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 – Michael Raynor | 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 Michael Raynor | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
1 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Michael Raynor
6 OJE @ North Medford HS Jazz Festival } All Day
8 Guest Artist Masterclass – Matt Sazima | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
. Small Group Rehearsals with Matt Sazima | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Matt Sazima
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 Helen Sung | 10 am – 11:30 am | LCC
. Fri, Jan 24 – Concert with Helen Sung | 7:30 pm | LCC
. Sat, Jan 25 – Daytime Festival Performances | 8 am – 5 pm | UO
. Sat, Jan 25 – OJE & LCC Big Bands with Helen Sung | 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 Rafael Abdalla | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Rafael Abdalla
8 SOMD Admissions Day
9 Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 1 pm – 2:30 pm | The Jazz Station
21 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
. Small Group Rehearsals with Dan Balmer | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
. UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station
. 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Dan Balmer
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 – Stefon Harris
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 Stefon Harris
. 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
FALL 2025
September
21 New Jazz GE Meeting | 1 pm – 2 pm | Room 184
21 All Jazz GEs and Faculty Meeting | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
22-26 Week of Welcome
22 Graduating Student Advising Meetings with Paul Krueger | 9 am – 12 pm | Sign up for a time here | Room 256
22 Barrier Exams/Transfer Auditions/BM Degree Auditions, Jazz Theory Advisory Exams | 1 pm – 3:30 pm | Room 184
22 New Jazz Graduate Student Meeting | Mandatory | 4 pm | Room 184
23 SOMD Faculty Retreat
24 Graduating Student Advising Meetings with Paul Krueger | 9 am – 12 pm | Sign up for a time here | Room 256
24 Jazz Ensemble Piano Auditions | 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Room 184
24 Merker/Sandine Combo Scholarship Auditions | 2 pm – 4 pm | Room 184
25 Jazz Ensemble Saxophone Auditions | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
25 New Jazz Undergraduate Jazz Major Meeting | 2 pm – 3 pm | Room 184
25 Jazz Ensemble Trumpet Auditions | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Room 184
25 Jazz Ensemble Drum Set Auditions | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Room 184
26 Jazz Ensemble Bass Auditions | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
26 Jazz Ensemble Guitar Auditions | 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Room 184
26 Jazz Ensemble Trombone Auditions | 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Room 184
29 Fall Term Begins | Large and Small Jazz Ensemble Rehearsals Begin
October
2 Jazz Faculty/GE Staff Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
2 1st Jazz Masterclass | Mandatory | All Jazz Majors
5 Oregon Jazz Ensemble “Boot Camp” | 1 pm – 6 pm | Room 173
9 Jazz Faculty/GE Staff Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
10 Day of Improvisation – Portland
17 Oregon Jazz Ensemble | 7:30 pm – 10 pm | The Jazz Station
17 Recital/Lecture Proposals due for graduating students
19 Lab 2 & Lab 3 @ Jazz Station | 3 pm – 4:30 pm
31 MUJ 483/583 Advanced Jazz Arranging Big Band Reading Session | Room 173 | 12 pm – 2pm
31 Jeff Gardner – Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
31 Small Group Rehearsals with Jeff Gardner | 2 – 4 pm | Room 184
31 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Jeff Gardner
November
5 OJE @ North Medford Jazz Festival | ALL DAY
6 Jazz Faculty/GE Staff Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
7 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
7 Small Group Rehearsals with Guest Artist | 2 – 4 pm | Room 184
7 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest Artist
8 Day of Improvisation – Eugene
11 Veteran’s Day – No Classes
12 Large Jazz Ensembles Rehearsal with Guest Artist | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Room 184
13 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:50 am | Room 184
13 Guest Artist Masterclass | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Room 173
14 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
14 Fall Concert of the UO Big Bands with Guest Artist | 7 pm | Beall Hall
18 OJE @ West Linn HS Jazz Festival | 12 pm – 9: pm
20 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
20 UO Faculty Jazz Ensemble @ Jazz Station
24 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Large Jazz Ensembles | 12 pm – 1:50 pm | Room 173
27-28 Thanksgiving Break – No Classes
December
1 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 12 pm – 12:50 pm | Room 173
1 MUJ 483/583 Jazz Arrangers Big Band Reading Session | 1 pm – 2 pm | Room 173
