2026 Virtual Results - Bands
School Jazz Bands - Small Ensembles
Grades 6 & Under
| 1st Place | KW Bilingual School Rock Band | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Centrepiece, 1st mvt. by Lambert-Hendricks-RossWatch Video Seven Nation Army by John WhiteWatch Video |
Grades 8 & Under
| 1st Place | DSJS Intermediate Band | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Island in the Sun by Rivers CuomoWatch Video Warning by Billie Joe ArmstrongWatch Video |
Grades 9-12
| 1st Place | P.E.N. Smooth Jazz | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Tangerine by Victor SchertzingerWatch Video Corcovado by JobimWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | "7/11" (Laurel Heights Secondary School) | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Caravan by Duke Ellington & Juan Tirol, arr. John WassonWatch Video Misty by Erroll Garner, arr. E. CaoWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Dominant Seven Jazz Combo | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, arr. Liam XuWatch Video A Night In Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie, arr. Lakshay KochharWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | DSJS Senior Band | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Yellow by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Guy BerrymanWatch Video Zombie by Dolores O’RiordanWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Ensemble jazz de Paul-Desmarais | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Cantina Band by John Williams, arr. Johnnie VinsonWatch Video Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Michael SweeneyWatch Video |
| Participant | Chatham Kent Secondary School Jazz Band | Home Festival:Chatham | Titles: In the Mood by Joe Garland, arranged by Michael SweeneyWatch Video The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by John BerryWatch Video |
| Participant | Sudbury Secondary School Jazz Band | Home Festival:Sudbury | Titles: Fat Cat by Doug BeachWatch Video Baby by Ryan MeeboerWatch Video |