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 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 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
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
23 JazzArts Oregon @ Summit HS Jazz Festival | ALL DAY
25 UO Faculty Jazz Ensemble @ Jazz Station
30 Jazz Faculty/GE Staff Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
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
7 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
7 Small Group Rehearsals with Garrett Baxter | 2 – 4 pm | Room 184
7 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Garrett Baxter
8 Day of Improvisation – Eugene
11 Veteran’s Day – No Classes
16 Fall Concert of the UO Big Bands with Guest Artist | 3 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
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 OJE @ Portland Interscholastic League Jazz Festival | ALL DAY
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/Small Group Performances)
. OJE Performance – TBD
. Friday, Jan 16 – Sandine Ensemble @ UO Alumni Reception | 7 pm – 9 pm | Graduate Hotel
. Saturday, Jan 17 – JazzArts Oregon @ OMEA Banquet | 6 pm – 8 pm | Graduate Hotel
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 Mike Rodriguez | 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 | 7 pm – 8:30 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
11 OJE Performance | 7 pm | Clatskanie MS/HS
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
18 Large Jazz Ensembles Rehearsal with Guest Artist | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Room 184
19 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:50 am | Room 184
19 Guest Artist Masterclass | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Room 173
20 Guest Artist Masterclass | 10 am – 11:30 am | Room 184
20 Winter Concert of the UO Big Bands with Guest Artist | 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
30 Jazz Small Group Instructors Meeting | 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm | Room 219B
May
1 UO Small Jazz Ensembles | The Jazz Station | 5 pm, free | 7:30 pm with Honors Combos
4 Submission Deadline for the Wet Ink Concert
6-8 Guest Artist Residency
6 Evening Rehearsal with Big Bands
7. 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
7 1:30 pm – 2:20 pm – Masterclass
7. Evening Rehearsal with Small Groups | 7 pm – 9 pm
8 10 am – 11:50 am – Masterclass
8 Spring Concert of the UO Big Bands with Guest Artist | 7 pm | Beall Hall
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.