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February 3, 2012, 11:oo am
North Bethesda, Md. - Strathmore Mansion (10701 Rockville Pike?)

Chris Vadala Trio - Ellington Standards
Discover Ellington festival
Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Maryland Chris Vadala is joined by former USAF Airmen of Note guitarist Rick Whitehead on guitar, and Landon School bass instructor John Previti on bass to perform instrumental Ellington standards and jazz standards by other notable composers
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February 13 2012 7:30 pm
North Bethesda, Md. - Strathmore Mansion (10701 Rockville Pike?), Shapiro Music Room
Discover Ellington - Jazz musician, historian and educator Rusty Hassan will demonstrate how blues, spirituals, work songs, ragtime and indeed, New Orleans “jazz” were incorporated into Ellington’s compositions. The film short Symphony In Black will be shown as a part of Mr. Hassan’s examination of the Duke’s music.
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February 16 2012 7:30 pm
North Bethesda, Md. - Strathmore Mansion (10701 Rockville Pike?)

Discover Ellington festival - pianist Robert Glasper's Mostly Ellington
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Friday, February 17 at 8pm
Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Ellington American Songbook

Tony winner Mitchell performs with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra as part of the Discover Ellington festival at the Music Center at Strathmore. The program will feature selections from the Ellington musicals Sophisticated Ladies, Play On and Queenie Pie.
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February 18 2012 5 pm
North Bethesda, Md. - Strathmore Mansion (10701 Rockville Pike?)
Discover Ellington festival - panel discussion with John Edward Hasse, Davey Yarborough, David Schiff, and Eliot Pfanstiehl


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Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 PM Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland
- Ellington: Duke Goes Latin

The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra's Big Band at the Discover Ellington festival
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Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:00 PM, Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland
Ellington: A Sacred Concert featuring the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Morgan State University Choir, and the Manzari Brothers

Discover Ellington festival -
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Monday, February 20, 2012, 11:00 AM, Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland
Discover Strathmore: Duke Ellington

Discover Ellington festival - a free, all-day celebration of live multi-media performances, participatory concerts and workshops
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Lexington,Ky - Feb 24 and later - 3 concerts
Lyric Theatre and the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra will present a three-concert series paying homage to Duke Ellington, starting with a show on February 24th and continuing in mid May and late September. 3 different shows featuring Ellington's works.


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Buffalo, May 12, 8pm and May 13 2:30 pm
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Duke Ellington Festival, performing The River and Black, Brown and Beige
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Woking (London), England May 23-27 2012

The 21st International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference

A reception on Wednesday evening followed by 4 days of papers and panel discussions during the days & evening concerts, ending with a banquet & concert Sunday evening.
New webpage added Ellington on the Web! The Duke's In Bed, The Ellingtonians, as encountered by Steve Voce
France - summer 2011 to spring 2012
Performance schedule for Laurent Mignard's Duke Orchestra
Latest edition
Sjef Hoefsmit's and Roger Boyes' International DEMS Bulletin on Peter McHare's Duke Ellington Panorama