Grounded in the nonprofit JALC's 34-year history of educational excellence in jazz, Essentially Ellington has fostered the talent and appreciation for jazz music in over one million young musicians.

Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from across the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May.

America's premier high school jazz band competition named four Seattle-area schools as finalists for its 30th iteration.

CCM’s Essentially Ellington festival, sponsored by Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center, returns in full swing! The daylong event features the region’s top high school jazz ensembles ...

The Stanford Jazz Workshop, a high school band project on the Stanford campus has been named one of the top 30 high school bands in the nation.

Directed by Matt McVeigh, the Sun Prairie High School Band is among the top high school jazz bands selected to compete in the 30th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition ...

Stanford Jazz Workshop program tapped for prestigious student competition. Stanford Jazz Workshop, a high school band project based ...

Only 30 high school jazz bands across the country get the call to be in the national championship.

Jazz at Lincoln Center recently announced the top high school jazz bands selected to compete in the 30th annual Essentially ...

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 ...