Program: Jazz Studies, BM - The Juilliard School - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 07, 2025

College Catalog 2024-2025

Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree program is the principal undergraduate program in music, and nearly all of the undergraduate musicians are enrolled in it. It requires students to supplement their music studies with a prescribed number of courses in the Liberal Arts Department.

The B.M. degree program normally requires four years to complete. The minimum residency is two years for qualified and approved transfer students (three years for Voice majors). All requirements for the degree must be completed within seven years of a student’s original enrollment in the B.M. program. The curriculum outlines give the required distribution of credits for the B.M. degree.

First Year

JUILL 101 — Discover Juilliard 1 credit
Required of all first-year Dance, Drama, and Music students.
JUILL 102 — Essentials of Entrepreneurship in the Arts 1 credit
Required of all first-year Music students.

Major Studies

Instrument 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit

Performance Ensembles

PFENS 511J-512J — Juilliard Jazz Orchestra 1 credit per semester
PFENS 521J-522J — Jazz Ensemble 2 credits per semester

Music Departmental Studies

ETMUS 111-112 — Ear Training I 2 credits per semester
THMUS 111J — Jazz Theory I 3 credits
THMUS 211J — Jazz Theory II 3 credits
MHMUS 111J — Jazz History I 3 credits

Specialized Studies

JZMUS 500 — Creative Ideas 1 credit per semester **(See note below)
KSMUS 540J — Jazz Piano I for Non-Pianists 1 credit per semester *

Liberal Arts

LARTS 102 — College Writing 3 credits
LARTS 111 — Foundations of Knowledge 3 credits

Total Credits 1st Year: 37-41

Second Year

Major Studies

Instrument 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit

Performance Ensembles

PFENS 511J-512J — Juilliard Jazz Orchestra 1 credit per semester
PFENS 521J-522J — Jazz Ensemble 2 credits per semester

Music Departmental Studies

ETMUS 211-212 — Ear Training II 2 credits per semester
THMUS 311J — Jazz Theory III: Chromatic Harmony 3 credits
THMUS 411J — Jazz Theory IV: Form 3 credits
MHMUS 211J — Jazz History II 3 credits
MHMUS 311J — Jazz History III 3 credits

Specialized Studies

JZMUS 500 — Creative Ideas 1 credit per semester **(See note below)
KSMUS 542J — Jazz Piano II for Non-Pianists 1 credit per semester *
JZMUS 541-542 — Jazz Improvisation I and II 2 credits per semester

Liberal Arts

LARTS 112 — Society, Politics, and Culture 3 credits
Liberal Arts Elective (LARTS 000) 3 credits

Total Credits 2nd Year: 44-46

Third Year

Major Studies

Instrument 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit

Performance Ensembles

PFENS 511J-512J — Juilliard Jazz Orchestra 1 credit per semester
PFENS 521J-522J — Jazz Ensemble 2 credits per semester

Music Departmental Studies

JZMUS 411 — Introduction to Jazz Arranging and Orchestration 3 credits
JZMUS 412 — Jazz Arranging and Composition 3 credits
MHMUS 211 — From 1700 to 1850 3 credits
MHMUS 311 — From 1850 to the Present 3 credits

Specialized Studies

JZMUS 500 — Creative Ideas 1 credit per semester **(See note below)
JZMUS 510-510G — Jazz Business I 2 credits, 0 credit for Graduate students
JZMUS 511-511G — Jazz Business II 2 credits, 0 credit for Graduate students
JZMUS 321 — Jazz Seminar 1 credit

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Electives (LARTS 000-0) 6 credits

Total Credits 3rd Year: 40

Fourth Year

Major Studies

Instrument 10 credits
Graduation Jury 0 credit
Recital 1 credit

Performance Ensembles

PFENS 511J-512J — Juilliard Jazz Orchestra 1 credit per semester
PFENS 521J-522J — Jazz Ensemble 2 credits per semester

Music Departmental Studies

Music Elective 3 credits (as advised)

MHMUS 411J — Jazz History IV 3 credits

Specialized Studies

JZMUS 500 — Creative Ideas 1 credit per semester **(See note below)
JZMUS 421 — The Jazz Community Project 0 credit

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Electives (LARTS 000-0) 6 credits

Total Credits 4th Year: 31

TOTAL CREDITS: 154-158

Special Notes:

* 4 credits of Jazz Piano required of all non-keyboard majors.

Drummers and Saxophone students are required to take doubles classes (JZMUS 100R , JZMUS 200R ) in addition to major lessons.

Voice students are required to take Vocal Jazz Seminar (JZMUS 506-507 ).

**Creative Ideas (JZMUS 500). Undergraduate students are required to attend this course for 7 semesters for a total of 7 credits.