2 courses with the subject DMJ, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DMJ 4700Doctoral Jazz Seminar
3 hrs weekly/3 credits per semester Students will be given background on the use of chromaticism in jazz up to the present day with an in-depth study of the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and other exponents of this harmonic idiom. References and study of some of the classical, 20th-century exponents of new harmonic techniques such as Bartok and Schoenberg will also be included. Various techniques of employing chromaticism in the jazz idiom will be presented and students will be required to write examples and compositions in the style. Improvising chromatically over standards and original compositions will also be required. C ourse De scrip tions 117
3 hrs weekly/3 credits/Spring semester Teaching proficiency related to the implementation of listening skills, improvisation, and rehearsal and directing techniques from beginning to advanced levels will be developed. Class discussion will include: who should teach jazz and why, the value of a degree in jazz, the state of music education in America, and judging a jazz festival. Hands-on training will be stressed by giving clinics and workshops through the Manhattan School of Music Precollege program as well as the Carnegie Hall and NARAS educational programs. The course’s pedagogical concept is unique in its sequential design that integrates the entire curriculum, its ability to train and empower teachers effectively to present and reinforce musical applications, and the program’s strong and affirming message that cements concepts through an array of interactive and musical experiences.
