2025 Virtual Results - Bands
School Jazz Bands
School Elementary School Jazz Grades 8 and Under
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Diane Drysdale.
Discover more about Diane Drysdale at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/diane-drysdale
| 1st Place | Longfields-Davidson Heights S.S. Gr. 8 Jazz Band | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Fat Cat by Doug BeachWatch Video Hey, Elephant! by Drew ZarembaWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | St. Andrew's Middle School Jazz Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Basic Basie, by John EdmondsonWatch Video The Girl from Ipanema, by Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. by John BerryWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Pearson Stage Band | Home Festival:London | Titles: Chameleon by Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, and Bennie MaupinWatch Video Libertango by Astor PiazzollaWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Hopewell Jazz Band | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Proud Mary by John Fogerty arr. Rick StitzelWatch Video Hey Jude by John Lennon and Paul McCartney arr. John BerryWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | JGA Stageband | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Chattanooga Choo Choo by arr. M. StoryWatch Video I'll Be There by arr. P. MurthaWatch Video |
School Secondary Jazz Grades 9-10
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Diane Drysdale.
Discover more about Diane Drysdale at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/diane-drysdale
| 1st Place | Longfields-Davidson Heights Junior Jazz Band | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Free for All by Lennie NiehausWatch Video Sambeando by Victor LopezWatch Video |
School Secondary School Jazz Grades 11-12
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Diane Drysdale.
Discover more about Diane Drysdale at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/diane-drysdale
| 1st Place | Albert College Jazz Ensemble | Home Festival:Quinte | Titles: Bari-ed Alive, Piece by Erik SherburneWatch Video Tiger of San Pedro, Piece by Joe LabarbaraWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | GCVI Gael Force Stage Band | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square by Manning SherwinWatch Video Buckjump by Mike BallardWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Ensemble Jazz de Paul-Desmarais | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Birdland by Josef Zawinul, Arranged by John BerryWatch Video Oye Como Va by Tito Puente, Arranged by Paul MurthaWatch Video |
School Secondary School Jazz Grades 9-12
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Diane Drysdale.
Discover more about Diane Drysdale at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/diane-drysdale
| 1st Place | Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Jazz Band | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Body and Soul by John Green arranged by George StoneWatch Video Poltergeist and Moonbeams by Lennie NiehausWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Saint Patrick Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Nothing Else Matters by Lars Ulrich & James HetfieldWatch Video Lingus by Michael LeagueWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Longfields-Davidson Heights Senior Jazz Band | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Air Blair by Neil Yorke-SladerWatch Video Critical Mass by Jeff JarvisWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | OSDSS Jazz Band | Home Festival:Grey County | Titles: Take Five by Paul Desmond, arr. Mike LewisWatch Video Amerika/The Chicken by Alfred James Ellis, arr. Kris BergWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Sacred Heart Stage Band | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: I'm Beginning To See The Light by Duke EllingtonWatch Video So Danco Samba by Antonion JobimWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | SDSS Royal Big Band | Home Festival:Grey County | Titles: Out of the Dog House by Erik MoralesWatch Video Feeling Good by Roger Holmes, arrWatch Video |
| Participant | Chatham Kent Secondary School Jazz Band | Home Festival:Chatham | Titles: Route 66 by Bobby Troup. Arranged by Michael SweeneyWatch Video Evil Ways by Sonny Henry. Arranged by John BerryWatch Video |
| Participant | Jacob Hespeler Jazz Band | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: After Sunset, Ballad by Larry MeeckWatch Video Cantaloupe Island, Jazz Rock by Herbie Hancock arr. by Mike KamufWatch Video |