Essentially Ellington (EE) happens this week! What is it? Essentially Ellington is a festival and competition dedicated to continuing the legacy of the great music of Duke Ellington and it is run by jazz great Wynton Marsalis. It focuses on all High School jazz programs in North America. Bands from Canada, the USA and Mexico [...]
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Seattle Teen Music in New York City for Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival.
May 1st, 2012 
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Tags: duke, ellington, essentially ellington, jazz, lincoln center, new york, seattle, teen music, wynton 
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Seattle area scores in NYC Ellington jazz competition
February 22nd, 2012 STM Seattle area high schools are headed back to New York City and the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in May. The festival, in its 17th year, has been a hot spot for Seattle schools and this year is no different. Three schools from the area will be sending their Jazz 1 ensembles and they include Roosevelt, [...]
Seattle Kickstarter Campaign to Send a Band to Play Live in New York City
April 12th, 2011 STM View the Kickstarter page Seattle Teen Music is sponsoring the Kickstarter campaign for Mountlake Terrace High School and their participation in the 2011 Essentially Ellington jazz competition. Only 15 bands from North America are asked to compete each year and although Mountlake Terrace isn’t really ‘Seattle’, we felt that this underdog needed a bit of [...]
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