Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition And Festival

Competition Part I

The annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is one of the most innovative jazz education events in the world. Each year, high school musicians from across North America travel to New York City to spend three days immersed in workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals and competition performances at the "House of Swing." The three top placing bands will go on to perform with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in the final concert at Avery Fisher Hall.

Free tickets for competition Parts I, II and III, limit of 2 tickets per person per competition part, can be obtained at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, Broadway at 60th Street beginning April 25. Availability is limited. 

Location:Rose Theater