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Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival

April 27, 2024

The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is an annual high school jazz festival and competition that takes place every May at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The festival is aimed at encouraging young musicians to play music by Duke Ellington and other jazz musicians.

Process edit

Every year Jazz at Lincoln Center transcribes arrangements of Ellington's music and sends them to participating high school band directors in the U.S. and Canada. During the year, band directors are sent a newsletter and given access to online educational materials to help with the arrangements. Students can email Jazz at Lincoln Center for help and send recordings of their band's finished performances to the Center for evaluation. These recordings can also count as applications to the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in New York City. Fifteen top bands are invited to the festival, which occurs every May at Frederick Rose Hall in Jazz at Lincoln Center. The festivals ends with an awards ceremony for the top three bands, then a concert by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. [1]

In 2013 a new selection process was introduced, under which the top three bands from five national regions compete in New York City. Another major change made that year was the opening up of the main competition to allow conglomerate bands (extra-curricular bands composed of students from more than one school, often sponsored by local performing arts organizations) to compete directly with the bands affiliated with schools, instead of one conglomerate band being chosen to appear outside the competition as a special guest in an exhibition performance, as was the case previously.

The 25th annual edition of the competition and festival was scheduled to feature classic Ellington charts re-released once again. It was also announced on “Acceptd”, the official application site, that, due to the 25th anniversary the region system has been eliminated, and a total of eighteen bands will be selected, three more than in years past. The disbanding of the regional system was a one-year-only event, while the increase in the numbers of bands selected remains ambiguous with regards to its permanence. However, due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus, Jazz At Lincoln Center announced that the “in person” aspects of the event were cancelled, with Wynton Marsalis presenting a Q&A session on the day of the festival, jam sessions, clinics, sectionals, concerts, and even the traditional cheer tunnel all being held virtually. No winners were announced, although honors to individual soloists and sections were given.

Also present for the first time in 2020 were five international youth jazz orchestras, from Japan, Scotland, Australia, Spain, and Cuba.

While the 2021 festival was originally scheduled to be an in-person event featuring music of pivotal arranger and pioneering electric guitarist Eddie Durham alongside the traditional Duke Ellington musical releases. However, the course of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that this arrangement simply wasn't feasible. The festival pushed back the release of new music until the 2021-2022 school year, and encouraged participating schools to submit one song from the entire Essentially Ellington library in either a synchronous or asynchronous fashion. Submission due dates were pushed back to March and the actual festival to early June.

The 2021 festival also introduced new rules regarding the submissions of conglomerate bands (extra-curricular bands composed of students from more than one school), a previously largely unregulated field. The festival provided and official definition of conglomerate bands, stating that they need to follow a specific course of study, as well as a scope and sequence, all in addition to weekly rehearsals and scheduled public performances. All-Star, All-State, and All-Region bands are barred from competition, as are bands created for the sole purpose of competing in Essentially Ellington.

Background edit

When the program began in 1995, it was offered only to school bands in New York City. During the next few years, the program grew to include schools in all U.S. states and Canada. Over 4000 schools have received materials.[1]

Beginning in early 2006, JALC announced the debut of the festival's first regional. The regional festivals are non-competitive and offer high school jazz bands of different levels the opportunity to play Ellington's music while also receiving professional feedback.[2]

Starting in 2008, music by big band composers other than Ellington was used for the first time, three Count Basie selections. In succeeding years they have also released songs by: Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Gerald Wilson, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Golson.[1][3]

For the 2013 and 2015 competitions, Essentially Ellington returned to its original format of six Ellington charts. After the finalists are announced, clinicians are sent to each of the finalist schools to provide a jazz workshop and prepare the bands for competition.[4] The clinicians are usually members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Notable alumni of the competition includes Grammy-nominated trombonist Nick Finzer who serves on the jazz faculty at UNT and founded The Outside The Music record label. [5]

Finalists edit

Several high school bands from the Seattle area have participated including repeat finalists: Roosevelt; Garfield; Shorewood; Mount Si; Edmonds-Woodway; Mountlake Terrace; Newport and Ballard high schools.[6][7] In 2008, five of the fifteen bands to compete were from the greater Seattle area. Acknowledging the region's dominance at the competition, Marsalis, tongue only half in cheek, challenged the remaining schools/regions, "to do something about Seattle and Washington."[8]

Alabama edit

Arizona edit

  • Tucson Jazz Institute - Tucson, Arizona, 2010*, 2012*, 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (3rd), 2017 (1st), 2018 (3rd), 2021

