Essentially Ellington at Rose Theater

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is one of the most innovative jazz education events in the world. Each year, high school musicians from across North America travel to New York City to spend three days immersed in workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, and performances. The Competition & Festival is the culmination of the yearlong Essentially Ellington program, during which participating bands are invited to submit a recording and 15 finalists are selected through a rigorous screening process. Each finalist band receives an in-school workshop led by a professional musician before coming to New York to put up their “Dukes” and perform before Wynton Marsalis and a panel of esteemed judges...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is one of the most innovative jazz education events in the world. Each year, high school musicians from across North America travel to New York City to spend three days immersed in workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, and performances. The Competition & Festival is the culmination of the yearlong Essentially Ellington program, during which participating bands are invited to submit a recording and 15 finalists are selected through a rigorous screening process. Each finalist band receives an in-school workshop led by a professional musician before coming to New York to put up their “Dukes” and perform before Wynton Marsalis and a panel of esteemed judges. Join us to witness these talented young musicians perform the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers.”FRIDAY, MAY 10COMPETITION PART I (2:00-6:00PM)1. NEWARK ACADEMY (LIVINGSTON, NJ)2. DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (DENVER, CO)3. RIO AMERICANO HIGH SCHOOL (SACRAMENTO, CA)4. MOUNT SI HIGH SCHOOL (SNOQUALMIE, WA)5. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL (MIDDLETON, WI)6. TRIANGLE YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBLE (RALEIGH, NC)7. SUN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL (SUN PRAIRIE, WI)8. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL (SEATTLE, WA)SATURDAY, MAY 11COMPETITION PART II (10:00-11:30AM)9. DILLARD CENTER FOR THE ARTS (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL)10. FOXBORO HIGH SCHOOL (FOXBORO, MA)11. WILLIAM H. HALL HIGH SCHOOL (WEST HARTFORD, CT)12. BELOIT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL (BELOIT, WI)COMPETITION PART III (1:00-2:30PM)13. TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL (TARPON SPRINGS, FL)14. SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS (SAN DIEGO, CA)15. GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (SEATTLE, WA)

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