MASTERS LEVEL JAZZ STUDIO INSTRUCTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Music: Performance MM or DMA Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate high technical proficiency of instrument performance Audience: Graduate 2. Show comprehensive competency and fluency in core improvisation, accompaniment, solo, and ensemble performance techniques commonly used in the jazz genre Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and deepen a personal artistic voice through critical engagement with the jazz idiom Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret and improvise jazz in a performance practice appropriate to the idiom Audience: Graduate 5. Develop a personal repertoire based on a thorough knowledge of composition and arranging techniques and familiarity with the standard jazz repertoire Audience: Graduate 6. Contextualize the performance of jazz and related musics in history and culture Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate high technical proficiency of instrument performance Audience: Graduate 2. Show comprehensive competency and fluency in core improvisation, accompaniment, solo, and ensemble performance techniques commonly used in the jazz genre Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and deepen a personal artistic voice through critical engagement with the jazz idiom Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret and improvise jazz in a performance practice appropriate to the idiom Audience: Graduate 5. Develop a personal repertoire based on a thorough knowledge of composition and arranging techniques and familiarity with the standard jazz repertoire Audience: Graduate 6. Contextualize the performance of jazz and related musics in history and culture Audience: Graduate