California edit

Colorado edit

Connecticut edit

Florida edit

Georgia edit

Illinois edit

Indiana edit

Iowa edit

Kansas edit

Maryland edit

Massachusetts edit

Michigan edit

  • Byron Center High School – Byron Center, Michigan, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, Michigan, 1998, 2003

Missouri edit

  • Grandview High School – Grandview, Missouri, 2007

Nebraska edit

New Jersey edit

  • Jazz House Kids – Montclair, New Jersey 2013 (2nd), 2014 (2nd), 2016, 2022
  • Parsippany High School – Parsippany, New Jersey, 1996
  • Newark Academy – Livingston, New Jersey 2012, 2015, 2017 (H.M.), 2018 (2nd), 2019, 2022, 2024

New York edit

North Carolina edit

  • Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble – Raleigh, North Carolina, 2016 (2nd), 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

Ohio edit

Oregon edit

Pennsylvania edit

Rhode Island edit

Tennessee edit

  • Hume-Fogg High School – Nashville, Tennessee, 1998, 2010
  • Memphis Central High School - Memphis, Tennessee, 2020, 2021

Texas edit

Utah edit

Virginia edit

Washington edit

West Virginia edit

Wisconsin edit

Canada edit

  • Community Band Winner

Composition Contest edit

In 2013, the Gerhard W. Vosshall Student Composition/Arranging Contest was added to the festival following a donation from the Vosshall family made in Gerhard's honor.[9] The contest was renamed the "Dr. J. Douglas White Student Composition and Arranging Contest" in 2016.[10] Each year, a winning composition is chosen from submissions sent from the US and Canada and is performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The winning composer receives a cash prize, a trip to the competition in order to conduct their piece and a composition lesson. The lesson was originally with Ellington historian David Berger, but shifted to JLCO saxophonist Ted Nash in 2015.

Year Composer School City
2013 Devon Gillingham[9] Transcona Collegiate Institute Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 Jeric Rocamora[11] Rio Americano High School Sacramento, California
2015 Matt Wong[12] San Francisco Independence High School San Francisco, California
2016 Joseph Block[10] Germantown Friends School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017 Ethan Moffitt[13] Verdugo Academy Glendale, California
2018 Summer Camargo[14] Dillard Center for the Arts Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2019 Miles Lennox[15] Dillard Center for the Arts Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2020 Leo Steindawg[16] Lower Merion High School Ardmore, Pennsylvania
2021 Daiki Nakajima[17] Prospect High School Saratoga, California
2022 Skylar Tang[18] Crystal Springs Uplands School Hillsborough, California
2023 Henry Koban Payne[19] Lower Merion High School Ardmore, Pennsylvania
2024 Ori Moore[20] Durham Academy Chapel Hill, North Carolina

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "About". Jazz Academy. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ . JALC.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  3. ^ "Winners of Essentially Ellington 2008 played with Wynton and JLCO". WyntonMarsalis.org. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  4. ^ . JALC.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  5. ^ "Playin' Around With Playbook: Nick Finzer". Playbook. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  6. ^ "Jazz in Seattle-area schools: How it grew" (PDF). seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  7. ^ "Seattle area again well represented in Essentially Ellington jazz contest". seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  8. ^ de Barros, Paul (2008-05-17). "Seattle's Roosevelt, Garfield top two at Essentially Ellington festival". seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  9. ^ a b "Winners of the 18th Annual Essentially Ellington Competition 2013". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners of The 21st Anniversary Essentially Ellington 2016". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of the 19th Annual Essentially Ellington Competition 2014". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners of The 20th Anniversary Essentially Ellington 2015". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2017". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2018". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2019". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Essentially Ellington". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center awards the Nation's Outstanding High School Jazz Soloists at 2021 Essentially Ellington virtual festival". Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2022". Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  19. ^ "15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival 2023". Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Top 15 high school jazz bands in the U.S. commemorate Duke Ellington's 125th birthday at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2024". Retrieved 14 February 2024.