2 Small Jazz Ensembles Concert | 5:30 pm | Room 184
3 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 12 pm – 12:50 pm | Room 173
3 MUJ 480/580 Jazz Arrangers Big Band Reading Session | 1 pm – 2 pm | Room 173
4 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
5 Jazz Pedagogy Rehearsals with Lab 2 & Lab 3 | 12 pm – 12:50 pm | Room 173
5 JazzArts Oregon & Honors Combos Concert/Live Recording Session | 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Room 190
6 Oregon Jazz Ensemble @ McKay HS Jazz Festival, Salem OR
8-12 Finals Week
8-9 Jazz Juries/Recital Hearings for Winter Term Recitals and CD Projects | Sign Up for a Time | Room 184
10 Recording Session Set-Up | 9 am – 12 pm | Room 184
10 Downbeat Magazine SMA Recording Sessions | 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Room 184
11-12 OJE Recording Session | Room 184
WINTER 2026
January
1 Auditions – Prescreening decisions due
5 Winter Term Begins
8 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
16-18 OMEA Conference | Eugene, OR (Hold Dates for OJE/JazzArts Oregon Performance)
19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Classes
22 Jazz Faculty & GE Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
23-24 Oregon Jazz Festival
. Friday, Jan 23 – Masterclass with Guest | 10 am – 11:30 am | Lane CC
. Friday, Jan 23 – Concert featuring Guest at Lane Community College | 6:00 pm | Ragozzino Hall | $15 general admission
. Saturday, Jan 24 – Daytime performances by participating school groups @ UO | 8 am – 5 pm | free admission
. Saturday, Jan 24 – The Oregon Jazz Ensemble and LCC Big Band | 5:30 pm | Beall Hall
. Saturday, Jan 24 – After Hours Session featuring OJF Clinicians | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm | The Jazz Station | $15 general admission
31 SOMD Admissions Day
February
1 Jazz Lab Band 2 & 3 | 3 pm – 4:30 pm | The Jazz Station
6 Guest Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
6 Combo Rehearsals with Guest Artist | 2 – 4 pm | Room 184
6 Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Guest
7 SOMD Admissions Day
11 OJE to Clatskanie MS/HS | ALL DAY
13 George Colligan – Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
13 Combo Rehearsals with George Colligan | 2 – 4 pm | Room 184
13 Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with George Colligan
TBD OJE Performance at Clatskanie Jazz Festival
20 Winter Concert of the UO Big Bands | 7 pm | Beall Hall
21 SOMD Admissions Day
26 Jazz Faculty Meeting | 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm | Room 219B
March
3-6 JazzArts Oregon Tour
6 JazzArts Oregon & Honors Combos Concert/Live Recording Session | 7:30 pm | Room 190
9 MUJ 484/584 Adv. Jazz Arrangers Big Band Reading Session | Room 173 | 1 pm – 2pm
10 Small Jazz Ensembles Concert | 5:30 pm | Room 184
11 MUJ 481/581 Jazz Arrangers Big Band Reading Session | Room 173 | 1 pm – 2pm
12 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
13 Jazz Arrangers Reading Session | Room 173 | 1 pm – 2 pm
16-20 Finals Week
16-17 Hearings for Spring Term Recitals/CD Projects & Technique Juries
18-19 Advising Meetings for students planning to graduate during 2026-27 Academic Year | Sign up for a time here | Room 256
23-27 Spring Break
SPRING 2026
March
30 Spring Term Begins
30 Big Band Charts for Spring Guest Artist in Residence are due
April
2 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
3 UO Jazz Faculty @ Jazz Station | 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
9 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
18 Oregon Jazz Ensemble | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, UO Small Jazz Groups, Free | 7:30 pm with OJE
21 OJE to Redmond HS District Jazz Festival | ALL Day
29 Guest Artist Residency begins
29 Evening Rehearsal with Big Bands
30 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
30 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm – Masterclass
30 Evening Rehearsal with Small Groups | 7 pm – 9 pm
May
1 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
1 Spring Concert of the UO Big Bands with Guest Artist | 7 pm | Beall Hall
4 Submission Deadline for the Wet Ink Concert
7 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
8 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Honors Combos
10 Jazz Recital Day (Hold)
16 UO Jazz Lab 2 and Jazz Lab 3 | 7:30 pm | The Jazz Station
17 Jazz Recital Day (Hold)
25 Memorial Day – no classes
28 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
29 Wet Ink (Jazz Composers/Arrangers Concert) | 7:30 pm | Room 190
31 Jazz Recital Day (Hold)
June
6 End of Year Party with UO and LCC Jazz Ensembles | 5 pm – 11 pm | The Jazz Station
7 Jazz Recital Day (Hold)
8-12 Finals Week
8-9 Jazz Barrier Exams/Juries | Room 184
10 Recording Set-Up & Sound Check | 9 am – 12 pm Room 184/Room 190
10 JazzArts Oregon Recording Sessions | 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Room 184/Room 190
11-12 OJE Recording Sessions | ALL DAY | Room 184/Room 190
15 UO 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.