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Events - 2025


Solo piano every Mon/Tues at The Old Goat, 5:30-8:30pm

March 30, 11am-2pm, The Old Goat, TRIO [w/Denis Shebukhov & Eddie Eicher]
April 23, 10am, St Cecilia Music Center, w/James Sawyer Quintet [school shows]
April 29, 12pm, Park Congregational Church, w/Bruce Robey Quartet
May 3, 7:30pm, Robin Connell & Paul Brewer Septet, The Alluvion (Traverse City)
May 10, 6pm, St Cecilia Music Center, w/Mike & Edye Evans Hyde
Jan 12, 4:00pm, Robin Connell Quartet at First Presbyterian Church, Grand Haven (concert)

Events - 2024

Events take place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, unless otherwise indicated, and are open to the public. Private events (weddings, corporate events, private parties) are not listed.

Solo piano every Mon/Tues at The Old Goat, 5:30-8:30pm

Dec 14, 6-9:30pm, The Old Goat, TRIO [w/Carlo DeRosa & Eddie Eicher]
Dec 7, 6-9:30pm, The Old Goat, TRIO [w/Tom Knific & Eddie Eicher]
Dec 6, 7:30-9:30pm, GRNoir, w/Mary Rademacher, Elgin Vines, Yuriana Sobrino Garcia
Dec 1, 11am-2pm, The Old Goat, TRIO [w/Denis Shebukhov & Keith Hall]
October 20, 2pm, Moon Over Maclay (Tallahassee, FL), TRIO
Sept 1, 7:30pm concert fundraiser, Saugatuck Woman's Club, w/Jim Cooper Quintet
August 24, 7-9pm, Civic Center Amphitheater (Traverse City), QUINTET
Aug 10, 7:30-9:30pm, GRNoir, Trio w/Benny Brewer & Eddie Eicher
July 10, 7-9pm, Wenger Pavillion (Baldwin), QUINTET w/Paul Brewer
June 9, 11am-2pm, The Old Goat, TRIO w/Benny Brewer
June 7, 7:30-9:30pm, GRNOIR, TRIO w/Benny Brewer & Kevin Jones
May 3, 7:30pm, Robin Connell & Paul Brewer Septet, The Alluvion(Traverse City)
April 27, Thornapple Jazz Festival w/Beer City Saxes 2pm, Waldorf Upstairs
April 14, 6-9pm, SpeakEZ Sunday Jam w/Randy Marsh Trio
March 31, 6-9pm, SpeakEZ, Jam Session w/ Randy Marsh Trio
March 30, 11am-2pm, The Old Goat, TRIO [w/Denis Shebukhov & Eddie Eicher] March 24, 11am-2pm, Old Goat, TRIO
March 21, 12-3pm, school shows in Spring Lake, w/ Doc Sawyer Quartet
March 16, 7:30-9:30pm, GRNOIR, QUARTET
March 4, 5,11,12,18, 19, 25, 26, the Old Goat, SOLO
Feb 18, 6-9pm, SpeakEZ w/Randy Marsh TRIO
Feb 14, GRPS, St Cecilia Jazz Outreach concerts QUINTET
Feb 12,13,19, 20, 26, 27, 5:30-8:30pm, the Old Goat, SOLO
Feb 11, 11am-2pm, the Old Goat TRIO Feb 9, 6 - 10pm, the Old Goat, TRIO
Jan 21, 2pm, Saugatuck-Douglass Library w/Jim Cooper TRIO
Jan 6, 6-10pm, JWMarriott, TRIO





Past Performances


MICHIGAN: ​​
The Block, Muskegon ​​
Jazz in the Sanctuary ​​
Interlochen Arts Camp - Jazz Faculty Concerts ​​
Jazz at the Harris ​​
West Michigan Wine & Jazz Festival ​​
International Trumpet Guild Conference, w/Mark Inouye ​​
Midland Symphony Pops Orchestra, Midland, MI, w/Steve Lippia ​​
Traverse City Opera House ​​
Manitou Music Festival ​​
Meijer Gardens Summer Concerts ​​
Buttermilk Jambouree Music Festival ​​
Leelanau Uncaged, Northport ​​
Idlewild Music Festival ​​
Michigan Legacy ArtPark ​​
Shoreline Showcase, Manistee ​​

NEW YORK CITY:
The Rainbow Room
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The Public Theatre, NY, w/Allen Ginsburg
Symphony Space, NY
Riverside Church, NY, w/The Clown Conspiracy
Central Park Bandshell
BMI Jazz Composers Workshop



OTHER STATES & CANADA– Concerts Include:


World Clown Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia [composer/performer]
Massachusetts Music Educators Association Conference [All-State Jazz Conductor & Composer]
Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO [Honor Jazz Band Conductor]
Illinois State University [Composer]
Illinois Music Educator Association Conference [Composer]
Eastern Illinois University [Guest Artist]
Capital University, OH [clinician/adjudicator/performer]
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL, w/Steve Lippia
Wichita Jazz Festival, KS
Tulsa Jazz Festival, OK
Northeastern Oklahoma University, OK
Western State College, Gunnison, CO
Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
Garden City Community College, KS
Dodge City Community College, KS
Kansas Music Educator Association Conference [clinician/performer]
Tulsa Univerity, Tulsa, OK [clinician/performer]
Denver Museum of Natural History [composer/performer]
Tri-High Jazz Festival, Ft. Collins, CO [composer/conductor]
Greeley Jazz Festival [clinician/adjudicator/performer]
Muskegon HS [composer]
International Association of Jazz Educator Conferences [Presenter]



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