Training
•Bullet: Study jazz performance and composition with faculty such as Jose L. Encarnacion (Director of Jazz Studies) and Patricia Darling (director of the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble)
•Bullet: The B.M.A. curriculum pairs core jazz theory, improvisation, arranging, and applied jazz study with a secondary field of study (cognate), culminating in a junior half-recital and senior full recital
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble has earned 34 DownBeat Student Music Awards over the past four decades
•Bullet: Students perform in on- and off-campus jazz performances alongside classical and global ensembles
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: The Bachelor of Musical Arts pairs the jazz emphasis with a secondary field of study outside music, distinct from the single-degree Bachelor of Music in Composition or Performance with a jazz emphasis
