Membership for the 2011-12 Essentially Ellington program is now closed!
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We are excited to announce next year’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program materials! For the 2011-12 season, EE will feature the music of Duke Ellington and, for the first time, Dizzy Gillespie.

Selections include:

• Riding On A Blue Note - Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington
• Sepia Panorama - Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington
• Sunset and The Mockingbird, from The Queen’s Suite - Composed by Duke Ellington, arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
• A Night In Tunisia - Composed and arranged by Dizzy Gillespie
• Oop Bop Sh’Bam - Composed by Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Gil Fuller
• Things To Come - Composed by Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Gil Fuller

Click here to listen to the original recordings of this year's repertoire.
Click here to watch videos of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis rehearsing this year's repertoire.

Each year Essentially Ellington members receive a free resource package that includes six charts, reference recordings and rehearsal videos as well as:

- Essentially Ellington Newsletters

- Online score studies of EE charts featuring step-by-step teaching guides

- Eligibility to participate in non-competitive Essentially Ellington Regional Festivals

- Option to submit a recording for the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in New York City and receive professional feedback for free

- Discount to attend Jazz at Lincoln Center's Band Director Academy

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