Tenth Anniversary of Duke Ellington Youth Festival Anthology
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 2001 April 23
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content: Box 26, Folder 1
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: The Duke Ellington Youth Festival is an evening of performances and presentations in the visual arts by students from the Distinct of Columbia Public Schools as part of the Duke Ellington Youth Program. The Duke Ellington Youth Program was created in 1991 as an educational outreach program aimed at introducing students to the life and work of Duke Ellington using the resources of the Ellington Collection. The program aims to promote knowledge of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of music with consideration to the impact that his culture had on his work.  The curriculum of the program uses Ellington's music to study a variety of disciplines including music, art, English, social studies and foreign language. The Duke Ellington Youth Festival is a presentation of the projects that have been completed over the course of the Duke Ellington Youth Project. Program held on April 23, 2001 and included poetry and music performances. 

The participating schools were Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Lucy Moten Elementary School, Simon Elementary School, John O. Wilson Elementary School, Ronald H. Brown Middle School, W. Bruce Evans Middle School, Garnet-Patterson Middle School, Lemon G. Hine Junior High School, Stuart Hobson Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, J. Hayden Johnson Junior High School, Stephen E. Kramer Middle School, Macfarland Middle School, John Philip Sousa Middle School, Bell Multicultural High School, Paul Lawrence Dunbar Senior High School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, School Without Walls, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, and H.D. Woodson Senior High School.

Performances (listed in order of appearance)

Junior High and Middle School Band

Salute to the Duke, Duke Ellington (arranged by Michael Sweeny)
"Satin Doll"
"Mood Indigo"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
Richard Gill, Music Director

String Ensemble 

"Round Midnight" Cootie Williams and Thelonius Monk 
"Straight, No Chaser" Thelonius Monk
Eddie Drennnon, Music Director

Senior High School Band

"Boplicity" Miles Davis (arranged by Gil Evans)
Davey Yarborough playing Gerry Mulligan's baritone saxophone
"Prelude to a Kiss" Duke Ellington
Daniel Haedicke, guitar

The New Washingtonians/Duke Ellington School of the Arts

"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" Duke Ellington (David Berger)
"Pyramid" Duke Ellington (David Berger)
Davey Yarborough, Music Director

Junior High, Middle, and Elementary School Choir

"What a Wonderful World" George Weiss and Bob Thiele (In Memory of Louis Armstrong)
"Duke's Place" Duke Ellington, arranger
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)" Duke Ellington
Thomasena Allen, Music Director

Senior High School Choir

"Big Band Bash" (Jazz Medley) Mac Huff, arranger
"I Believe in God" from Gospel Mass 
Robert Ray
Samuel L.E. Bonds, Music Director

Tap Dance

"I Let a Song Out of My Heart" Duke Ellington
Maud Arnold, Dancer
Charles Augins, Instructor
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
 
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir

"Tribute to Broadway" Vince Evans, arr. 
Samuel L.E. Bonds, Music Director


Program number AC408.115.