FALL 2024
September
22 New Jazz GE Meeting | 1 pm – 1:30 pm | Room 184
22 All Jazz GEs Meeting | 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Room 184
22 All Jazz GEs and Faculty Meeting | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Room 184
23-27 Week of Welcome
23 Advising Meetings with Paul Krueger | 9 am – 12 pm
. For students planning to graduate Spring 2024
. Sign up for a time here | Room 256
23 Barrier Exams/Transfer Auditions/BM Degree Auditions, and
. Jazz Theory Placement Exams | 1 pm – 3:30 pm | Room 184
23 New Jazz Graduate Student Meeting | Mandatory | 4 pm | Room 184
24 SOMD Faculty Retreat
25 Jazz Ensemble Saxophone Auditions | 9 am – 1:30 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
25 Jazz Ensemble Piano Auditions | 2:30 am – 5:00 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
25 Jazz Ensemble Drum Set Auditions | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
26 Jazz Ensemble Bass Auditions | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
26 Jazz Ensemble Trombone Auditions | 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
26 Jazz Ensemble Trumpet Auditions | 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
26 Merker Combo Scholarship Auditions | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
27 Advising Meetings with Paul Krueger | 9 am – 12 pm
. For students planning to graduate Spring 2024
. Sign up for a time here | Room 256
27 Jazz Ensemble Guitar Auditions | 1:30 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. Sign up for a time here
27 New Undergraduate Jazz Major Meeting | Mandatory | 11 am – 12 pm
. Room 184
29 Oregon Jazz Ensemble “Boot Camp” | 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Room 173
30 Start of Fall Term | Classes and rehearsals begin
October
3 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
3 1st Jazz Masterclass | Mandatory for all Jazz Majors
4 Photo Day for JazzArts Oregon & Oregon Jazz Ensemble
10 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
11 UO Day of Improvisation | West Linn HS
17 Oregon Jazz Ensemble | 7:30 pm – 10 pm | The Jazz Station
18 Recital & Lecture Proposals due for graduating students
25 Faculty Jazz Ensemble | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm | The Jazz Station
27 Lab Bands 2 & 3 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | The Jazz Station
31 Jazz GE Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
November
1 Guest Artist Masterclass – Guest TBD | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
1 MUJ 480/580/483/583 Jazz Arranging Big Band Reading Session
. 12 pm – 2 pm | Room 173
1 Small Group Rehearsals with Guest TBD | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
1 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest TBD
6 OJE @ North Medford HS Jazz Festival } All Day
8 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
. Small Group Rehearsals with Guest Artist | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest TBD
9 UO Day of Improvisation – Eugene
15 Fall Concert of the UO Large Jazz Ensembles
. 7 pm | Beall Hall
19 OJE @ West Linn Jazz HS Jazz Festival | 12 pm – 10 pm
25 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Large Jazz Ensembles | 12 pm – 2 pm
27 No Large Jazz Ensemble Rehearsals
28-29 No Classes – Thanksgiving Break
December
2 Jazz Arrangers Reading Session | 1 pm – 1:50 pm | Room 173
3 Small Jazz Ensembles Concert | 5:30 pm | Room 184
4 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 12 pm – 12:50 pm | Room 173
4 Advanced Jazz Arrangers Reading Session | 1 pm – 1:50 pm | Room 173
5 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
6 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 12 pm – 12:50 pm | Room 173
6 JazzArts Oregon & Honors Combos Concert/Live Recording Session
. 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Room 190
7 Oregon Jazz Ensemble @ McKay HS Jazz Festival, Salem, OR
9-13 Finals Week
9-10 Jazz Juries/Recital Hearings for Winter Term Recitals and Recording Projects
11 Recording Session Set-Up & Sound Check | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
12 OJE Recording Session | 9 am – 4:30 pm | Room 184
13 OJE Recording Session | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
WINTER 2025
January
1 Faculty Decisions are due for Graduate Prescreening Auditions
6 Winter Term Begins
9. Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
17-19 OMEA Conference | Eugene, OR
. (Hold dates for OJE/JazzArts Oregon performance)
20 No Classes – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
23 Jazz Faculty & GE Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
24-25 Oregon Jazz Festival
. Fri, Jan 24 – Masterclass with Guest Artist | 10 am – 11:30 am | LCC
. Fri, Jan 24 – Concert with Guest Artist | 6:00 pm | LCC
. Sat, Jan 25 – Daytime Festival Performances | 8 am – 5 pm | UO
. Sat, Jan 25 – OJE & LCC Big Bands with Guest Artist | 5:30 pm | UO
. Sat, Jan 25 – After Hours Jam Session | 8:00 pm | The Jazz Station
February
1 SOMD Admissions Day
6 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm
7 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
. Small Group Rehearsals with Guest Artist | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest Artist
8 SOMD Admissions Day
9 Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 3 pm – 4:30 pm | The Jazz Station
21 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
. Small Group Rehearsals with Guest Artist | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest Artist
22 SOMD Admissions Day
26 OJE & Latin Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal with Francisco Torres | 6 pm – 10 pm
27 Francisco Torres Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am
. Francisco Torres Trombone Masterclass | 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
. Francisco Torres Jazz Masterclass | 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm
. Francisco Torres & Latin Jazz Ensemble | The Jazz Station | 7:30 pm
28 Francisco Torres Masterclass | 10 am – 11:50 am
28 Winter Concert of the UO Large Jazz Ensembles with Francisco Torres | 7 pm | Beall Hall
March
4 Small Jazz Ensembles Concert | 5:30 pm | Room 184
6 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
10 Advanced Jazz Arrangers Reading Session | 1 pm – 1:50 pm | Room 184
11-13 JazzArts Oregon Tour
14 Jazz Arrangers Reading Session | 1 pm – 1:50 pm | Room 184
14 JazzArts Oregon & Honors Combos Concert/Live Recording Session
. 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Room 190
17-21 Finals Week
17-18 Hearings for Spring Term Recitals/CD Projects & Technique Juries
19 Advising Meetings with Paul Krueger
. For students planning to graduate Spring 2026
. Sign up for a time here | Room 256
24-31 Spring Break
SPRING 2025
March
31 Spring Term Begins
31 Arrangements for Spring Guest Artist in Residence are Due
April
3 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
10 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
19 Oregon Jazz Ensemble | 7:30 pm – 10 pm | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, small groups, free
22 OJE to Redmond HS District Jazz Festival
27 Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 3 pm – 4:30 pm | The Jazz Station
May
1 Submission Deadline for the Wet Ink Concert
7-9 Guest Artist Residency
7 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
. Evening Rehearsal with OJE
8 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
. 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm – Masterclass
. 7 pm – 9 pm | Evening Rehearsal with Small Groups
9 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass and/or Jam Session
. Spring Concert of the UO Large Jazz Ensembles with Guest Artist
. 7 pm | Beall Hall
15 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
16 Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm feat. JazzArts Oregon and Honors Combos
18 Jazz Recital Day
June
1 Jazz Recital Day
5 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
6 Wet Ink (Jazz Composers/Arrangers Concert) | 7:30 pm | Room 190
7 End of Year Blowout with UO and LCC Jazz Ensembles
. 5 pm – 11 pm | The Jazz Station
8 Jazz Recital Day
9-13 Finals Week
9-10 Jazz Barrier Exams & Juries | Room 184
11 Recording Set-Up & Sound Check | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
12-13 OJE Recording Sessions | All Day | Room 184
16 Commencement
Students, if you choose to add the google calendar below, please make sure you add both the student/faculty calendar AND the jazz events calendar when given the option.
Students, if you choose to add the google calendar above, please make sure you add both the student/faculty calendar AND the jazz events calendar when given the option.