Students and Faculty Honored at 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards

Students and Faculty Honored at 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards Six student ensembles were recognized with DownBeat Student Music Awards across various categories.

By

Tori Donahue

June 16, 2021

A Berklee vocal jazz ensemble directed by Professor Ned Rosenblatt performs at the 2020 Jazz Education Network Conference.

Image by Michelle Tsimtsos

DownBeat magazine recognized six Berklee College of Music ensembles with Student Music Awards across a wide variety of categories, including three awards in the Asynchronous Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble category. Ned Rosenblatt, associate professor in the Voice Department, directed four of the winning vocal jazz ensembles, and Professor Greg Hopkins directed the winning large jazz ensemble. Students Grant Heineman and Annie Dickinson codirected Point of Departure Vocal Jazz, winner in the Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble category for outstanding undergraduate performances.

Seeing DownBeat acknowledge the tremendous work of our student ensembles and groups is a wonderful feeling, said Rosenblatt. I am so proud of the students for continuing to present award-winning work through a partially remote school year in a pandemic, and I extend my gratitude to DownBeat for their accolades.

Asynchronous Large Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Winner Makoto Ishizaka Jazz Orchestra

Director: Greg Hopkins

Asynchronous Small Vocal Jazz Group Undergraduate College Winner Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Outstanding Soloist: Avery Schmalz on As We Live and Breathe

Director: Ned Rosenblatt

Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Outstanding Performances Point of Departure Vocal Jazz

Student Directors: Grant Heineman and Annie Dickinson

Outstanding Soloist: Lila Sabbah on Hideaway

Asynchronous Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Winners Vocal Jazz Ensemble 1

Director: Ned Rosenblatt

Outstanding Soloist: Dominic Nye on But Not for Me

Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Director: Ned Rosenblatt

Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance Vocal Jazz Ensemble 3

Director: Ned Rosenblatt

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