This events calendar includes Earl’s upcoming performances, compositional debuts, recordings and educational activities. On mobile devices this calendar is best viewed horizontally.
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Mon20Jul2020Fri24Jul2020
UConn Pre-College Summer Jazz Camp - CANCELED
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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Mon20Jul2020Fri24Jul2020
Jazz In July - OFFERED ONLINE
Online!
Go to the Jazz-in-July website…jazzinjuly.com!
For the program schedule, fee structure and online application, faculty bios, and other announcements.
For more info, email jazzjuly@acad.umass.edu or call 413.545.4158 -
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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Fri05Feb2021
New album release date
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Sun21Feb2021
UConn Jazz Showcase
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
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Thu18Mar2021Sat20Mar2021
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. -
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
