Artist of the Year

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Artists of the Year

	2012	Nelson Hill	Saxophone	http://nelsonhilljazz.com/bio.html
	2013	Tom Kozic	Guitar	https://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Kozic/100008067889041
	2014	Craig Kastelnik	B3 Organ	http://www.katoduo.com/
	2015	Gary Rissmiller	Drums	https://www.facebook.com/gary.rissmiller.3
	2016	Bill Washer	Guitar	http://billwasher.com/
	2017	Paul Rostock	Bass	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rostock
	2018	Neil Wetzel	Saxophone	http://www.neilwetzel.com/
	2018	June Thomas	Vocalist	https://www.junethomasmusic.com/about-june

Artist of the Year Criteria

Individual must have demonstrated musical competence. The criteria to be used in judging competence include
all or most of of below list as follows:

Musician has history of tour & performance credits

       Overall musicianship | Proficiency at instrument | Overall jazz  creativity | Influence on Jazz Art Form

• Musician has history of Recording and/or Production credits
• Musician has history of Teaching credits | Overall Educational impact | Impact on young musicians
• Musician has history of Educational attainment – degrees
• Musician has history of Military service as musician (in premier band)

     Local geographic ties include: Born, Raised, Currently residing in region

Voting takes place in January at the monthly Board Meeting. Honor is presented at April Awards & PA Jazz Idol program.

The voting committee includes: current board members, advisory board members, past board members, past Artists of the Year and artistic director & admin. assistant. There are a total of 23 votes for Artist of the Year for 2018.