Mount Si goes to Essentially Ellington!
Congratulations Mount Si Jazz I band and directors for acceptance to the
2019 Essentially Ellington Festival & Competition in New York City, May 9 - 11
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March 31st Update The first four donations at or above $250 will be matched by an additional $250 Thank you to our anonymous donors for providing these matching funds and challenge! Five weeks to go
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Donate today!This button will take you to the Paypal page,
PLEASE enter "EE" in the input box provided on that page, and enter "yes" if we can list your last name.
Donations made here will go to the Mount Si Band Boosters Ellington fund, and lower trip costs for students in the band. Donations are tax deductible; please check if your employer provides matching funds. Go to our Donate page for more information on taxes and Microsoft matching.
Bringing the jazz band to New York City costs $40,000 and requires many financial supporters. Thank you for your donation! Individual donors: with your permission we will list you as a supporter. Otherwise we will say "anonymous". Business supporters: Please email us here. To donate by check, please make it payable to MSHS Band Boosters and send to MSHS Band Boosters, PO box 92, North Bend, WA 98045. Please write "EE" on the memo line. 
2018-2019 Mount Si High School Jazz 1 Small Combo plays at Bellevue College Jazz Festival, February 2019
The Essentially Ellington festival is May 9 - 11, 2019, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The performances are live streamed at livestream.com/jazz. Mount Si performs Friday May 10, time tba The complete performance schedule will be posted here once finalized. Three bands will be selected to play in the final concert on Saturday night. |
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Previous Mount Si Jazz Band performances at
Essentially Ellington Click here to see video of Mount Si Jazz I at Essentially Ellington 2017, their trip from two years ago (courtesy King 5) Click here to see Mount Si Jazz I's performance of Rocks in my Bed on stage at Essentially Ellington 2017 Click here to see Mount Si Jazz I's performance of St. Louis Blues on stage at Essentially Ellington 2016 Click here to see Mount Si Jazz I's performance of Brasilliance onstage at Essentially Ellington 2015 
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Photos of Mount Si HS Jazz I from their performance two years ago, Essentially Ellington 2017. Photos taken at North Bend Theatre's live stream of the performance.
Mount Si Jazz I 2016-2017
Mount Si Jazz I performs in NYC at Essentially Ellington 2016
Mount Si at Essentially Ellington 2015
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What is Essentially Ellington?
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program (EE) is unique among educational resources for high school jazz bands. Each year Jazz at Lincoln Center transcribes, publishes, and distributes the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers along with additional educational materials to more than 3,300 high school bands in the U.S. and Canada and American schools abroad. All bands who receive the music are encouraged to submit a recording for the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival held annually in New York City at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Fifteen finalist bands are selected and during the three-day festival in May, they participate in workshops, rehearsals, and competition, performing in Rose Theater before a panel of judges.
Click here to go to the official Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington website
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program (EE) is unique among educational resources for high school jazz bands. Each year Jazz at Lincoln Center transcribes, publishes, and distributes the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers along with additional educational materials to more than 3,300 high school bands in the U.S. and Canada and American schools abroad. All bands who receive the music are encouraged to submit a recording for the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival held annually in New York City at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Fifteen finalist bands are selected and during the three-day festival in May, they participate in workshops, rehearsals, and competition, performing in Rose Theater before a panel of judges.
Click here to go to the official Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington website
THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY
FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!
FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!