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Earl MacDonald
Director of Jazz Studies, University of Connecticut
pianist – composer - arranger - educator
EDUCATION:
- MASTER OF MUSIC, May 1995 (Jazz Studies)
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Studies with Kenny Barron, Ralph Bowen, Joanne Brackeen & Michael Phillip Mossman.
- BACHELOR OF MUSIC, June 1992 (Major in Jazz Performance, Distinction in Jazz Piano)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Studies with Luc Beaugrand, Jon Ballantyne, Kevin Dean, Fred Henke & André White.
PRIVATE STUDY / PERSONAL UPGRADING: (selected)
· BMI Jazz Composers’ Workshop, New York City (2006 - 07, 2003 – 04)
· jazz improvisation lessons with Charlie Banacos (2006)
· conducting courses with Dr. Jeffrey Renshaw at the University of Connecticut (2001 – 02)
· big band arranging lessons with Michael Abene, Paterson, NY (2001 – 2002, 1999)
· piano lessons with Fred Hersch (monthly), New York City (2001 – 2002)
· composition lessons with Michael Philip Mossman & Maria Schneider, NYC (1999)
· piano lessons with Kenny Werner (1998)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
09/2009 - present:
ASSOCIATE DEPARTMENT HEAD
Department of Music, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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- 09/2000 - present:
- DIRECTOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Department of Music, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - * tenure and promotion to Associate Professor granted in 2005.
- 08/98 - 06/2000:
- MUSICAL DIRECTOR, KEYBOARDIST, ARRANGER
Maynard Ferguson Music USA, Inc.
- 08/97 - 05/98:
- VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
- 09/96 - 05/97:
- SABBATICAL REPLACEMENT (full-time)
St. Françis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- 08/92 - present:
- FREELANCE MUSICIAN
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ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS, GRANTS: (selected)
· Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, 2009
· Finalist, ArtEZ Jazz Composition Contest, the Netherlands, 2008
· UConn Research Foundation Large Grant:
The Composition & Recording of Original Works for Jazz Orchestra, 2008
· Finalist, Charlie Parker / BMI Jazz Composition Award, 2007
· AAUP Excellence Award for Teaching Innovation, 2006
· “Best Jazz Group,” Hartford Advocate’s Reader’s Poll (the Earl MacDonald 6), 2004
· New Scholar Award, School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut, 2004
· Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 2003
· AAUP Excellence Award for Teaching Promise, 2003
· Sammy Nestico Award, for outstanding big band arrangement,
sponsored by the Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, 2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS:
- SOCAN / ASCAP
- MENC / Connecticut Music Educators Association
- College Music Society
- American Federation of Musicians, Local 190
- Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
- Kappa Kappa Psi (honorary member)
- Hartford Jazz Society
PROMINENT PERFORMANCE COLLEGUES:
John Allmark, Jerry Bergonzi, Ralph Bowen, Don Braden, Larry Coryell, Kevin Dean, Denis DiBlasio, Charles Fambrough, Hugh Fraser, Jerri Granelli, Tom Harrell, Steve Houghton, Ingrid Jensen, Kirk MacDonald, Joe Magnarelli, Michael Philip Mossman, Dick Oatts, P.J. Perry, Tim Ries, Dianne Schuur, Marvin Stamm, Kenny Wheeler, Phil Woods, and Dave Young.
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