This events calendar includes Earl’s upcoming performances, compositional debuts, recordings and educational activities. On mobile devices this calendar is best viewed horizontally.
RSSUpcoming Gigs
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Thu09Apr2020
UConn Jazz Combos - CANCELED
8:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]
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Sun19Apr2020
UConn Jazz Ensemble - CANCELED
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sat25Apr2020
Durham Jazz Adjudication @ Boston Latin School - CANCELED
9AM - 1:30PMBoston Latin School
Boston, MAEarl will provide adjudications to 5 jazz groups visiting from Durham, Ontario (outside Toronto) – from middle school thru high school age levels. The event will take place at Boston Latin School, in Massachusetts.
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Sat02May2020
UConn Music: Spectrum Concert - CANCELED
8:00 PMJorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]
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Mon13Jul2020Fri17Jul2020
Jazz In July - CANCELED. [MAY BE OFFERED ONLINE]
UMass Amherst, Fine Arts Center
Questions?
Call: 413.545.3530
e-mail: jazzinjuly@acad.umass.edu
A typical day for participants usually goes like this:
9:00 a.m. Instrumental Combos/ Vocalists with Faculty Trio
11:30 a.m. Lunch/Practice time
1:00 p.m. Faculty Approaches to Improvisation
2:00 p.m. Jazz Forum: Putting it Together – Vocalists meet Instrumentalists
3:30 p.m. Vocalists with Faculty Trio/Applied Instrumental Clinics
4:30 p.m. Dinner
6:15 p.m. Vocalist Workshop/Big Band Rehearsal/Jam Sessions
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Mon20Jul2020Fri24Jul2020
UConn Pre-College Summer Jazz Camp
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
Improvisation on the Fly!
Would you like to take your jazz improvisation skills to the next level and return to your band program with more swagger and attitude? Learn the nuts and bolts of how to play a jazz solo. Be the star soloist that you always dreamed of being. Gain experience and confidence playing with others.
- Take command of your improvised solos!
- Fully equip yourself for a successful college jazz audition.
- Further expand your instrumental technical facility.
- Expand your knowledge of theory, harmony, and history all while building monster “chops.”
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Sun20Sep2020
UConn Jazz Showcase
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]Earl MacDonald, Doug Maher and John Mastroianni, directors
Try a little of this and a little of that at our jazz buffet. Experience a true cross-sampling of jazz styles and eras at a concert incorporating both big bands and combos. This premier performance of the 2020-21 season will feature all of the student jazz groups performing one or two selections. Bon appétit!
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Sun25Oct2020
UConn Jazz Combos
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun15Nov2020
UConn Jazz Lab Band
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun06Dec2020
UConn Jazz Ensemble
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]The 17-piece UConn Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Mastroianni.
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Fri05Feb2021Sat06Feb2021
UConn High School Jazz Festival
9 AM - 9 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]The annual UConn Jazz Festival is a non-competitive and educationally-rewarding experience that provides a forum for mutual support of each ensemble’s efforts while enhancing skills in the jazz idiom. Highlights of the festival include a twenty-minute performance time for each ensemble in von der Mehden Recital Hall, a twenty-minute personalized clinic by a UConn Jazz faculty member, instrument-specific master classes, and a mini-concert by the UConn Jazz Ensemble and UConn Jazz faculty.
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Sun21Feb2021
UConn Jazz Showcase
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun28Mar2021
UConn Jazz Combos
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun11Apr2021
UConn Jazz Lab Band
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun18Apr2021
UConn Jazz Ensemble
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Thu22Apr2021Sun25Apr2021
National Association for Music Education’s Eastern Division Conference and All Eastern Music Festival in Hartford
Connecticut Convention Center
National Association for Music Education’s Eastern Division Conference and All Eastern Music Festival in Hartford, April 22-25, 2021.
For more info visit: cmea.org
