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Upcoming Events

Artist in Residence with the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band

Date: April 24, 2025

Location: Hamilton, ON

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Virginia MacDonald Trio and the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band featuring Virginia MacDonald

Date: April 25, 2025

Location: Hamilton, ON

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Michael Davidson – vibraphone
Dan Fortin – bass

Virginia MacDonald Masterclass

Date: April 26, 2025

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Long & McQuade, 925 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: May 3, 2025

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD

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Presented by Contemporary Arts Inc. as part of their “Afternoon of Artistic Excellence” series

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Michael Bowie – bass
Lee Pearson – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: May 3, 2025

Time: 8:00 pm

Location: Jazzway 6004, 6004 Hollins Avenue, Baltimore, MD

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Michael Bowie – bass
Lee Pearson – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: May 4, 2025

Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Tregaron Conservancy, 3100 Macomb Street Northwest, Washington, DC

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Steve Arnold – bass
Lee Pearson – drums

James Austin Jr. Quartet

Date: May 15, 2025

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Clement's Place, 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ

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Presented in association with NJPAC

Virginia MacDonald Quartet

Date: May 22, 2025

Time: Schicker Mocca Café Bar

Location: Grazer Straße 9, Kapfenberg, AT

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Hrvoje Kralj – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 23, 2025

Location: Hemingway Lounge, Uhlandstraße 26, Karlsruhe, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 24, 2025

Location: Birdland Jazz Club, Karlsplatz 52, Neuburg an der Donau, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 25, 2025

Location: Le Pirate, Ludwigsplatz 5/1, Rosenheim, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 27, 2025

Location: Keller Z87, Frankfurter Straße 87, Würzburg, DE

Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 28, 2025

Location: Jacques Pelzer Jazz Club, Boulevard Ernest Solvay 493, Liège, BE

Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 29, 2025

Location: Le Duc Des Lombards, 42 Rue des Lombards, Paris, FR

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 30, 2025

Location: Jazzbar Vogler, Rumfordstraße 17, Munich, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: May 31, 2025

Location: Zig Zag Jazz Club, Hauptstraße 89, Berlin, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: June 2, 2025

Location: Jazzland, Franz-Josefs-Kai 29, Vienna, AT

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: June 3, 2025

Location: Jazzland, Franz-Josefs-Kai 29, Vienna, AT

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: June 4, 2025

Location: Jazzland, Franz-Josefs-Kai 29, Vienna, AT

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: June 5, 2025

Location: Kultur-Stadl, Raiffeisenstraße 2, Vilgertshofen, DE

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Joe Magnarelli – Virginia MacDonald Quintet

Date: June 6, 2025

Location: Royal Garden Jazz Club, Bürgergasse 4, Graz, AT

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Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Oliver Kent – piano
Rudi Engel – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Date: June 9, 2025

Location: 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, NC

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Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Date: June 10, 2025

Location: 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, NC

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Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Date: June 11, 2025

Location: 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, NC

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Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Date: June 12, 2025

Location: 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, NC

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Brevard Music Center Jazz Institute

Date: June 13, 2025

Location: 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, NC

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Virginia MacDonald Quartet

Date: June 14, 2025

Location: The Jazz Room, 59 King Street North, Waterloo, ON

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Eric Liang – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Morgan Childs – drums

Canadian Jazz Collective

Date: June 25, 2025

Location: Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa, ON

Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Lorne Lofsky – guitar
Brian Dickinson – piano
Neil Swainson – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: July 8, 2025

Location: Smalls Jazz Club, 183 West 10th Street, New York, NY

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: July 9, 2025

Location: Black Squirrel Club, 1049 Sarah Street, Philadelphia, PA

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: July 10, 2025

Location: Arnold Sumpter Park, 240 Laurens Street, Baltimore, MD

Presented through the Bolton Hill Community Association’s “Arts in the Parks” Series

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: July 12, 2025

Location: Jazz Vivace, 975 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: July 13, 2025

Location: Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald Quartet

Date: July 24, 2025

Location: Jazz Hram, Tržaška Cesta 1, Postojna, SI

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Andrea Pozza – piano
Aldo Zunino – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Fulvio Albano Quintet

Date: July 25, 2025

Location: Torino Jazz Festival Piemonte, Racconigi, IT

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Fulvio Albano – saxophone
Andrea Pozza – piano
Aldo Zunino – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Fulvio Albano Quintet

Date: July 26, 2025

Location: Due Laghi Jazz Festival, Avigliana, IT

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Fulvio Albano – saxophone
Andrea Pozza – piano
Aldo Zunino – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

Kirk MacDonald Quintet

Date: August 5, 2025

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Trinity United Church, 284 Division Street, Cobourg, ON

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Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Terry Clarke – drums

Kirk MacDonald Quintet

Date: August 6, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

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Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Terry Clarke – drums

Kirk MacDonald Quintet

Date: August 7, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

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Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Terry Clarke – drums

Kirk MacDonald Quintet

Date: August 8, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

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Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Terry Clarke – drums

Kirk MacDonald Quintet

Date: August 9, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

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Kirk MacDonald – saxophone
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Bruce Barth – piano
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Terry Clarke – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Stephane Belmondo Quintet

Date: August 28, 2025

Location: Sunset Sunside, 60 Rue des Lombards, Paris, FR

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Virginia MacDonald – Stephane Belmondo Quintet

Date: August 29, 2025

Location: Sunset Sunside, 60 Rue des Lombards, Paris, FR

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Virginia MacDonald – Stephane Belmondo Quintet

Date: August 30, 2025

Location: Festival des Vents, Morières-lès-Avignon, FR

Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Stephane Belmondo – trumpet
Andrea Pozza – piano
Aldo Zunino – bass
Bernd Reiter – drums

David Occhipinti Camera Ensemble

Date: September 9, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

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David Occhipinti – guitar
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Aline Homzy – violin
Michael Davidson – vibraphone
Dan Fortin – bass

David Occhipinti Camera Ensemble

Date: September 10, 2025

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

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David Occhipinti – guitar
Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Aline Homzy – violin
Michael Davidson – vibraphone
Dan Fortin – bass

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: September 19, 2025

Location: An die Musik, 409 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: September 20, 2025

Location: The Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd Northwest, Washington, DC

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: September 21, 2025

Location: University of Lynchburg, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: September 24, 2025

Location: Barking Legs, 1307 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga, TN

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Todd Marcus Quintet

Date: September 26, 2025

Location: Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, VA

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Todd Marcus – bass clarinet
Tim Brey – piano
Blake Meister – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums

Virginia MacDonald Quartet

Date: September 28, 2025

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines, NC

Virginia MacDonald – Dan Nicholas Quartet

Date: October 3, 2025

Location: Greene Block + Studios, 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Dan Nicholas – guitar
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Charles Goold – drums

Virginia MacDonald – Dan Nicholas Quartet

Date: October 4, 2025

Location: Barncastle, 125 South Street, Blue Hill, ME

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Virginia MacDonald – clarinet
Dan Nicholas – guitar
Mark Lewandowski – bass
Charles Goold – drums