External links edit

  • Official site

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The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition amp Festival is an annual high school jazz festival and competition that takes place every May at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City The festival is aimed at encouraging young musicians to play music by Duke Ellington and other jazz musicians Contents 1 Process 2 Background 3 Finalists 3 1 Alabama 3 2 Arizona 3 3 California 3 4 Colorado 3 5 Connecticut 3 6 Florida 3 7 Georgia 3 8 Illinois 3 9 Indiana 3 10 Iowa 3 11 Kansas 3 12 Maryland 3 13 Massachusetts 3 14 Michigan 3 15 Missouri 3 16 Nebraska 3 17 New Jersey 3 18 New York 3 19 North Carolina 3 20 Ohio 3 21 Oregon 3 22 Pennsylvania 3 23 Rhode Island 3 24 Tennessee 3 25 Texas 3 26 Utah 3 27 Virginia 3 28 Washington 3 29 West Virginia 3 30 Wisconsin 3 31 Canada 4 Composition Contest 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksProcess editEvery year Jazz at Lincoln Center transcribes arrangements of Ellington s music and sends them to participating high school band directors in the U S and Canada During the year band directors are sent a newsletter and given access to online educational materials to help with the arrangements Students can email Jazz at Lincoln Center for help and send recordings of their band s finished performances to the Center for evaluation These recordings can also count as applications to the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition amp Festival in New York City Fifteen top bands are invited to the festival which occurs every May at Frederick Rose Hall in Jazz at Lincoln Center The festivals ends with an awards ceremony for the top three bands then a concert by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis 1 In 2013 a new selection process was introduced under which the top three bands from five national regions compete in New York City Another major change made that year was the opening up of the main competition to allow conglomerate bands extra curricular bands composed of students from more than one school often sponsored by local performing arts organizations to compete directly with the bands affiliated with schools instead of one conglomerate band being chosen to appear outside the competition as a special guest in an exhibition performance as was the case previously The 25th annual edition of the competition and festival was scheduled to feature classic Ellington charts re released once again It was also announced on Acceptd the official application site that due to the 25th anniversary the region system has been eliminated and a total of eighteen bands will be selected three more than in years past The disbanding of the regional system was a one year only event while the increase in the numbers of bands selected remains ambiguous with regards to its permanence However due to concerns regarding the COVID 19 virus Jazz At Lincoln Center announced that the in person aspects of the event were cancelled with Wynton Marsalis presenting a Q amp A session on the day of the festival jam sessions clinics sectionals concerts and even the traditional cheer tunnel all being held virtually No winners were announced although honors to individual soloists and sections were given Also present for the first time in 2020 were five international youth jazz orchestras from Japan Scotland Australia Spain and Cuba While the 2021 festival was originally scheduled to be an in person event featuring music of pivotal arranger and pioneering electric guitarist Eddie Durham alongside the traditional Duke Ellington musical releases However the course of the COVID 19 pandemic meant that this arrangement simply wasn t feasible The festival pushed back the release of new music until the 2021 2022 school year and encouraged participating schools to submit one song from the entire Essentially Ellington library in either a synchronous or asynchronous fashion Submission due dates were pushed back to March and the actual festival to early June The 2021 festival also introduced new rules regarding the submissions of conglomerate bands extra curricular bands composed of students from more than one school a previously largely unregulated field The festival provided and official definition of conglomerate bands stating that they need to follow a specific course of study as well as a scope and sequence all in addition to weekly rehearsals and scheduled public performances All Star All State and All Region bands are barred from competition as are bands created for the sole purpose of competing in Essentially Ellington Background editWhen the program began in 1995 it was offered only to school bands in New York City During the next few years the program grew to include schools in all U S states and Canada Over 4000 schools have received materials 1 Beginning in early 2006 JALC announced the debut of the festival s first regional The regional festivals are non competitive and offer high school jazz bands of different levels the opportunity to play Ellington s music while also receiving professional feedback 2 Starting in 2008 music by big band composers other than Ellington was used for the first time three Count Basie selections In succeeding years they have also released songs by Benny Carter Dizzy Gillespie Mary Lou Williams Gerald Wilson Fletcher Henderson and Benny Golson 1 3 For the 2013 and 2015 competitions Essentially Ellington returned to its original format of six Ellington charts After the finalists are announced clinicians are sent to each of the finalist schools to provide a jazz workshop and prepare the bands for competition 4 