Essentially Ellington once again brought the world’s best high school jazz musicians to New York. Over the last 30 years, the event has reshaped how jazz is taught.

The Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage will participate in the 2025 Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival for high school bands, May 7-11, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

The 2023 Essentially Ellington competition judges include Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter and managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center; Francisco Torres. bass trombonist, arranger and ...

News Brief. Wednesday, January 22, 2025 — 8:35 am. Stanford Jazz Workshop program tapped for prestigious student competition. Stanford Jazz Workshop, a high school band project based on the Stanford ...

WRENTHAM — The King Philip Regional High School jazz band is one of 15 nationally that will be headed to New York May 9-11 for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 29th annual Essentially Ellington event ...

Essentially Ellington is named after Duke Ellington, one of the best-known and most prolific pianists, composers and band leaders from the swing era. He died in 1974 at the age of 75.

Jazz at Lincoln Center has played a major role in spreading the gospel of Ellington. This year, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of our signature education program Essentially Ellington, a high ...

Wrentham high school jazz band chosen as finalist for Duke Ellington festival 01:59. WRENTHAM - The prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival announced their 2024 finalists Wednesday and only one ...

BYRON CENTER, Mich. — A western Michigan high school jazz band is once again heading to the Big Apple for a prestigious jazz program. Byron Center High School's jazz band is set to head to New ...

Foxboro High School will once again be represented at the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival in New York City as the school’s jazz ensemble has been selected as one of the 15 finalist bands.

For its 30 th iteration, America’s premier high school jazz band competition, the Essentially Ellington competition and festival at Lincoln Center in New York City, has expanded the 2025 field ...

Decades of Essentially Ellington have taught us that this music offers valuable lessons that are "deeper than notes." First, it's about the group.