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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.

2024 Dates
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 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

Events - 2023

Nov 3, 6-10pm, The Old Goat, TRIO
Nov 11, 6-9pm, Slate-TC, SOLO
Nov 18, 6-10pm, Old Goat, TRIO
Dec 2, 5:30-8:30, Testa Rossa, DUO w/John Webber
Dec 9, 7:30-9:30, GRNOIR TRIO
Oct 1, 11am-2pm, The Old Goat, TRIO
Sept 30, 6-10pm, The Old Goat, TRIO
Sept 29, 7:30pm, Frauenthal Theater West MI Symph, Tribute to Aretha Sept 25-26, 5:30-8:30, The Old Goat, SOLO Sept 23, The Northport Union, 7-9:30pm, TRIO




Past Performances

One Trick Pony
RNoir Wine & Jazz Club 7pm ​​
Listening Room GR - Robin Connell Trio ​​

MICHIGAN – Concerts Include: ​​
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– Concerts Include:
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
Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Wichita Jazz Festival, KS
Tulsa Jazz Festival, OK
Northeastern Oklahoma University, OK
Western State College, Gunnison, CO
University of Southern Colorado, CO
Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
Garden City Community College, KS
Dodge City Community College, KS
Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS
Wichita Art Museum, 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]
Grand Junction HS, CO [composer]
Montrose HS, CO [guest artist]
International Association of Jazz Educator Conferences [Presenter]

Clubs & Private Events Include:


The Rainbow Room, NYCWaldorf-Astoria, NYC
Jerome Hotel, Aspen, CO
Eddie V’s, Troy, MIMoriarty’s Pub Lansing, MI
Bella Fortuna, Lake Leelanau, MI
Sandhill Crane Vineyard, Jackson, MI
SpeakEZ, City Flats, Amway Grand Hotel,
One Trick Pony, Kent Country Club


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