2009–10 Essentially Ellington Program Timeline

September 2009: Materials sent out to schools

October 2009: EE newsletter begins over email

December 15-19, 2009: EE at Midwest Clinic, Chicago, IL

January 29, 2010: Competition recordings & application due

February 5, 2010: Writing Contest entries due

February 24, 2010: 15 finalists announced / Adjudication sheets mailed

February 25, 2010: EE Regional Festival - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

March and April 2010: Workshops in finalists' schools

March 10, 2010: EE Regional Festival - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

March 27, 2010: EE Regional Festival - Greenwich, CT

March 31, 2010: Comments only recordings & application due

April 18, 2010: EE Regional Festival - Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

April 24, 2010: EE Regional Festival - University of Louisiana, Lafayatte, LA

April 30, 2010: Comments returned on recordings submitted for comments only

May 8-10, 2010: Competition & Festival in New York City!

June/July 2010: Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy (Date and location to be annouced in December 2009)