The clinicians are usually members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Notable alumni of the competition includes Grammy nominated trombonist Nick Finzer who serves on the jazz faculty at UNT and founded The Outside The Music record label 5 Finalists editSeveral high school bands from the Seattle area have participated including repeat finalists Roosevelt Garfield Shorewood Mount Si Edmonds Woodway Mountlake Terrace Newport and Ballard high schools 6 7 In 2008 five of the fifteen bands to compete were from the greater Seattle area Acknowledging the region s dominance at the competition Marsalis tongue only half in cheek challenged the remaining schools regions to do something about Seattle and Washington 8 Alabama edit Virgil I Grissom High School Huntsville Alabama 1999 Arizona edit Tucson Jazz Institute Tucson Arizona 2010 2012 2013 1st 2014 1st 2015 2nd 2016 3rd 2017 1st 2018 3rd 2021 California edit Agoura High School Agoura Hills California 2004 2005 2006 H M 2007 2nd 2009 2011 2015 2018 2020 2021 2023 2024 Agoura High School Jazz A Agoura Hills California 2007 2008 Albany High School Albany California 2010 Calabasas High School Calabasas California 2003 2006 2009 Esperanza High School Anaheim California 2012 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Los Angeles California 2003 3rd 2006 2009 Orange County School of the Arts Santa Ana California 2022 3rd 2023 2024 Rio Americano High School 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Wisconsin 1998 3rd 2000 2001 2004 3rd 2008 3rd 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023 Wauwatosa East High School Wauwatosa Wisconsin 2010 Canada edit River East Collegiate Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 2003 2004 2007 2008 2011 Community Band WinnerComposition Contest editIn 2013 the Gerhard W Vosshall Student Composition Arranging Contest was added to the festival following a donation from the Vosshall family made in Gerhard s honor 9 The contest was renamed the Dr J Douglas White Student Composition and Arranging Contest in 2016 10 Each year a winning composition is chosen from submissions sent from the US and Canada and is performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra The winning composer receives a cash prize a trip to the competition in order to conduct their piece and a composition lesson The lesson was originally with Ellington historian David Berger but shifted to JLCO saxophonist Ted Nash in 2015 Year Composer School City 2013 Devon Gillingham 9 Transcona Collegiate Institute Winnipeg Manitoba 2014 Jeric Rocamora 11 Rio Americano High School Sacramento California 2015 Matt Wong 12 San Francisco Independence High School San Francisco California 2016 Joseph Block 10 Germantown Friends School Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2017 Ethan Moffitt 13 Verdugo Academy Glendale California 2018 Summer Camargo 14 Dillard Center for the Arts Fort Lauderdale Florida 2019 Miles Lennox 15 Dillard Center for the Arts Fort Lauderdale Florida 2020 Leo Steindawg 16 Lower Merion High School Ardmore Pennsylvania 2021 Daiki Nakajima 17 Prospect High School Saratoga California 2022 Skylar Tang 18 Crystal Springs Uplands School Hillsborough California 2023 Henry Koban Payne 19 Lower Merion High School Ardmore Pennsylvania 2024 Ori Moore 20 Durham Academy Chapel Hill North CarolinaSee also editJazz at Lincoln CenterReferences edit a b c About Jazz Academy Retrieved 3 November 2018 Essentially Ellington Regional Festivals JALC org Archived from the original on 2007 10 07 Retrieved 2007 04 24 Winners of Essentially Ellington 2008 played with Wynton and JLCO WyntonMarsalis org Retrieved 2009 05 11 EE Jazz Festival Finalist Resources JALC org Archived from the original on 2007 10 07 Retrieved 2007 04 23 Playin Around With Playbook Nick Finzer Playbook 2022 03 28 Retrieved 2022 05 25 Jazz in Seattle area schools How it grew PDF seattletimes com Retrieved 2009 03 03 Seattle area again well represented in Essentially Ellington jazz contest seattletimes com Retrieved 2019 03 22 de Barros Paul 2008 05 17 Seattle s Roosevelt Garfield top two at Essentially Ellington festival seattletimes nwsource com Retrieved 2008 09 06 a b Winners of the 18th Annual Essentially Ellington Competition 2013 Retrieved 23 February 2020 a b Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners of The 21st Anniversary Essentially Ellington 2016 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of the 19th Annual Essentially Ellington Competition 2014 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces Winners of The 20th Anniversary Essentially Ellington 2015 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2017 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2018 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2019 Retrieved 23 February 2020 Essentially Ellington Retrieved 23 February 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center awards the Nation s Outstanding High School Jazz Soloists at 2021 Essentially Ellington virtual festival Retrieved 27 May 2022 Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition amp Festival 2022 Retrieved 27 May 2022 15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival 2023 Retrieved 15 February 2023 Top 15 high school jazz bands in the U S commemorate Duke Ellington s 125th birthday at Jazz at Lincoln Center s Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition amp Festival 2024 Retrieved 14 February 2024 External links editOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival amp oldid 1207553703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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