Events

This calendar reflects Earl’s current public work, including select performances, premieres, recordings, and educational engagements.
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2026

• Thu

  15

  Jan

  2026

  US Coast Guard Band - "Jazz Day"

  12:30pm - 1pm

  Leamy Concert Hall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320

  Earl will appear as a guest artist with the Guardians Big Band for the U.S. Coast Guard’s “Jazz Day,” a special event that brings together school jazz bands for performances and educational workshops.

• Tue

  03

  Feb

  2026

  UConn Jazz Faculty Quartet

  7:30 PM

  Carmine's Bar • Grill • Stage
  389 Main St, East Hartford, CT 06118
  website: carmines389.com
  Phone: (860) 206-4580

  The UConn Jazz Faculty Quartet brings an evening of straight-ahead jazz to Carmine’s on Tuesday, February 3, from 7:30–8:45 PM. The group—John Mastroianni (alto sax), Earl MacDonald (piano), Steven Bulmer (bass), and Jonathan Barber (drums)—will then host a jam session, serving as the house band until 10:30 PM.

• Thu

  05

  Feb

  2026

  Fri

  06

  Feb

  2026

  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.