Events

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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Upcoming | Archive: 2024 2023 2022
  • Fri
    09
    Feb
    2024

    UConn High School Jazz Festival

    9 AM - 6 PM

    von 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,
    • a twenty-minute personalized clinic by a UConn Jazz faculty member,
    • beginning, intermediate, and advanced level improvisation master classes, and
    • a mini-concert by the UConn Jazz Ensemble and UConn Jazz faculty.
  • Wed
    14
    Feb
    2024
    Fri
    16
    Feb
    2024

    Guest Artist - Marshall University Winter Jazz Festival

    Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

    As guest artist/Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor in the Arts for the Marshall University Winter Jazz Festival, Earl will perform with the big band, give a small group concert, and a present two, hour-long clinics for the festival participants (high school/middle school bands/MU students).

    You can read about the festival here: https://www.marshall.edu/music/jazz/events/jazzfest/ It’s the 2nd oldest non-competitive collegiate jazz festival in the country…55 years and counting! 
  • Tue
    05
    Mar
    2024
    Fri
    08
    Mar
    2024

    Alberta International Band Festival

    the Polaris Centre For The Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Earl will adjudicate jazz bands at the AIBF Calgary Festival, and provide post-performance educational workshops, offering feedback to the student musicians. The Alberta International Band Festivals is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a performance platform for junior high/middle school, high school, and community bands. Organizers are committed to providing participants with a valuable and stimulating educational experience in a non-competitive atmosphere.
    web site: https://www.aibfestival.ca/

  • Sat
    16
    Mar
    2024

    2024 Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival - Adjudicator

    7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

    University of New Hampshire, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Music, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way Durham, NH 03824-2617


    Earl will serve as an adjudicator at the 2024 Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 16th, 2024. Guest artists include saxophonist Camille Thurman, and trumpeter Sean Jones.

  • Wed
    27
    Mar
    2024

    New London Big Band

    6:30 - 9:00 PM

    The Social Bar + Kitchen
    208 Bank St., New London, CT

    the New London Big Band logoLed by trombonist and composer Sean Nelson, the New London Big Band is a 17-piece jazz orchestra made up of the finest musicians in New England. The band plays a mix of classic jazz standards, upbeat dance tunes, and original music by band members, and regularly features instrumental and vocal soloists.

  • Thu
    04
    Apr
    2024
    Sat
    06
    Apr
    2024

    Connecticut Music Educators In-Service Conference

    The 77th Annual CMEA In-Service Conference will be held from April 4th to 6th, 2024 at the Connecticut Convention Center.

     

    CMEA logo

    Earl will present two workshops at the CMEA conference:

    Navigating Challenges in Jazz Band Direction: Insights from UConn Jazz Faculty
    Friday, April 5th, 11:30AM – 12:30PM
    Capitol Room 3

    Keys to Nurturing Jazz Piano Brilliance
    Saturday, April 6th, 9:10 – 10:10AM
    Capitol Room 1

    Stop by the UConn Music booth and say hello!

  • Wed
    10
    Apr
    2024

    College Showcase at Black Eyed Sally's

    7 - 10 PM

    The logo for Black-eyed Sally's, a restaurant and music venue in Hartford, CT

    Black-Eyed Sally's. 350 Asylum St., Hartford, CT, 860-278-7427.

    At the annual College Showcase event, student groups will perform from four neighboring jazz programs – UConn, Hartt, WCSU and URI.  Each group will perform a 1/2 hour set, followed by an open jam session where they come together in musical collaboration.

  • Sun
    14
    Apr
    2024

    UConn Jazz Lab Band

    3:00 - 4:30 PM

    von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT

    von der Mehren Recital Hall logoGeneral admission is $10.
    Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.

    Earl MacDonald, director

  • Sun
    21
    Apr
    2024

    UConn Jazz Ensemble

    6 PM

    von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT

    von der Mehren Recital Hall logoGeneral admission is $10.
    Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.

    John Mastroianni, director

  • Sun
    21
    Apr
    2024

    UConn Jazz Combos

    12 noon

    von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT

    von der Mehren Recital Hall logoGeneral admission is $10.
    Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.

    Steven Bulmer, director

  • Thu
    25
    Apr
    2024

    UConn Music "Spectrum Concert"

    8:00 - 9:30 PM

    Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Storrs, CT

    University of Connecticut logoschedule:
    6:00 – 7:30 pm: Reception, Jorgensen Lower Lobby
    8:00 pm: the Spectrum Concert, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
    *Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Box Office the evening of the performance.

  • Sat
    18
    May
    2024

    Private Event. Trio with Dave Daddario & Ken Kitchings

    12 noon - 3 PM

    Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut

    Private Event at the Old Lyme Inn

    Earl MacDonald – piano, Dave Daddario – string bass, and Ken Kitchings – drums 

  • Sun
    19
    May
    2024

    Sunday Brunch. Trio with Dave Daddario & Ken Kitchings

    10:30AM - 2 PM

    Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut

    Sunday Brunch at the Old Lyme Inn

    Earl MacDonald – piano, Dave Daddario – string bass, and Ken Kitchings – drums 

  • Fri
    14
    Jun
    2024

    Scott Keo - vocalist

    8PM

    Foxwoods Casino. Great Cedar Showroom.

    Vocalist Scott Keo, accompanied by a 10-piece band including John Mastroianni, Mike Leventhal, Renee McGee, Steve Bulmer, Tom Devino and others.

  • Mon
    08
    Jul
    2024
    Fri
    12
    Jul
    2024

    Jazz In July Summer Music Program

    Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


    Jazz In JulyJazz in July is a multi-generational jazz improvisation program with an impressive 40-year history. It is a concentrated two-week program where both vocal and instrumental musicians study jazz improvisation with some of the nation’s best jazz educators and artists.

    The 2-week in-person program will run July 8-19, 2024. Earl will teach during the first week: July 8-12.

  • Fri
    19
    Jul
    2024

    Jazz in July All-Stars Concert

    6 - 9PM

    Amherst Town Common, Amherst, Massachusetts

    Jazz In JulyThe Jazz-in-July All-Stars Concert is a round-robin style concert featuring collaborations between the nationally and internationally known Jazz in July faculty members.

     

    Although subject to change, the anticipated roster of performers includes:
     
    Vocals: Sheila Jordan, Dominique Eade, Catherine Jensen Hole
    Brass: Jeff Holmes, Steve Davis
    Saxophone: Bruce Diehl, Felipe Salles, Frank Newton
    Piano: Earl MacDonald, Luis Perdomo, Christian Sands, Lee Tomboulian, Stephen Page
    Bass: Fumi Tomita, Avery Sharpe, Genevieve Rose
    Guitar: Bob Ferrier
    Drums: Steve Johns, Winard Harper, Greg Caputo

    This concert is presented in cooperation with the Amherst Business Improvement District as part of their summer concert series.

  • Sat
    20
    Jul
    2024

    Dianne Mower

    6 - 8 PM

    Wind Hill Community Farm, 3006 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury, CT

    Logo for jazz vocalist, Dianne Mower.Dianne Mower – vocals, Earl MacDonald – piano, Lou Bocciarelli – string bass, Tom Devino – drums

    * Rain date: Sunday, July 21. 6 – 8PM

 

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