SPHS Jazz Band I

Sun Prairie High School Jazz I, under the direction of Steve Sveum (right — here from Monday’s New York City Sendoff Concert at the SPHS Performing Arts Center) is competing May 10-12 at the 23rd annual Essentially Ellington high school jazz band competition and festival in New York City.

Sun Prairie High School are among 15 finalist bands in New York City May 10-12 during Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 23rd annual Essentially Ellington high school jazz band competition and festival.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis will serve on a judging panel as more than 300 students from the top 15 high school jazz bands across the nation compete in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival — the largest gathering of high school age jazz musicians in America.

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