Music BM (Jazz Studies)

The Bachelor of Music with a concentration in performance/jazz studies will teach you how to develop the skills, concepts and sensitivities that are essential to being a professional musician. Included are courses in music theory, aural skills, music history, conducting and applied study in your principal performing medium. The Jazz Studies curriculum annually affords some 60 students avenues for pursuing jazz and classical studies, including more than a dozen faculty covering all the traditional jazz instruments.

You’ll be taught by faculty who are leaders in their fields, and have regular access to acclaimed visiting artists who come here for concerts, masterclasses and clinics.

The Department of Music also offers a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in music education for students who wish to teach music. 

Some classes you might take in this major:

• Introduction to World Musical Styles
• Survey of the Music Industry
• Conducting
• Jazz Theory
• Jazz Arranging

Our alumni are:

• Solo and orchestral performers
• Composers and arrangers
• Band, orchestra and choir directors
• Music entrepreneurs
• Performing arts administrators