Program Recognition
•Home of the nation's first degree in Jazz Studies — one of the most storied jazz programs in the country
•The One O'Clock Lab Band has earned multiple Grammy nominations
•Part of the largest public university music program in the United States
Training
•Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies (instrumental, arranging, or vocal emphasis)
•Audition on your principal jazz instrument or voice; jazz applicants do not perform a classical audition (except undergraduate jazz piano, which adds a diagnostic classical audition)
•Lab bands, combos, and a Living-Learning Community for jazz students on campus
Facilities
•Murchison Performing Arts Center, over 300 practice rooms, and one of the nation's largest music libraries