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FOUNDATION
NEWS
We are pleased to announce that Isabella du Graf, a high school senior from Roosevelt High in Seattle, is the winner of this year's "Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Vocalist Award", presented at the Essentially Ellington Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center in May of 2006. Ms. Du Graf is the sixth recipient of this special honor. For more information on this exciting event, please visit www.jalc.org.
NEWS
As we complete our second academic year of music scholarships at California State University, Long Beach, we are thrilled to share the good news that Ms. Amy Aguilera, one of the Ella Fitzgerald Music Scholars, has been chosen to be lead singer for The Blue Aces, the United States Air Force band. She was the top choice in their national search. While we will miss having Amy here in the Southern California area, we hope that music fans in Virginia and around the world will get the opportunity to hear her fabulous voice.
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, working
with the University of Virginia Health Care System, has made the lead gift
to establish diabetes care for refugees from hurricane Katrina
The University of Virginia will be establishing a
mobile medical clinic, and they estimate that 30-40%
of the refugees will suffer from Diabetes and its complications.
In memory of Miss Fitzgerald and her lifetime efforts
to help others, the Foundation has made the first monetary
gift to help UVA purchase and transport needed supplies
and medications. If you would like to help, please
contact the Foundation or Dr. Jerry Nadler at www.virginia.edu.
FEATURED GRANT OF THE MONTH
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2006
The Duke Ellington School for the Arts
Washington, DC
In 2005, we partnered with the Ellington School to provide lessons and classes in Vocal Jazz. Now that we are beginning our second academic year with this fabulous Arts High School, we are very pleased with the progress the students have made. Many thanks to Ellen Coppley of the Ellington Fund for helping us set us this terrific program. For more information, please visit www.ellingtonschool.org.
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