Jazz Studies

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Faculty

Jazz Studies offers a Bachelor of Music  degree and a Diploma  for undergraduate students; a Master of Music  degree, Graduate Diploma , and Artist Diploma  for graduate-level students. All are pre-professional performance-based programs focusing on public performance for jazz orchestra and small ensemble. In addition to performances at Juilliard and Alice Tully Hall, the orchestra and small ensembles perform in New York City jazz clubs and on tour. Performances include collaborations with students from the Dance Division as well as with the Juilliard Orchestra. In addition to private lessons, the principal departmental studies include jazz history, improvisation, and composition and arranging. Individual students may also be required to enroll for jazz piano, ear training, and/or Music Theory and Analysis as advised. Jazz artists will be evaluated throughout their studies. The progress of each undergraduate student will be reviewed at the close of the second year by the faculty and administration of Jazz Studies to determine the suitability of continuing participation in the program for a third year. Graduate-level students will be reviewed at the close of the first year to determine the suitability of continuing for the second year.

NOTE: Important statistics and disclosure information on all non-degree diploma programs are available on the Juilliard Web site.

Jazz audition requirements are on our Web site: www.juilliard.edu/admissions.

Listen to Juilliard Jazz performances on our YouTube channel.

Courses

• BSJMU 000 — Jazz Bass
• DMJMU 000 — Jazz Drums
• FLJMU 000 — Jazz Flute
• GUJMU 000 — Jazz Guitar
• PNJMU 000 — Jazz Piano
• SXJMU 000 — Jazz Saxophone
• TBJMU 000 — Jazz Trombone
• TPJMU 000 — Jazz Trumpet
• VBJMU 000 — Jazz Vibraphone

• PFENS J511-2 — Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
• PFENS J521-2 — Jazz Ensemble

• JZMUS R001 — Doubles for Drummers
• JZMUS R002 — Doubles for Saxophones
• JZMUS 321 — Jazz Seminar
• JZMUS 411 — Introduction to Jazz Arranging and Orchestration
• JZMUS 412 — Jazz Arranging and Composition
• JZMUS 421 — The Jazz Community Project
• JZMUS 500 — Creative Ideas
• JZMUS 510 — Jazz Business I
• JZMUS 511 — Jazz Business II
• JZMUS 541-2 — Jazz Improvisation I, II
• JZMUS 543-4 — Advanced Jazz Improvisation
• KSMUS 540J — Jazz Piano I for Non-Pianists
• KSMUS 542J — Jazz Piano II for Non-Pianists
• MHMUS 111J — Jazz History I
• MHMUS 211J — Jazz History II
• MHMUS 311J — Jazz History III
• THMUS 111J — Jazz Theory I: Melody, Rhythm and Harmony
• THMUS 211J — Jazz Theory II: World Melody & Rhythm
• THMUS 311J — Jazz Theory III: Chromatic Harmony
• THMUS 411J — Jazz Theory IV: Form

• GRMUS J601 — The Origins of Jazz
• GRMUS J602 — The Swing Era
• GRMUS J611-2 — Advanced Jazz Composition and Arranging

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