Training
•The five-unit Jazz Studies minor includes Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, Jazz Piano, and Jazz Theory, Harmony, and Arranging.
•Ensemble work comes through Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Lab Band, and combos, connecting historical and harmonic study with recurring performance.
Degree Flexibility
•The sequence is open to music majors and non-majors, with distinct requirement paths; courses used for the minor cannot also satisfy a music major.
Professional Development
•Illinois Wesleyan specifically identifies the jazz background as useful for music-education majors entering teaching searches.
