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Jazz I going to NYC for Essentially Ellington 2025! 

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Join Us on Live Stream

Our performance will be streamed on JazzLive 
​WATCH FREE ON JAZZ LIVE

Jazz I NYC Raffle List:

Drawing to be held at Jazz I Send-off Concert  (need not be present to win)
Items Include:
4 Tickets to Brewers vs Marlins July 27 w/Parking Voucher
Gift Basket with 2 Golf Rounds with Cart at Lake Windsor Country Club & $50 Gift Card

4 Tickets Madison Mallards

4 Tickets Madison Nightmares

4 Summerfest General Admission Tickets

Killer Mane gift card and pamper products

2 Tickets to the Madison Symphony’s Gershwin concert in May

Milwaukee Tool Jobsite radio with 4 pocket flood lights (retail value $400)

Elite Embroidery 20oz tumbler and an Elite Gift Card for $50.00

Lego Architecture New York Skyline

Gardening Basket from Klein's Floral and Gardening

Quilt 52" x 70" (generous lap size) "Carlos' Cats" value $200

Quilt 62"x76" (generous lap size) "North Street Cabaret" value $200

Quilted table runner with music notes, 13"x29", value $40

(5) Marcus Palace Cinema Associate passes worth approx. $15 each

Marcus Palace Cinema gift card, $25 value good for movies, concessions or bar

Hot Yoga gift certificate at Twist Grit

(1) Gift Card for a 1 hour session at Elements Massage

(10) Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Vouchers

Green Bay Packer Commemorative Football

Essentially Ellington Drawstring Bags (3)

Beans n Cream Gift Box

(4) $25 Buck and Honey’s Gift Card

(2) $50 TJ Maxx Gift Cards

Charcuterie Basket from Hyvee with $50 gift card (Valued at $250)

$50 Aveda Gift Card, Hand and Foot Lotion

Aveda Gift Certificate for Botanical Treatment and Blow Out. Aveda Product & Brush ($150 Value)

$100 Amazon Gift Card

Student Info & Downloads:

What To Wear/Packing List
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Congrats - SPHS Jazz 1 invited to Essentially Ellington 2025!

From Wynton Marsalis, Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center & Essentially Ellington:
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''Essentially Ellington shows off America’s young people at their best,'' Jazz at the Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis said in a statement. "High school students from across this nation have worked tirelessly on the highest quality of our orchestral music. They’ve met the challenge of mastering vocal effects on horns, of improvising fresh, new individual ideas, and of swinging, which means embracing and nurturing the common ground, and in these divisive times, it’s important to teach and celebrate our most scared values: freedom of speech, empathetic listening, and constructive engagement with others. These kids have a lot to teach us. I’m looking forward to hearing them play, and to being instructed and inspired by them.
"Duke Ellington envisioned the unlimited creative possibilities afforded to all of us by our way of life. This musician shared that vision and made it real. This is the banner under which we fight. It more enlightened and engaged America.''

Start spreading the news....Jazz I goes back to NYC for Essentially Ellington!

STAY CONNECTED!

To join in on the "EE" excitement, check out the following social media provided by Jazz at Lincoln Center. The entire weekend of EE events, including the final concert featuring the three top-placing bands and the JLCO, will be webcast live on jazz.org/live.

The Competition & Festival is the culmination of the annualEssentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program (EE), which also includes non-competitive regional festivals around the country, teaching resources, a summer Band Director Academy, newsletters, and more. The year-long Essentially Ellington program will have distributed 30,000 newly transcribed scores by the end of this school year. For more information including background, history, photos, and audio recordings of the Essentially Ellington2016 repertoire, and more, visit: jazz.org/ee

The Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival  is media-accessible via JALC social media on Facebook, Twitter @EssEllington, Instagram @jazzdotorg, and Tumblr. Students, viewers, and participators can share their thoughts and photos by using the hashtag #EE2025

BANDS:

  • Sun Prairie High School
  • Central Heights Middle School
  • Patrick Marsh Middle School
  • Prairie View Middle School

SUPPORT:

  • Sun Prairie Band Boosters
  • Bernie Powers Foundation
  • Sun Prairie Area School District


 Sun Prairie Bands
“Move beyond the notes to cultivate a life long passion and drive for creativity, curiosity, and community through a vision of students as accomplished learners and evolving musicians in pursuit of artistry”
  • HOME
  • Join Band!
  • High Schools
    • Sun Prairie High School
    • SPBB Lesson Academy
    • Concert Bands
    • Carnegie
    • John Philip Sousa Band Award History
  • Middle Schools
    • CHMS >
      • Central Heights Bands
      • CHMS Newsletters
      • CH Supplies
      • WMEA 2025
      • CHMS Jazz Bands
    • PMMS >
      • Patrick Marsh Bands
      • Percussion Page
    • PVMS >
      • Prairie View Bands
      • Prairie View 7th - 8th Grade Jazz Band
      • PVMS Band Newsletters
      • Practice Tools
    • Sun Prairie Honors Band
    • SPBB Lesson Academy >
      • Lesson Academy Teachers
  • Jazz
    • EE 25
    • About Us
    • Jazz News
    • Sun Prairie JazzFest
    • Big Band Dance
    • Essentially Ellington History
  • SOSP
    • Sound of Sun Prairie
    • SOSP Volunteers
    • What Sound Means to Me
    • Sound of Sun Prairie Photos
    • Join SOSP!
  • Band Boosters
    • Committees & Board
    • SPBB Fundraisers >
      • Taste of Madison
      • Bucky Books
      • Fall Fruit Sale
      • Fish Fry
    • Fundraising FAQ's
    • Presto (formerly Charms)
    • Past Presidents
  • BPBF
    • Bernie Powers Band Foundation
    • About Us
    • Goals
    • Donate
  • Solo & Ens