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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Sun15Sep2024
Chris Beaudry Trio - Spring Hill Inn Jazz Brunch
10:30AM - 1:30PMThe Tavern at Spring Hill. Spring Hill Inn, 957 Storrs Rd, Mansfield, CT.
Call ☎️ 860-477-0239 to reserve your spot!Featuring Steve Bulmer on bass, Chris Beaudry on sax, and Earl on piano.
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Tue17Sep2024
Hartford Public Library presents "The Beat Concert" @ The Bushnell
6:30 - 9:30 PMThe Autorino Great Hall, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
The Hartford Public Library curates an annual streamable music playlist, “The Beat,” featuring a diverse range of artists. These selected artists are invited to perform at the Bushnell, each given a half-hour time slot to showcase their talents. Earl MacDonald will debut new music with his vocal chamber group, “Earl MacDonald’s Black Square Ensemble,” featuring vocalist Rod Nelman, cellist Sophie Shao, and percussionist Jonathan Barber. -
Sun22Sep2024
Colin Walters Quartet
4 - 6 PMBands On the Bluffs
Lordship Bluffs, 310 Park Blvd, Stratford, CT 06615Colin Walters – alto saxophone, Earl MacDonald – piano, Matt Dwonszyk – bass, Avery Gotschall – drums
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Sun20Oct2024
UConn Jazz Combos
3 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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Sun10Nov2024
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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Sun17Nov2024
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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Tue28Jan2025Wed29Jan2025
Myra Jazz Festival
Red River High School Performance Hall,
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. -
Fri07Feb2025
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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Sat15Mar2025
2025 Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival - Adjudicator
7:30 AM - 5:30 PMUniversity 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 2025 Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 15th, 2025. -
Sun13Apr2025
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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Tue22Apr2025
UConn Jazz Combos
8 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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Sun27Apr2025
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
