MacJazz
MacJazz Director: David Milne, Visiting Professor of Music
Previous MacJazz Directors: Joan Griffith, Carleton Macy
MacJazz is Macalester College’s large jazz ensemble, which performs and records jazz and contemporary music for an instrumental jazz ensemble consisting of approximately 17-25 musicians (depending on student enrollment). Instrumentation consists of traditional jazz ensemble instruments, i.e. saxophone/woodwinds, trumpet/flugelhorn, trombone, euphonium/tuba, guitar, piano, bass, drum set, pitched percussion and non-pitched percussion. Vocalists and additional instruments may also be possible, based upon an entrance audition and approval by the director. All students are welcome, so please inquire if you are interested!
MacJazz regularly performs several times each year on campus, as well as at select jazz venues, jazz festivals, and featured performances in the Minneapolis-St Paul region. MacJazz performs in concert with national, regional, and local professional jazz artists, including past guest artists Maria Schneider, Uri Caine, Debbie Duncan, and Connie Evingson. MacJazz performs a diverse range of music, ranging from classics of earlier jazz eras (e.g. Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane) to exciting contemporary works by professional jazz composers, Macalester faculty, and Macalester students.
Registration
Registration for ensembles is taken care of by the directors of the ensembles during the first week of classes. Be aware there is some lag time between when students turn in registration information to the director and when the class appears on records.
Course Credits
- 1 credit per semester, but only after two consecutive semesters of enrollment.
- Study abroad does not count as an interruption.
- Credits for ensembles do not count towards the College’s 18-credit limit.
- Ensemble credits count towards the Fine Arts requirement, but only if the student has registered for four semesters of the same ensemble.
Rehearsal Schedule
Mondays and Wednesdays
4:45–6:15 PM
Crawford Hall, M116
Performances
MacJazz performs every semester in concerts on campus, as well as yearly at the Twin Cities Small College Jazz Festival.
Contact
Contact David Milne at [email protected] for more information. Please note that David Milne will have limited access to email during the summer months.
LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC
MacJazz performs with Uri Caine. Watch