Training
•Bullet: Study with Rachel Caswell, adjunct lecturer in jazz studies (voice), whose studio serves jazz voice majors, jazz instrumental majors, choral music education majors, and elective voice students; she holds an MM in Jazz Voice from New England Conservatory and a BM in Jazz Studies from Indiana University
•Bullet: Weekly private lesson with a faculty mentor, plus classes in jazz improvisation, arranging, harmony, history, and rhythm section methods; the degree totals 120 credit hours with 31 credit hours of jazz major courses
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Jazz voice majors take X70 University Choral Ensembles each fall and spring semester rather than the instrumental ensemble sequence
•Bullet: Jazz studies students are required to perform in an ensemble; the department is home to three big bands, the Latin Jazz Ensemble, and many combos
•Bullet: Degree includes O450 Jazz Chamber Ensemble, a senior recital, and an O460 Undergraduate Jazz Capstone and Portfolio
