Training
•Bullet: Dan Gailey, Professor of Jazz and Director of Jazz Studies, directs Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Combo I; Matt Otto, Professor of Jazz Studies, and Brandon Draper, Associate Professor of the Practice, complete the jazz faculty
•Bullet: A Bachelor of Music concentration in KU's School of Music; a live audition is required for admission and for scholarship consideration
•Bullet: Curriculum includes arranging, improvisation, jazz history, jazz theory, and jazz pedagogy
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The program runs three large jazz ensembles and six jazz combos, open to all students regardless of major
•Bullet: KU Jazz Ensemble I was named co-winner of the best graduate college large jazz ensemble in the 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards
•Bullet: The KU Jazz Festival has hosted Dave Brubeck, Michael Brecker, and Wynton Marsalis, drawing more than 50 college, high school, and middle school ensembles each year
•Bullet: KU jazz students and groups have won 22 Down Beat Student Music Awards since 1992
Facilities
•Bullet: Murphy Hall houses Swarthout Recital Hall, the Gorton Music Library, the Robert Baustian Theatre, and the McCurdy Jazz Studio
•Bullet: Large ensembles perform at the 2,020-seat Lied Center of Kansas
