10 courses with the subject JAZZ, 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.
JAZZ 1570Jazz Ensemble/Jazz Vocal Ensemble2
For non-music majors. May be repeated for credit. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
An instrumental group comprising a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) and two to four horns. Repertoire will consist of mainstream jazz, contemporary jazz, and jazz-rock. Permission of the instructor is required. May be repeated for credit. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
MUSL 1010 , MUSL 1220 , MUSL 2210 , JAZZ 2250 . Theory and actual performance of improvised jazz solo with an emphasis on functional harmony, melodic patterns, modes, and special scales. This course is intended for both instrumentalists and vocalists. Permission of the instructor is required. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
MUSL 1220 , MUSL 2110 . A study of the basic elements of jazz harmony, including major and minor scales, modes, pentatonic scales, symmetrically altered scales, interval chords, thirteenth chords, polychords, and ear training. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
JAZZ 2250 with a grade of “C” or better. A continuation of JAZZ 2250 with special emphasis on five-part harmony, modal harmony, chords voiced in fourths, ear training, and analysis and transcription of jazz solos. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
JAZZ 2100 , JAZZ 2260 . A continuation of JAZZ 2100 with emphasis on advanced elements of jazz improvisation (modal harmony, polychords, mixed scales, symmetric and “synthetic” scales, non-functional harmony, and chromaticism). All of these elements will be studied in relationship to style, form, and analysis. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
JAZZ 4000History of Jazz3
A survey of the respective style-periods, performers, composers, and stylistic influences in the evolution of jazz. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
Writing jazz arrangements for various combinations of instruments and/or voice. Provision will be made for readings of arrangements by an appropriate ensemble. This course is open to music majors and other students with the permission of the instructor. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. The development of compositional techniques in the jazz idiom. Click here for the Fall 2026 Class Schedule
