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) - 6 or 8 credits

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

Jazz Studies Courses: Classroom

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
• JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard
• JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory
• JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory
• JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
• JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
• JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music I
• JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music II

Jazz Studies Courses: Ensembles

• JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble-Large Group
• JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble-Small Group

Jazz Studies Courses: Composition

Principal Private Jazz Composition Study - 6 or 8 credits
Prospective students will be requested to submit scores for review by the Jazz Studies faculty before being admitted to Principal Private Jazz Composition Study.

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