Jazz Studies Courses

Jazz Studies Courses: Private Study

Students may audition for secondary private study in jazz. Those qualified are placed on a faculty teaching schedule subject to the availability of space on that schedule. In some cases qualified students are assigned private secondary study with advanced students under the Supervised Student Teaching Program. Students may continue this study as long as they remain in good academic standing in the study, and as long as room on a teaching schedule is available.

Principal Private Applied Study (in piano, trumpet, bass, guitar, trombone, drums, saxophone) - 3 to 6 hours

Secondary Private Applied Study (in piano, trumpet, bass, guitar, trombone, drums, saxophone) - 2 hours

Jazz Studies Courses: Classroom

(Also see Contemporary Music)

The following courses are offered for students interested in jazz performing, arranging, composing, and African American music, as well as for students interested in a Jazz Studies major. Also included is a related cross-listed course in the Department of Musicology (MHST 290, 291) and African American Studies (AAST 171, 172): Introduction to African American Music (offered alternate years).

JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills Credits: 2 hours
JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard Credits: 2 hours
JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques Credits: 2 hours
JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques Credits: 2 hours
JAZZ 150 - Jazz Improvisation I Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 151 - Jazz Improvisation II Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 250 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation III Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 251 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation IV Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music Credits: 3 hours
JAZZ 380 - Special Topic: The Jazz Avant Garde Credits: 2 to 3 hours

Jazz Studies Courses: Ensembles

JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble—Large Group Credits: 1 hour
JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble—Small Group Credits: 1 hour

Jazz Studies Courses: Composition

Principal Private Jazz Composition Study - 4 hours
Prospective students will be requested to submit scores for review by the Jazz Studies faculty before being admitted to Principal Private Jazz Composition Study. Students who have been admitted as Jazz Composition Majors register for COMP 102 (A&B), 103 (A&B) in their first year and follow the normal sequence of jazz composition courses.

Secondary Private Jazz Composition Study - 2 hours
Secondary Private Jazz Composition Study is offered to qualified students subject to the availability of space on the schedule of the jazz composition instructor.