Texas All-State Jazz Judging Panels
Michael A. Cruz - State Jazz Audition Coordinator
Thank You to our AMAZING Hosts and Panel Judges!
2018 - 2019 Saturday and Sunday - November 10 & 11
Special thanks to Alex Parker - Exec. Director of TJEA & Director of Jazz Studies - Baylor University
Signup Judging Link Below!
If you are interested in judging, click this button to sign up and then contact the panel chair.
This Jazz Panel SMORE will be the official site to see the names of all Panel Chairs, site addresses, judges, tabulators and contact information for each. I strongly suggest we have an alternate judge in case of emergency.
(Note: This is view only. You must contact Michael Cruz via email @ Michael.Cruz@pisd.edu for changes. Yes, you can call my cell at 469-585-5386 but our conversation must be followed by an email to document our decision so I can make the changes to this page.)
Panel Chairs/Contact listed below and keep scrolling for Saturday & Sunday entire panels and site addresses.
---------SATURDAY PANELS ---------
Trumpet A Panel - Saturday, Nov. 10
Site: Del Valle High School
Site Address: 950 Bordeaux, El Paso, TX 79907
Chair (Judge 1): Keith Morales (Del Valle HS/ El Paso Wind Symphony)
Chair cell/email: 915-342-8133 kmorales14@yisd.net
Judge 2: Kenny Capshaw (UTEP/ El Paso Symphony Orchestra)
Judge 3: Nancy Taylor (UTEP/ El Paso Symphony Orchestra)
Judge 4: Manny Gamez (Director of Fine Arts Pflugerville ISD)
Judge 5: Doug Brown (Hanks HS)
Monitor: Roque Orozco (Del Valle HS/ El Paso Wind Symphony)
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: Armando Martinez - Region 22 Jazz Coordinator (Socorro Fine Arts Director)
Trombone A Panel - Saturday, Nov. 10
Site: Del Valle High School
Site Address: 950 Bordeaux, El Paso, TX 79907
Chair (Judge 1): Bruce Beach (Franklin H.S/El Paso Wind Symphony)
Chair cell/email: 915-241-6486 beachbeachmus@aol.com
Judge 2: Bryan Andrade (Eastwood HS/ El Paso Wind Symphony)
Judge 3: Dr. Joyce Hsu (El Paso Wind Symphony)
Judge 4: Max Sierra (Pebble Hills HS)
Judge 5: John Feeney (El Paso Symphony Orchestra)
Monitor: John Oman (Eastwood HS)
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: Armando Martinez - Region 22 Jazz Coordinator (Socorro Fine Arts Director)
Trumpet B Panel - Saturday, Nov. 10
Site: Harlingen High School
Site Address: 1201 East Marshall Street, Harlingen, TX 78550
Chair (Judge 1): Richard de la Riva (South Harlingen HS)
Chair cell/email: 702-278-3190 richarddelariva@gmail.com
Judge 2: Raul Ramirez (Pace HS, Brownsville)
Judge 3: Victor Sanchez (Sharyland Pioneer HS)
Judge 4: Iram Reyes (Connally HS - Pflugerville ISD)
Judge 5: George Solis (Clear Springs HS)
Monitor:
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: John Randolph (Los Fresnos CISD)
Trombone B Panel - Saturday, Nov. 10
Site: Harlingen High School
Site Address: 1201 East Marshall Street, Harlingen, TX 78550
Chair (Judge 1): Dr. Pedro Martinez (UTRGV - Edinburg)
Chair cell/email: 956-692-6816 pedro.martinez@utrgv.edu
Judge 2: Andy Salois (Los Fresnos HS)
Judge 3: Jose Garcia (Harlingen South HS)
Judge 4: Rai Morales (TAMU - Corpus Christi)
Judge 5: Alex Cavazos (Harlingen HS)
Monitor: Ricky Guevara (Vernon MS)
Alt. Judge on call: Dr. James Watkins (Lopez ECHS)
Tabulator: John Randolph (Los Fresnos CISD)
------------SUNDAY PANELS ------------
TROMBONE & BARI SAX PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Harlingen High School
Site Address: 1201 East Marshall Street, Harlingen, TX 78550
Chair (Judge 1): Dr. Pedro Martinez (UTRGV - Edinburg)
Chair cell/email: 956-692-6816 pedro.martinez@utrgv.edu
Judge 2: Dr. Oscar Diaz (Texas A&M - Kingsville)
Judge 3: Alex Cavazos (Harlingen HS)
Judge 4: Michel Machietto (Donna North HS)
Judge 5: Robert Palermo (Needville HS)
Monitor: Armand Cavazos (HHS - Student teacher)
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: John Randolph (Los Fresnos CISD)
TRUMPET & GUITAR PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Texas State University - School of Music
Site Address: San Marcos, TX 78666
Chair (Judge 1): Dr. Keith Winking (Professor of Trumpet and Jazz)
