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