Training
•Bullet: Twenty-one-unit Jazz Studies minor serves experienced jazz players who want sustained study outside the major
•Bullet: Improvisation, theory, history, private lessons, and ensembles build a connected performance vocabulary
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students can participate in Thornton jazz groups while developing solo and collaborative fluency
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: The minor preserves a primary USC major while adding a rigorous jazz sequence
Program Recognition
•Bullet: Thornton was among the nation's first free-standing jazz departments and maintains instrumental and vocal ensembles
