Events

This events calendar includes Earl’s upcoming performances, compositional debuts, recordings and educational activities. On mobile devices this calendar is best viewed horizontally.

Event Information

• Tue

  07

  Apr

  2026

  Jazz & Justice Suite: A Declaration in Seven Movements

  8PM

  von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
  General admission is $10.
  Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.

  Jazz & Justice Suite: A Declaration in Seven Movements is an original jazz suite composed and performed by UConn Jazz faculty. This powerful artistic statement explores human rights through music, with each movement inspired by an article from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and honoring a historical figure or movement.

  Through composition, narration, and improvisation, each piece interprets a specific human rights issue—from racial justice and political participation to gender equality, environmental advocacy, and the right to education. This suite responds musically to the call for justice, offering a deeply personal, expressive, and intellectually compelling experience.

  Performing musicians: Earl MacDonald – piano, Leala Cyr – voice, John Mastroianni – saxophones, Louis Hanzlik – trumpet, Evan Gray – trombone, Scott Sasanecki – guitar, Steven Bulmer – string bass, Jonathan Barber – drums.

  Emcee: James Waller, Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice Director, Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs Professor, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages