Program Recognition
•Jazz Guitar develops improvising and collaborating musicians through the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies and the School of Music's small-ensemble culture.
Training
•Prepare contrasting jazz selections and a blues while building chord voicings, comping, soloing, reading, scales, ear training, jazz vocabulary, and stylistic fluency.
•Studio study connects private instruction with the listening, time, harmonic, and ensemble skills required for combo performance and creative collaboration.
Performance & Productions
•Jazz combos, studio classes, recitals, recordings, and collaborative performances create regular contexts for improvisation and ensemble communication.
Professional Development
•Graduates can pursue performance, teaching, arranging, recording, commercial music, arts leadership, and graduate study.
