Training
•Bass is the primary applied area in West Chester’s BM in Jazz Performance.
•The curriculum combines jazz lessons with improvisation, jazz theory, arranging, history, aural activities and the shared Wells School musicianship core.
•Peter Paulsen brings a combined double-bass and jazz faculty specialty to the rhythm-section studio.
•ASC 197 Jazz Bass Class gives bassists a named instrument-specific course inside the jazz-performance plan.
Performance & Productions
•Jazz ensemble participation and recital attendance run through the degree, with advanced applied study and a capstone requirement.
Professional Development
•Coursework connects individual repertoire to combo and large-ensemble practice, written arranging and the analysis of jazz language.
