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		MEET THE ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON CLINICIANS, TAPE SCREENERS, AND CONSULTANTS David Berger, Jazz composer, arranger and conductor David Berger is recognized internationally as a leading authority on the music of Duke Ellington and the swing era. Conductor and arranger for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra from 1988 through 1994, Mr. Berger has transcribed more than 700 full scores of classic recordings, including nearly 500 works by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. In 1996, Mr. Berger collaborated with choreographer Donald Byrd to create the Harlem Nutcracker, a full-length two-hour dance piece that expands on Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn score. A 15-piece band, known as "The Sultans of Swing," was assembled to play this show. This ensemble, which has stayed together and continues to play Mr. Berger's music for listeners and swing dancers all over the United States and Europe. Their third and most recent CD, Marlowe, has garnered excellent reviews and has enjoyed significant radio exposure since its release in October 2004. Mr. Berger has written music for television, Broadway shows, including Sophisticated Ladies; films, including The Cotton Club and Brighton Beach Memoirs; and dozens of singers, bands, orchestras and dance companies. David Berger's jazz compositions and arrangements and transcriptions are played by hundreds of bands every day all over the world. A seven-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Mr. Berger resides in New York City where he teaches at the Juilliard School. Mr. Berger has transcribed the majority of the Essentially Ellington charts, conducted workshops, and annually serves as a judge at the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival. Ronald Carter, one of the most versatile and sought-after clinicians in jazz education, is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University. In addition to serving ten years as jazz chairman for the Illinois Music Educators' Association, Mr. Carter has served as a guest conductor, artist, clinician, and adjudicator for numerous universities, colleges, and high schools. Among his honors and awards are Down Beat magazine's Jazz Educators' Hall of Fame, The Woody Herman Music Award, the 1991 Milken Foundation National Distinguished Educator Award, Southern Illinois University's Excellence in Teaching Award, and the St. Louis American Newspaper's Excellence in Teaching Award. Mr. Carter is an artist/clinician for Conn/Selmer, Inc. He has been involved with Essentially Ellington for seven years leading in-school workshops, judging entry tapes, serving as regional consultant and as the Director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy. Justin DiCioccio is internationally recognized as one of the foremost jazz educators of our time. He was inducted into the IAJE Jazz Education Hall of Fame in 2001, and his keen insight into the teaching of conceptual and inventive ideas has earned him the title of "the musician's teacher." His performances, guest conducting appearances, adjudications, jazz and percussion clinics and workshops are numerous and widely recognized in the professional and educational fields. Mr. DiCioccio is currently serves as Assistant Dean of Manhattan School of Music, where he chairs the school's jazz department. Mr. DiCioccio works actively in Manhattan School of Music's educational outreach program bringing jazz education to hundreds of New York City public school children. Mr. DiCioccio has designed, developed and directed the internationally known and award-winning LaGuardia High School of the Arts jazz program, the first fully accredited secondary jazz program in the United States. Mr. DiCioccio has been a consultant to Essentially Ellington since the inception of the program and regularly leads workshops and clinics for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Victor Goines, a reed player for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, was born and raised in New Orleans. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Loyola University (New Orleans), and his Master's of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mr. Goines serves as the Director of The Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies – a collaboration between Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Juilliard School – and serves as Education Consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has previously served on the music faculties of Florida A & M University, Xavier University, Loyola University, and The University of New Orleans. A member of the LCJO since 1993, Mr. Goines is also an acclaimed solo artist and leads his own quintet. He has made several recordings as a leader, including Sunrise to Midnight (2000), To Those We Love So Dearly (1999), Joe's Blues (1998) and Genesis (1992). He has performed and recorded with The Wynton Marsalis Septet, The Ellis Marsalis Quartet, The Wycliffe Gordon Quintet, Marcus Roberts and The Academy Of The Ascension, The Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra, Terence Blanchard, Ruth Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, and a host of other renowned musicians and ensembles in a wide variety of genres. Loren Schoenberg is Executive Director of The Jazz Museum in Harlem, a faculty member of The Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, and Program Director of Jazz Aspen Snowmass. Mr. Schoenberg has conducted the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) as well as The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and The American Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Schoenberg has played with Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Heath, Buck Clayton, the LCJO and was musical director for Bobby Short. He has also received Grammy awards for best album notes in 1994 and 2004. Mr. Schoenberg oversaw the Benny Goodman Archives at Yale University, where he produced a ten-CD release of previously unissued Goodman recordings. He frequently leads JALC educational programs, and annually serves as one of the screening judges for Essentially Ellington. Mr. Schoenberg has been published widely, and his book, The NPR Guide to Jazz (Berkley Publishing Group), was released in 2003. Terell Stafford has established himself as one of the most dynamic young trumpeters on the jazz scene today. Mr. Stafford has performed as an integral part of various jazz groups led by Cedar Walton, Herbie Mann, Kenny Barron, Matt Wilson, as well as with many of the New York-based big bands: Jon Faddis' Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Mingus Big Band, and the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. His albums as leader have been met with tremendous critical and popular acclaim including Centripedal Force (Candid), Fields of Gold (Nagel Heyer). His latest CD, New Beginnings, was released in June 2003 on the Max Jazz label. In addition to his work as a performer, Mr. Stafford maintains a high profile in jazz education. He is currently full-time Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, and on the faculty of the prestigious Vail Foundation in Colorado. He also appears as featured artist, soloist and lecturer at high schools and universities throughout the country. He has participated as a clinician and mentor for Essentially Ellington, and served on the Band Director Academy faculty for five years. Reggie Thomas is Professor of Music at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville where he teaches jazz education, jazz history, jazz theory and improvisation and directs combos, big band and the SIUE Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Thomas has served on the summer faculty of several jazz camps including the Birch Creek Music Center, Jim Widner camps, the Eastman School of Music Summer Jazz Camp, and at the Summer Jazz Academy in Chodziez, Poland. He is also an active clinician/adjudicator and has conducted clinics at colleges throughout the country including the Berklee School of Music, Cal-Arts, Purdue University, and at the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention. Mr. Thomas was the second place winner of the Second Biannual American Jazz Piano Competition (1994) in Indianapolis and has performed with several nationally known artists including Karrin Allison, Eddie Daniels, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, Eddie Harris, Jimmy Heath, Oliver Lake, Jackie McLean, David "Fathead" Newman, Nicholas Payton, Clark Terry, and Steve Turre and has recorded numerous albums with artists including Ahmaad Alaadeen, Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, Mike Vax, Clark Terry and his wife, Mardra Thomas. He has participated as a judge of entry tapes for Essentially Ellington and served on the Band Director Academy faculty for two years.		Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington 33 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 Email: ee@jalc.org Phone: (212) 258-9812 Fax: (212) 258-9900 For general inquiries about Jazz at Lincoln Center, please click here.