Jazz at Lincoln Center released the finalists for the 2015 Essentially Ellington concert and three local schools again made the list.
AGOURA HIGH SCHOOL (AGOURA HILLS, CA)
AMERICAN MUSIC PROGRAM (PORTLAND, OR)
BELOIT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL (BELOIT, WI)
COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM (CORAL GABLES, FL)
DILLARD CENTER FOR THE ARTS (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL)
FOXBORO HIGH SCHOOL (FOXBORO, MA)
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (SEATTLE, WA)
LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (LEXINGTON, MA)
LYONS HIGH SCHOOL (LAGRANGE, IL)
MOUNT SI HIGH SCHOOL (SNOQUALMIE, WA)
NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (MIAMI, FL)
NEWARK ACADEMY (LIVINGSTON, NJ)
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL (SEATTLE, WA)
SUN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL (SUN PRAIRIE, WI)
TUCSON JAZZ INSTITUTE (TUCSON, AZ)
Essentially Ellington will take place May 7-9 in New York City.