(Also
see Contemporary Music)
The
following courses are offered for students interested in jazz
performing, arranging, composing, and African-American music,
as well as for students interested in a Jazz Studies major.
Also included is a related cross-listed course in the Department
of Musicology (MHST 290, 291) and African-American Studies (AAST
171, 172): Introduction to African-American Music (offered alternate
years).
100. Jazz Aural Skills 2 hours
Second
Semester. A one-semester course in aural perception devoted
to the study of rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, and forms idiomatic
to jazz, through sight singing, dictation, and programmed instruction.
May be taken concurrently with MUTH 101 (Aural Skills I). Consent
of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Mr.
Ferrazza
110. Jazz Keyboard 2 hours
Second
Semester. Designed for musicians whose major instrument
is other than piano. Content includes chord symbol interpretation,
cycles, sequences, turnarounds, and elementary improvisational
concepts. Prerequisite: piano proficiency, which may
be satisfied either by successful completion of two semesters
of APST 110-111 (Piano Class) or by audition for waiver. Consent
of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8.
Mr.
Wall
120, 121. Jazz Theory 3 hours
First
(120) and Second (121) Semester. Designed to acquaint students
with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of
improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common
chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution
and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture
and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development
of analytical and writing skills within the context of such
forms as the blues and song forms. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Mr.
Ferrazza
130, 131. Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques 2
hours
First
(130) and Second (131) Semester. Designed to develop writing
and arranging skills for various instrumental/vocal combinations.
The course will include jazz chord symbology and terminology
and basic voicings and scoring methods for brass, reeds, and
rhythm instruments. Not intended for Jazz Composition majors.
Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161. Prerequisites: MUTH 132.
JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr.
Logan
150, 151. Jazz Improvisation I, II 3 hours
First
(150) and Second (151) Semester. A course in the technique and
performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period
1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions,
aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies,
and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is
required. Prerequisites: proficiency on a musical instrument;
knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords.
Required ensemble affiliation. Consent of instructor required.
Admission by audition. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr.
Dominguez
250, 251. Advanced Jazz Improvisation III, IV 3 hours
First
(250) and Second (251) Semester. A continuation of concepts
introduced in JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation) and an introduction
to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a
pulse, panmeter, and polymeter. Prerequisites: JAZZ 150,
151 (Jazz Improvisation). Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Staff
290, 291. Introduction to African-American Music 3
hours
CD
Next
offered 2003-2004.
380. Special Topic: The Jazz Avant Garde 2-3 hours
First
Semester. A study of post-bebop projections in American
improvised music, beginning with the first sustained developments
and reactions to metrically and harmonically confined styles.
The course will focus on the philosophical bases of this music
(the so-called: "new thing," avant-garde jazz, "creative music,"
etc.), the emergence of new forms, musical content (and the
implications for newer improvisational resources and approaches),
the changed (and the changing) contexts in which this music
was/is performed, and important practitioners and their music.
Prerequisite: JAZZ 291. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr.
Logan
