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Essentially Ellington 2008

  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - First Place
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Second Place
  • Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI - Third Place
  • Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA - Honorable Mention
  • Pacific Crest Community School, Portland, OR - Co-winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
  • Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPagel, South Elgin, IL - Co-winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
Finalists
  • Agoura High School Jazz A, Agoura Hills, CA
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
  • Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
  • Champaign Central High School, Champaign, IL
  • DeKalb High School, DeKalb, IL
  • Medfield High School, Medfield, MA
  • River East Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
  • Stephen F. Austin High School, Austin, TX
  • South Whidbey High School, Langley, WA
  • Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, WA
  • Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI

Essentially Ellington 2007

  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - First Place
  • Agoura Hills High School (Studio Jazz Band), Agoura Hills, CA - Second Place
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Third Place
  • King Philip Regional High School, Wrentham, MA - Honorable Mention
  • Pacific Crest Community School, Portland, OR - Winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
Finalists
  • Agoura High School Jazz A, Agoura Hills, CA
  • Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
  • Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
  • River East Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
  • Grandview High School, Grandview, MO
  • Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, NY
  • Williamsville East High School, East Amherst, NY
  • Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, TX
  • Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
  • Mead High School, Spokane, WA
Essentially Ellington 2006
  • Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL - First Place
  • Battle Ground High School, Battle Ground, WA - Second Place
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Third Place
  • Agoura Hills High School, Agoura Hills, CA - Honorable Mention
  • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, Rochester, NY - Winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
Finalists
  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
  • Newport High School, Bellevue, WA
  • State College Area High School, State College, PA
  • Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS
  • Sioux City North High School, Sioux City, IA
  • Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA
  • Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
  • Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
  • Lake Zurich High School, Lake Zurich, IL
  • Calabasas High School, Calabasas CA
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA
Essentially Ellington 2005
  • New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - First Place
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - Second Place
  • Mountlake Terrace High, Mountlake Terrace, WA - Third Place
  • Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA - Honorable Mention
  • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, Rochester, NY - Winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
Finalists
  • Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, CA
  • Arts and Communications Magnet Academy, Beaverton, OR
  • Champaign Central High School, Champaign, IL
  • Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI
  • F. H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & the Performing Arts, New York, NY
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
  • Medfield High School, Medfield, MA
  • Plano High School, Plano, TX
  • Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
Essentially Ellington 2004
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - First Place
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Second Place
  • Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI - Third Place
  • New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Honorable Mention
  • The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA - Honorable Mention
  • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, Rochester, NY - Winner of Conglomerate Band Workshop
Finalists
  • Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, CA
  • Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
  • Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
  • Honeoye Falls - Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, NY
  • Mead High School, Spokane, WA
  • River East Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA
  • St. Charles North High School, St. Charles, IL
  • Temple High School, Temple, TX
  • Westerville South High School, Westerville, OH
Essentially Ellington 2003
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - First Place
  • New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Second Place
  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA - Third Place
  • SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble, San Francisco, CA - Honorable Mention
  • 315 All-Stars, Greater Syracuse, NY - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Calabasas High School, Calabasas, CA
  • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, Rochester, NY
  • Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA
  • Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
  • Guilford High School, Guilford, CT
  • Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
  • Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
  • River East Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
  • St. Charles East High School, St. Charles, IL
Essentially Ellington 2002
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - First Place
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Second Place
  • New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Third Place
  • Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble I, Mountlake Terrace, WA - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • 315 All-Stars Greater Syracuse, Greater Syracuse, NY
  • Columbus Youth Jazz Ensemble, Columbus, OH
  • Connecticut Youth Jazz Ensemble, Middletown, CT
  • Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI
  • F. H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & the Performing Arts, New York, NY
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA
  • King Philip Regional High School, Wrentham, MA
  • Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
  • SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble, San Francisco, CA
  • Thornton Township High School, Harvey, IL
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
Essentially Ellington 2001
  • 315 All-Stars, Greater Syracuse, NY - First Place
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - Second Place
  • The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA - Third Place
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT - Honorable Mention
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Honorable Mention
  • Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage, Wheaton, IL - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Arundel High School, Odenton, MD
  • Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI
  • Kentlake High School, Kent, WA
  • Newport High School, Bellevue, WA
  • Pulaski High School, Pulaski, WI
  • Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, CA
  • Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS
  • Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA
  • Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI
Essentially Ellington 2000
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT - First Place
  • New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Second Place
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA - Third Place
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Honorable Mention
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Honorable Mention
  • LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts, New York, NY - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Barrington High School, Barrington, RI
  • Connecticut Youth Jazz Ensemble, Middletown, CT
  • Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, WA
  • Naperville North High School, Naperville, IL
  • Rochester Area Jazz Ensemble, Honeoye Falls, NY
  • Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA
  • St. Charles East High School, St. Charles, IL
  • Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI
  • The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
Essentially Ellington 1999
  • LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts, New York, NY - First Place
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT - Second Place
  • High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX - Third Place
  • Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa, FL - Honorable Mention
  • Garfield High School, Seattle, WA - Honorable Mention
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
  • Eau Claire Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI
  • Grissom High School, Huntsville, AL
  • Guilford High School, Guilford, CT
  • Honeoye Falls - Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, NY
  • Kentridge High School, Kent, WA
  • Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
  • Lincoln Southeast High School, Lincoln, NE
  • Penfield High School, Penfield, NY
  • Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA
  • State College Area High School, State College, PA
  • Southport High School, Indianapolis, IN
  • Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA
  • Williamsville East High School, East Amherst, NY
Essentially Ellington 1998
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT - First Place
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - Second Place
  • Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, WI - Third Place
  • Guilford High School, Guilford, CT - Honorable Mention
  • Lexington High School, Lexington, MA - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
  • Barrington High School, Barrington, RI
  • Chantilly High School, Dulles, VA
  • F. H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & the Performing Arts, New York, NY
  • Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School, Nashville, TN
  • Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
  • Penfield High School, Penfield, NY
  • St. Charles East High School, St. Charles, IL
  • State College Area High School, State College, PA
  • Upper Darby High School, Drexel Hill, PA
Essentially Ellington 1997
  • Foxboro High School, Foxboro, MA - First Place
  • LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts, New York, NY - Second Place
  • William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT - Third Place
  • Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, NY - Honorable Mention
  • Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills, PA - Honorable Mention
Finalists
  • Brentwood High School, Brentwood, NY
  • Chantilly High School, Dulles, VA
  • Guilford High School, Guilford, CT
  • McLean High School, Mc Lean, VA
  • Penfield High School, Penfield, NY
  • West Fairmont Senior High School, Fairmont, WV
  • West Genesee High School, Camillus, NY
Essentially Ellington 1996
  • LaGuardia High School for Music, Art and the Performing Arts, New York, NY - First Place
  • Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, NY - Second Place
  • Adlai Stevenson High School, Bronx, NY - Third Place
Finalists
  • Brentwood High School, Brentwood, NY
  • Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua, NY
  • Fieldston High School, Riverdale, NY
  • Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
  • Laurens Central School, Laurens, NY
  • Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY
  • Parsippany High School, Parsippany, NJ



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