This events calendar includes Earl’s upcoming performances, compositional debuts, recordings and educational activities. On mobile devices this calendar is best viewed horizontally.
Upcoming Gigs
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Sat21Oct2023
New London Big Band - Private Function
6:00 - 10:00 PMLake Waramaug Country Club, New Preston, CT
Led 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. -
Sun22Oct2023
UConn Jazz Combos
3:00 - 4:30 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.Steven Bulmer, director
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Wed25Oct2023
New London Big Band
6:30 - 9:00 PMThe Social Bar + Kitchen
208 Bank St., New London, CTLed 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. -
Sun12Nov2023
UConn Jazz Lab Band
3:00 - 4:30 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.Earl MacDonald, director
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Sun03Dec2023
UConn Jazz Ensemble
6 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.John Mastroianni, director
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Fri09Feb2024Sat10Feb2024
UConn High School Jazz Festival
9 AM - 6 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,
- 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.
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Wed14Feb2024Fri16Feb2024
Guest Artist - Marshall University Winter Jazz Festival
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
As guest artist 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).
The dates will be either Feb. 14 – 16, or Feb. 15 – 17, 2024. 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!Sun07Apr2024UConn Jazz Combos
3:00 - 4:30 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.Steven Bulmer, director
Sun14Apr2024UConn Jazz Lab Band
3:00 - 4:30 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.Earl MacDonald, director
Sun21Apr2024UConn Jazz Ensemble
6 PMvon der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT
General admission is $10.
Students, faculty, children and military members with ID are admitted free.John Mastroianni, director
