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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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. -
Fri31Jan2020
University of Manitoba Master Class
Desautels Faculty of Music, 136 Dafoe Road W., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, Phone: 204-474-9310
Earl has been invited to give a presentation regarding his latest compositional and arranging projects. In conjunction with this presentation, he will perform with Professors Karly Epp and Karl Kohut. -
Sun09Feb2020
St. Paul's Church
10:30AM156 River Road, Willington, CT 06279
On the second Sunday of each month, Earl plays a post-sermon reflection and joins in with the worship band at St. Paul’s Church.
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Wed12Feb2020
Manchester High School Jazz Festival
8AM - 8PMEarl will adjudicate approximately 15 high school bands, and administer post-performance clinics.
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Thu13Feb2020
SNOW DATE: Manchester High School Jazz Festival
8AM - 8PMEarl will adjudicate approximately 15 high school bands, and administer post-performance clinics.
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Sun16Feb2020
UConn Jazz Showcase
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking]
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Wed19Feb2020Thu20Feb2020
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Sun01Mar2020
Messenger Pigeons @ StoneRidge
2PMStoneRidge Senior Living Community
186 Jerry Browne Road
Mystic, Connecticut
The Messenger Pigeons is a jazz combo comprised of middle school and high school-aged students. Most of the band members met while participating in the Eastern Region Middle School Jazz Ensemble in 2018. The group is co-led by two of the band members’ fathers, Earl MacDonald and Louis Hanzlik. The band rehearses together twice per month at UConn.
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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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Sun08Mar2020
St. Paul's Church
10:30AM156 River Road, Willington, CT 06279
On the second Sunday of each month, Earl plays a post-sermon reflection and joins in with the worship band at St. Paul’s Church.
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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.
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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. -
Fri27Mar2020
Guardians Big Band @ Waterford HS Jazz Festival
12pmWaterford High School,
15 Rope Ferry Rd.,
Waterford, CT 06385
Earl performs with the US Coast Guard’s Guardians Big Band while they search for a full-time pianist.
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Sat28Mar2020
Guardians Big Band @ Old Saybrook High School
6pm - 8pmOld Saybrook High School
1111 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT 06475Earl performs with the US Coast Guard’s Guardians Big Band while they search for a full-time pianist.
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Sun29Mar2020
Guardians Big Band @ Manchester High School
2 - 4 PMManchester High School
134 East Middle Turnpike
Manchester, CT 06040Earl performs with the US Coast Guard’s Guardians Big Band while they search for a full-time pianist.
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Thu02Apr2020
CMEA In-Service Conference
1 pm - 2pmConnecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd.
Hartford, CT 06103Connecticut Music Educator’s Association In-Service Conference
Presentation Topic: Small Group jazz Improvisation for Middle School StudentsThursday, April 2nd 1:00-2:00
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Sun05Apr2020
UConn Jazz Lab Band
5 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking] -
Thu09Apr2020
UConn Jazz Combos
8:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking] -
Sun12Apr2020
St. Paul's Church
10:30AM156 River Road, Willington, CT 06279
On the second Sunday of each month, Earl plays a post-sermon reflection and joins in with the worship band at St. Paul’s Church.
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Sun19Apr2020
UConn Jazz Ensemble
5:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking] -
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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Sun10May2020
St. Paul's Church
10:30AM156 River Road, Willington, CT 06279
On the second Sunday of each month, Earl plays a post-sermon reflection and joins in with the worship band at St. Paul’s Church.
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Mon13Jul2020Fri17Jul2020
Jazz In July
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
[directions and parking] -
Sun15Nov2020
UConn Jazz Lab Band
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking] -
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
[directions and parking] -
Sun28Mar2021
UConn Jazz Combos
3:00 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT
[directions and parking] -
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
[directions and parking]
