Adjudicators   Dyne Eifertsen Dyne Eifertsen is a performer, educator, clinician, and composer.  He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in trombone performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston, a Master of Music degree trombone performance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Washington in Seatle.  Among his trombone teachers have been Phil Wilson, Tom Plsek, David Sporny and Don Immel.  Dyne is freelance musician and a member of the Sacramento music group Kairos Quartet that has recently released its latest CD, riverrun. Performances include the Capital Jazz Project, Sacramento Philharmonic, Sacramento Ballet, Seattle Creative Orchestra, and Tacoma Symphony.  Dyne is Director of the Jazz Studies program at American River College and conducts the ARC Latin Jazz Ensemble, Studio Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Collective, and Concert Band.   Kent Hillman Drummer, percussionist and composer Kent Hillman's performance history includes engagements with The Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Marvin Hamlish, Toni Tenille, and Joe Williams. In 1987 he received recognition from Downbeat Magazine, which awarded him a “db” (Outstanding Performance Award) for his recording with California State University Fresno's Jazz Band "A". During the 1997 Reno Jazz Festival, Kent was recognized as the festival's "outstanding drummer", an award sponsored by the Sabian cymbal company. In 2006 he was named as a teaching fellow at the University of North Texas where he taught jazz arranging, directed the 8 O'Clock lab band and coordinated the jazz lecture series for department chair Neil Slater. Kent holds a BA in English (1989) and a BA Percussion Performance (2004) from California State University, Fresno and received his MM in Jazz Studies from UNT in 2007.   Mary Fettig Saxophonist/flutist Mary Fettig has recorded and toured with such greats as Stan Kenton, Marian McPartland, Tito Puente, Flora Purim and Airto, playing jazz festivals including Concord, Monterey , Playboy, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Montreaux, and North Sea. She has many studio credits in film, television, video games and radio. In San Francisco, she played 25 different Broadway shows in the pit orchestras as a woodwind doubler and regularly performs with the San Francisco Symphony. Mary's own recordings include "In Good Company", "Relativity", and her newest release, "Brazilian Footprints". She is also on the San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty.   Jeff Jarvis Jeff Jarvis has distinguished himself as a trumpeter, composer, jazz educator, and music publisher. He serves as Director of Jazz Studies at California State University Long Beach and frequently appears as a honors jazz band conductor, clinician and lecturer. Jeff is part-owner of Kendor Music, Inc., the first educational music publisher to provide jazz charts written especially for students.  Jeff’s performance credits include Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Bellson, Joe Williams, Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Henry Mancini, Slide Hampton, Kevin Mahogany, and many more. He has co-authored The Jazz Educators Handbook with Doug Beach, The Chord Voicing Handbook, a jazz piano book with Matt Harris, and, with Mike Carubia, Effective Etudes For Jazz, the new standard in jazz performance/audition solos. A Yamaha trumpet artist, Jeff has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Indonesia. He has most recently been featured with the USAF Airmen of Note, Oslo Big Band (Norway), US Army Blues, Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra, Denver Symphony Orchestra, and many more.  For more information, please visit http://www.jeffjarvis.net/   Matt Pivec Saxophonist Matt Pivec has established himself as a versatile musician.  As a performer of jazz and popular music, Matt has worked with Ray Charles, The Temptations, Peter Erskine, Maria Schneider, the Rochester Philharmonic Pops Orchestra, and the national touring companies of Hairspray, 42nd Street, and The Producers. As a band leader and soloist, he has performed at festivals and venues throughout the United States.  Matt received the Doctor of Musical Arts (Saxophone Performance and Literature) and Master of Music (Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media) degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.  Currently, Matt is the Instructor of Saxophone and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at CSU Stanislaus.  In 2006 he was named “Junior Faculty Member with Exceptional Promise” by the CSUS College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences.   In 2006 Matt also founded the Stanislaus Youth Jazz Orchestra, a select jazz ensemble comprised of high school students from Stanislaus County. Prior to his appointment at CSUS, he taught at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin – Stout. A committed educator, Matt enjoys teaching saxophone and jazz to students of all ages.   Bob Athayde Bob Athayde began playing the trumpet at age nine. With a major in Music from California State University Hayward, he earned his B.A. and teaching credential, and has completed work towards a Masters Degree in the Kodaly Method at Holy Names College in Oakland. Since 1986, he has taught full time at Stanley Intermediate School in Lafayette, California. Recognized for his outstanding teaching and musicianship, Mr. Athayde has garnered numerous awards, most recently the California Music Educator's Outstanding Band Teacher Award.   He also teaches private lessons, performs with other professional musicians and his own band, Surefire, serves as Director of the Lafayette Summer Music Workshop, and teaches, conducts, and adjudicates for various music festivals around the Bay Area. He has worked with a wide array of musicians including Mic Gillette, Mary Fettig, and Steve Turre, to name but a few.   Dale Engstrom Dale Engstrom is a full time music professor at Fresno City College. He has also taught at Reedley College, California State University Fresno, and Kingsburg High School.  He continues to play trumpet professionally in the Central Valley of California and Reno areas as well as maintaining an active schedule as a judge and clinician. Mr. Engstrom has performed with such noted artists Johnny Mathis, Mel Torme, Red Skelton, Henry Mancini, The Temptations, Frankie Vallie, The Four Tops, Kenny Rogers, Natalie Cole and Wayne Newton.   Jimmy Emerzian Jimmy Emerzian is a freelance saxophonist, composer, and educator.  He has taught from the elementary to collegiate level, and has maintained a steady private lesson studio for many years. He currently teaches courses in jazz improvisation at CSU Long Beach, where he also received a Master’s Degree in Music (Jazz Studies).  Jimmy earned his B.A. in Music (Jazz Studies) from UCLA, and his A.A. from Fresno City College.  He has studied with Billy Higgins, Harold Land, Gary Foster, Kenny Burrell, Tom Ranier, Jeff Clayton, Mike Dana, Paul Shaghoian, Mark Ribera, Larry Honda, and Jeff Jarvis. In addition to leading his own groups, he has backed up or performed with many well-known artists such as Conrad Herwig, Bob Sheppard, and Bobby Shew.   Kerry Marsh Kerry Marsh is a member of the jazz studies faculty at Sacramento State University, directing the three vocal jazz ensembles, teaching jazz arranging, and overseeing the jazz voice studies program. Kerry also directs the new vocal jazz program at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, CA. He earned a B.M.E. in Music Education from the University of Kansas in 2000 and a M.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas in 2003. His ensembles have performed at the 2005 and 2006 IAJE conferences, and were awarded a total of four Down Beat Magazine Student Music Awards in 2005-06. Kerry is a leading composer and arranger of music for vocal and instrumental jazz ensembles. He writes many commissioned arrangements each year, and his charts are regularly featured at major national and international conferences, festivals and competitions. Marsh is also busy serving as an adjudicator and clinician for many jazz festivals and workshops across the United States.   Larry Honda Saxophonist and woodwind player Larry Honda is a faculty member at Fresno City College, where he teaches woodwinds, theory, music appreciation, and jazz improvisation.  Honda holds a BA in Music from CSU, Fresno, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California.  He has studied with Mitchell Lurie, Gary Foster, Lee Konitz, and Warne Marsh.  His credits include performances with Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd, Mel Torme, the Temptations, Placido Domingo, and the New York City Ballet Orchestra.  He currently is a member of the Jazz Composers Orchestra, which performed at the 2005 IAJE conference.

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