Chair cell/email: 512-557-8869 kw09@txstate.edu
Judge 2: Jon Rickman (Boerne MS)
Judge 3: Dr. Andy Cheetham (TX State University)
Judge 4: Dr. Adrian Ruiz (UTSA)
Judge 5: Karlos Elizondo (Bradley MS - San Antonio)
Monitor:
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: Walter Sparkman (Woodlake Hills MS, Judson ISD)
ALTO SAXOPHONE PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Plano Senior High School
Site Address: 2200 Independence Pkwy, Plano,TX 75075
Chair (Judge 1): Kevin McNerney (Assoc. Prof. Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Collin College)
Chair cell/email: 214-616-7203 kmcnerney@verizon.net
Judge 2: Warren Sneed (HSPVA)
Judge 3: Michael Childs (Stephenville HS)
Judge 4: Preston Cummins (Celina ISD)
Judge 5: Todd Toney (Retired/Dallas Winds)
Monitor:
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: Kelly Wykoff (Frisco ISD)
TENOR SAXOPHONE PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Plano Senior High School
Site Address: 2200 Independence Pkwy, Plano,TX 75075
Chair (Judge 1): Mark De Hertogh (Jazz Dir. Plano Sr. High)
Chair cell/email: 214-577-9138 mark.dehertogh@pisd.edu
Judge 2: Dave Lown (Carroll Sr. High)
Judge 3: Matt Sawyer (Paschal HS, Ft.Worth)
Judge 4: Preston Pierce (Plano West Sr. High)
Judge 5: Manuel Hernandez (Harlingen HS)
Monitor:
Alt. Judge on call: Kelly Wykoff (Frisco ISD)
Tabulator Kelly Wykoff (Frisco ISD)
BASS TROMBONE PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Churchill Fulshear High School
Site Address: 9302 Charger Way, Fulshear, TX 77441
Chair (Judge 1): James Cook (Wessendorff Middle School)
Chair cell/email: 713-962-5922 James.cook@icisd.org
Judge 2: Andrew Lee (Churchill Fulshear High School)
Judge 3: David Griffith (Alvin Community College)
Judge 4: Tim Taylor (B.F. Terry High School)
Judge 5: Jonathan Alvarez (Bammel Middle School)
Monitor:
Alt. Judge on call: Brad Miller (Brazosport ISD)
Tabulator: Robert Munoz (Spring ISD)
PIANO & BASS GUITAR PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Churchill Fulshear High School
Site Address: 9302 Charger Way, Fulshear, TX 77441
Chair (Judge 1): Robert Underhill (Brazos MS/HS)
Chair cell/email: 409-289-1248 runderhill@brazosisd.net
Judge 2: Rolando Cantu (Sealy HS)
Judge 3: Sterling Burton (Sealy JH)
Judge 4: Miguel Aguiar, II (San Benito HS)
Judge 5: Jorge "Billy" Guillermo Mere (Brazos HS)
Monitor: Aaron Certa (Sr.@ Brazos HS)
Alt. Judge on call:
Tabulator: Robert Munoz (Spring ISD)
DRUM SET PANEL - Sun., Nov. 11
Site: Plano Senior High School
Site Address: 2200 Independence Pkwy, Plano,TX 75075
Contact: 972-345-0598 michael.hernandez@pisd.edu (Plano Sr. High)
Chair Judge 1: Jose Aponte (Touring and session percussionist, Nashville)
Judge 2: Arjuna Contreras (Frisco ISD)
Judge 3: Jeremy Gomez (McKinney ISD)
Judge 4: Ray Liendo (Harlingen CISD)
Judge 5: Bryan Wright (Paschal HS, Ft.Worth)
HOST/Alt. Judge on call: Michael Hernandez (Plano Sr. High)
Tabulator: Kelly Wykoff (Frisco ISD)
SITES BY SCHOOL
Del Valle H.S. - El Paso, TX (West TX)
915-346-6592 Armando Martinez - Region 22 Jazz Coordinator (Socorro Fine Arts Director) amarti133@sisd.net
Saturday -Trumpet A panel
Saturday - Trombone A panel
Harlingen H.S. - Harlingen, TX (The Valley - South TX)
956-454-7069 Maria Coronado maria.coronado@hcisd.org
Saturday - Trumpet B panel
Saturday - Trombone B panel
Sunday - Trombone/Bari Sax Panel
Churchill Fulshear H.S. - Fulshear, TX (Houston area)
713-962-5922 James.cook@icisd.org Bass Trombone
409-289-1248 Robert Underhill runderhill@brazosisd.net P/B
Sunday - Bass Trombone panel
Sunday - Piano / Bass panel
Texas State University - San Marcos, TX (South of Austin)
512-245-3932 Dr. Keith Winking kw09@txstate.edu
Sunday - Trumpet / Guitar panel
Plano Senior H.S - Plano, TX (North Dallas area)
214-577-9138 mark.dehertogh@pisd.edu Tenor Sax
972-345-0598 michael.hernandez@pisd.edu Drum Set
214-616-7203 kmcnerney@verizon.net Alto Sax
Sunday - Alto Sax panel
Sunday - Tenor Sax panel
Sunday - Drum Set panel
Coordinator - Michael.Cruz@pisd.edu Cell - 469-585-5386