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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Wed11Sep2019
w/ Doug Maher and Logan MacDonald
7:00 PMCafémantic, 948 Main St, Willimantic, CT 06226, USA (map)
Sunset Summer Series on the patio
Doug Maher - guitar, tenor sax
Logan MacDonald - trumpet
Earl MacDonald - keyboard, trumpetCome support Earl's son Logan in his gigging debut.
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Sun29Sep2019
UConn Jazz Showcase
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Gregg August, 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 2019-20 season will feature all of the student jazz groups performing one or two selections. Bon appétit!
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Sun29Sep2019
Messenger Pigeons - jazz combo performance
2:00 PMMansfield Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation. 100 Warren Circle, Storrs, CT.
The Messenger Pigeons is a jazz combo comprised of middle school and high school-aged students. It is co-led by Earl MacDonald, Louis Hanzlik and Mark McCormick. Most of the band members met while participating in the Eastern Region Middle School Jazz Ensemble in 2018.
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Sat26Oct2019
UConn Piano Day
9 AM - 5 PMUConn Music Building, 1295 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT
UConn Piano Day includes performances and workshops designed to benefit local piano teachers & students. https://music.uconn.edu/community/uconn-piano-day/ -
Sun27Oct2019
UConn Jazz Combos: Hipster Night
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]Gregg August, Doug Maher and John Mastroianni, directors
Don your beret, shades, scarf and zoot suit. The top three audience members wearing the jazziest outfits (selected by the band) win a free CD from one of our illustrious jazz faculty.
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Sun10Nov2019
UConn Jazz Ensemble
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]The 17-piece UConn Jazz Ensemble, joined by guest multi-instrumentalist Erica von Kleist, will celebrate and bring into focus the contributions women have made to the jazz idiom. The performance will showcase compositions by prominent contemporary jazz composers (who happen to be women) including Maria Schneider, Erica Seguine, Sherrie Maricle, Christine Jensen, Sara Jacovino, Miho Hazama, and Jen Allen.
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Sun17Nov2019
UConn Jazz Lab Band: Strange Brew
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]The Jazz Lab Band performs a distinctive blend of repertoire spanning works by the traditional big band icons to some of the leading contemporary writers for the modern jazz orchestra.
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Fri22Nov2019Fri29Nov2019
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Wed15Jan2020Sat18Jan2020
MMEA Central District Jazz Ensemble
Conducted by Earl MacDonald.
Rehearsals @ North Middlesex Regional High School, 19 Main St, Townsend, MA:- Wed., Jan. 15, 2020, 2pm – 9pm
- Fri., Jan. 17, 2020, 2pm – 9pm
Concert @ Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St, Worcester, MA:
- Sat., Jan. 18, 2020, 10am – 6pm
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Tue28Jan2020Wed29Jan2020
Myra Jazz Festival
Red River High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota
The Myra Jazz Festival has been running continuously for over 30 years. It is a two-day festival for middle school and high school jazz bands in the upper Red River Valley. In addition to adjudicating and presenting clinic sessions, Earl will perform as a featured guest artist with the Myra Big Band. The festival is free and open to the public on both days. -
Sun16Feb2020
UConn Jazz Showcase
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Fri06Mar2020
Darien High School Jazz Festival
4:00 PMDarien High School, Darien, CT
Darien High School will host its seventh annual Jazz Jamboree on March 1 at 4 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Twelve area high school ensembles will be competing. Admission is five dollars. UConn jazz professors Earl MacDonald and John Mastroianni will adjudicate.
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Fri13Mar2020
UConn High School Jazz Festival
9 AM - 5 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.
UConn Jazz Festival Faculty
Earl MacDonald, Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies, Director of UConn Jazz 10tet
John Mastroianni, Assistant Professor in Residence of Jazz Studies, Director of UConn Jazz Ensemble -
Thu19Mar2020Sat21Mar2020
Brandon Jazz Festival
Brandon University
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
The Brandon Jazz Festival is a showcase of young up-and-coming jazz musicians. Every year, talented musicians come to the Brandon Jazz Festival to perform and receive education from veteran jazz musicians from all over the world. -
Thu09Apr2020
UConn Jazz Combos
8:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sun19Apr2020
UConn Jazz Ensemble
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Sat02May2020
UConn Music: Spectrum Concert
8:00 PMJorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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