overall Ensemble, (String Orchestra I)
2011
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Alice Fang
John Philip Sousa Band Award –Katy Shin
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Jaeyoung Kim
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior
Intermediate Orchestra – Superior
Wind Ensemble – Excellent, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals, Ontario, CA
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class AA)
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – Most Outstanding Trombone Section Award
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Nicci Cazares, Lenny Cheah, & Jaeyoung Kim
Coronado Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior, (Advanced category)
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Nicci Cazares, Lenny Cheah, Andy Zhao, Will Shi, & Omron Hassan
Music in the Parks
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior, (Orchestra I), Best Overall Orchestra
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, Superior, (Orchestra II)
Wind Ensemble – 1st place, Superior, (Band I), Best Overall Band
Symphonic Band – 1st place, Superior, (Band II)
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
2010
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Da Ye Shin
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Eric Hayes
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Ian Buss
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent, (Class A)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent & Superior Sight Reading, (Class A)
SCSBOA Festival at West Hills High School, Santee
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class A)
Irvine Jazz Festival
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
Coronado Jazz Festival
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
Heritage Festival, San Francisco
Advanced Orchestra – 2nd place, Superior
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
LA Festival
Symphonic Band – 1st place, Excellent (Band II Category)
Wind Ensemble – 1st place, Superior & Best Overall Band (Band I Category)
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, Superior & Best Overall Orchestra (Orchestra I Category)
2009
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Allen Huang & Daniel Song
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Constance Chucholowski
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Helen Papadopoulos
National Choir Award – Vincent Yang
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival at El Camino High School, Oceanside
Intermediate Orchestra – Superior, (Class A)
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (Class A)
Wind Ensemble – Excellent & Superior Sight Reading, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent, (Class A)
Advanced Orchestra – Superior, (Class A)
Irvine Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 2nd place, Superior
Outstanding Soloist Awards – Eric Hayes, Ian Buss, Julianne Manalo
Bellflower Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 1st place, Superior
Coronado Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – Superior
Outstanding Musicianship Awards – Ian Buss, Julianne Manalo, Katy Kelsoe, Mark Vismonte
LA Festival
Symphonic Band – 1st place, Superior (Band II Category)
Wind Ensemble – 2nd place, Superior (Band I Category)
Intermediate Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (Orchestra I Category)
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (99%) & Best Overall Ensemble in Festival (Orchestra I Category)
2008
National Music Awards
National Orchestra Award – Tim Kim
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Daniel Crawford
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Jeffery Sweet
Festival Results
SCSBOA Festival
Intermediate Orchestra – Excellent & Superior Sight Reading, (Class A)
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior
Wind Ensemble – Excellent & Superior Sight Reading, (Class A)
SCSBOA Regionals
Advanced Orchestra – Unanimous Superior, (only group to receive U-Superior)
Intermediate Orchestra – Superior, (Class A)
Seattle Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – Superior (94%) & Best Overall Band
Maestros Award – Julianne Manalo
Coronado Jazz Festival
Jazz Band – 3rd place, Superior, (Advanced Category)
UCSD Jazz Camp Scholarship awarded to Nikita Ahmad
LA Festival
Symphonic Band – 1st place, Excellent (89%), (Band II Category)
Wind Ensemble – 1st place, Superior (93%) & Best Overall Band
Intermediate Orchestra – 2nd place, Superior (95%)
Advanced Orchestra – 1st place, Superior (99.5%) & Best Overall Orchestra
2007
National Music Awards
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Michael Wagner
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Joe Mimura
2006
National Music Awards
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Masumi Hanawa
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Andre´ Blumenstein
2005
National Music Awards
John Philip Sousa Band Award –
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Michael Harper