Category Archives: Achievements

Promotional collage showing JWA current student Noah Lane and alumni Damon Poppleton, Sam Leong and Noah Mejia, finalists in the 2026 Jacob Neale Award.
Four of Five Jacob Neale Award Finalists Are JWA Students and Alumni

Four out of five finalists in this year’s Jacob Neale jazz Award are from JWA, [...]

29
Jul
Dr Sam GIll saxophone teacher, jazz clarinet lessons, and Freedman Fellowship winner
Sam Gill – Freedman Fellowship 2025

27
Nov
Michelle Shih improvised music recital 2023
Michelle Shih’s improvised music recital

21
Nov
Entrants in Jazz Quest 2023 at Merimbula Jazz Festival. JWA student Ben Weatherall was overall winner.
JWA’s Ben Weatherall wins Jazz Quest 2023

12
Jun
JWA Jazz Festival report
June 27, 2022

Amazing student achievements
October 8, 2021

Diverse Achievements: jazz students do well in a wide range of areas – not just jazz.
March 8, 2021

JWA intermediate jazz combo performance
Gigs!

The year 2020 ended for two of our student jazz combos with real, in-person gigs. [...]

18
Dec
Deven Rahman, JWA trumpet teacher
Deven Rahman joins the MAGA elite

Deven Rahman, our wonderful trumpet teacher here at JWA, has been awarded a surprise (to [...]

31
Jul
Sydney Conservatorium entrance
University auditions success

At the end of last year seven of our students auditioned for various university music [...]

03
Feb