OCSA Jazz Takes 1st Place at the 2026 Essentially Ellington Competition!

Congratulations to OCSA Jazz on an extraordinary first-place finish at the 2026 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival!

Congratulations to OCSA Jazz A on capturing 1st place at the 2026 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City!

This incredible achievement marks the program’s third championship in five years and its fifth consecutive finish in the top three.

OCSA Jazz A’s Essentially Ellington placements:

• 2026 — 1st Place

• 2025 — 3rd Place

• 2024 — 2nd Place

• 2023 — 1st Place

• 2022 — 1st Place

  
  

We are incredibly proud of our talented student musicians, Director Jason Anderson, and everyone who supports OCSA Jazz. Congratulations on this outstanding legacy of musical excellence!