The St. Edmond High School Jazz Band, along with multiple musicians from area schools, took home honors during the 11th annual Triton Jazz Festival held last week.

“Despite the weather making this a challenging week for not just schools, but also the clinicians and adjudicators we planned to bring in it was so rewarding to hear the students performing and seeing them enjoy a fun learning environment,” said Jeremy Smith, director of athletic bands at Iowa Central Community College.

“It shows how resilient our youth are to be able to perform at a high level, some without even meeting as a full group prior to attending,” he added.

The 11th annual Triton Jazz Festival was held Jan. 10-11 at the Best Western Starlite Village Inn & Suites.

Area honorees at the festival were:

• St. Edmond High School Jazz Band, first place in Class 1A

• Emily Mosier and Kara McGonegle, St. Edmond, Class 1A Soloist Awards

• Belmond Klemme High School Jazz Band, first place in Class 2A

• Creighton Urban and Aiden Anderson, Southeast Valley High School, Class 2A Soloist Awards

• William Lawson and Julia Anderson, Pocahontas Area High School, Class 2A Soloist Awards

• Callum Sifert, Clementine Sifert, Will Hinman and Lillyann Aguilera, Belmond Klemme High School, Class 2A Soloist Awards

• Aidan Hill, Val Wagner, Julia Bennett-Ellis and Fiona Brown, South Hamilton, Class 2A Soloist Awards

• Ella Niewoehner and Mason Anderson, Manson Northwest Webster, Class 2A Soloist Awards

• Turner Hansen, Jordan Kahl and Keira Ludolph, Humboldt High School, Class 3A Soloist Awards

• Shaelyn McKee, Webster City High School, Class 3A Soloist Award