Training
•Certificate study covers jazz theory, performance technique, improvisation, jazz history, chord voicings, and chart reading
•Students trace jazz styles from blues and ragtime through modern repertoire while developing tone production, blending, and solo improvisation
•Laney’s jazz faculty combine professional performance experience with trained music education
Performance & Productions
•Jazz Combos place students in small groups performing standards and modern jazz
•Jazz Orchestra develops large-ensemble performance across traditional and contemporary big-band styles
Degree Flexibility
•The Jazz Certificate of Achievement can be earned alongside the Music AA or AA-T without duplicating coursework
