; Whereas one of the students of Dillard Center for the Arts, Summer Camargo, is an accomplished jazz composer, was selected as the winner of the 2018 Essentially Ellington Student Composition/Arranging Contest, and will have her composition recorded by the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra with legendary trumpeter and jazz composer Wynton Marsalis; Whereas the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band was selected as the first place winner of the Essentially Ellington contest by an esteemed panel of judges including Wynton Marsalis, Bill Charlap, Jeff Hamilton, Todd Williams, and Erica von Kleist; Whereas this esteemed panel recognized the efforts of the rhythm section and the trumpet section of the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band, as well as the musicianship of vocalist Nadia Nicole Bailey, trumpeter Summer Camargo, clarinetist and saxophonist Kieran Histman, percussionist Jamesly Jeanmary, and bassist Nolan Nwachukwu; Whereas, on May 12, 2018, the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band accepted the first place trophy, a $5,000 cash prize, and gave a performance onstage at the Lincoln Center; and Whereas this is the third time the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band won at the Essentially Ellington Competition, after having won in both 2011 and 2012: Now, therefore, be it