{"id":208,"date":"2017-10-16T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T22:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-music\/macjazz\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:37:26","slug":"macjazz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/ensembles\/macjazz\/","title":{"rendered":"MacJazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/593\/2015\/12\/MacJazz2013.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Jazz\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/593\/2015\/12\/MacJazz2013.jpg 646w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/593\/2015\/12\/MacJazz2013-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MacJazz Director: \u00a0David Milne, Visiting Professor of Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous MacJazz Directors: \u00a0Joan Griffith, Carleton Macy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacJazz is Macalester College\u2019s 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).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Vocalists and additional instruments may also be possible, based upon an entrance audition and approval by the director.\u00a0 All students are welcome, so please inquire if you are interested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacJazz regularly performs several times each year on campus, as well as at select jazz venues,\u00a0jazz\u00a0festivals, and featured performances in the Minneapolis-St Paul region.\u00a0 MacJazz performs in concert with national, regional, and local professional jazz artists, including past\u00a0guest artists Maria Schneider, Uri Caine, Debbie Duncan, and Connie Evingson.\u00a0 MacJazz performs a diverse range of music, ranging from classics of earlier jazz eras\u00a0(e.g. Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane)\u00a0to exciting contemporary works by professional jazz composers, Macalester faculty, and Macalester students. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/about\/auditioninfo\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Audition Information\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 credit per semester,&nbsp;but only after two consecutive semesters of enrollment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study abroad does not count as an interruption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credits for ensembles do not count towards the College&#8217;s 18-credit limit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensemble credits count towards the Fine Arts requirement, but only if the student has registered for four semesters of the same ensemble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rehearsal Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mondays and Wednesdays<br>4:45\u20136:15 PM<br>Crawford Hall, M116<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>MacJazz performs every semester in concerts on campus, as well as yearly at the Twin Cities Small College Jazz Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact\u00a0David Milne at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dmilne@macalester.edu\">dmilne@macalester.edu<\/a>\u00a0for more information.\u00a0Please note that David Milne will have limited access to email during the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/593\/2011\/10\/justintime.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/593\/2011\/10\/cottontail.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MacJazz performs with Uri Caine. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2009\/02\/uri-caine\/\">Watch<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacJazz Director: \u00a0David Milne, Visiting Professor of Music Previous MacJazz Directors: \u00a0Joan Griffith, Carleton Macy MacJazz is Macalester College\u2019s 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).\u00a0 Instrumentation consists of traditional jazz ensemble instruments, i.e. saxophone\/woodwinds, trumpet\/flugelhorn, trombone, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":140,"parent":178,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3233,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/3233"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}