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The Ottawa Junior Jazz Band (OJJB) is an 19 piece big band consisting performers between the ages of 13-16 from the Ottawa region. It was formed in 2001 by Mandar Gumaste, the director. The Ottawa Junior Jazz band has competed at Capital Region Music Festival for the past eight years and has always been awarded the Gold standard. They competed at Nationals in 2006 and 2009 and earned a gold standed there as well.

Entry into the band is based on auditions which take place in June.

The band consists of the following 19 voluptuous students:

Alto Saxophones

William Knoll (gr.10)

Ethan Hardy (gr. 9)

Tenor Saxophone

Caelan Roberge-Toll (gr.10)

Kieran Murphy (gr.9)

Baritone Saxophone

Amy Choi (gr.9)

Trombones

Connor Reid (gr.10)

Mitchel Whalen (gr.10)

Emily Helmer (gr. 9)

Ian Venables (Bass Trombone) (gr.9)

Trumpets

Eric Littlewood (gr.10)

Adam Sergi (gr.10)

Benjamin Corkett (gr.9)

Alathea Hayes (gr.10)

Ben Cheng (gr10)

Drums

Keagan Eskritt (gr.10)

Paul Buzuloiu

Bass

Michael Kavchak (gr.7)

Piano

Alice Ji (gr.10)

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