Gary Bartz Marcus Belgrave Peter Dominguez Robin Eubanks Bob Ferrazza Billy Hart Wendell Logan, Chair Dan Wall • Audition Requirements • Department Secretary • Oberlin Jazz Septet •Raising the Roof Even Higher • The Roof that Jazz is Raising: The Phyllis Litoff Building • Now Playing: Oberlin Music—the Conservatory's New Record Label • $5 Million Gift for New Jazz Building Believed Largest Ever in Support of Jazz Education • Chronicle-Telegram Coverage of the Litoff Building • Chronicle-Telegram Profile of Marcus Belgrave   • Trombone Professor Robin Eubanks Awarded Pair of Commissions • Listening Room: Robin Eubanks • Jazz Trumpet Professor Marcus Belgrave Honored with Benny Golson Jazz Master Award Legendary Brubeck Album Jazz at Oberlin was Recorded Fifty Years Ago—March 2, 1953		Jazz great Billy Hart offers a March 2000 percussion master class. He joined the faculty the following year. Photo by Joe McIntyre CURRICULA The Conservatory incorporated jazz into its curriculum in 1972 and began offering a major in jazz studies in 1989. The program prepares students for careers as professional jazz musicians and for advanced study in jazz. The jazz studies faculty includes composers and performers who maintain active jazz careers in addition to teaching lessons and classes and coaching ensembles. Oberlin's Jazz Faculty Octet was featured at the 1991 and 1996 International Association of Jazz Educators conferences held in Washington, D.C., and at the 1996 conference in Atlanta. Jazz Performance Major. During the first two years of study, jazz performance majors study concurrently with the jazz and the classical applied faculty. This dual approach provides a firm foundation, allows students to build on centuries of musical knowledge of their instruments, and exposes them to teaching methods and resources of different faculty members. During the third and fourth years, students concentrate on study with a specialist in the jazz idiom. Jazz performance majors participate in ensembles during all four years, and they perform in recitals during their junior and senior years. Beauty Surrounds Us, released on the Oberlin Music label The following instruments are offered as principal private study areas: saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, percussion, and double bass. Jazz Composition Major. Students admitted as jazz composition majors normally begin the sequence of courses in private composition in their first year of study, and they are expected to explore a variety of styles and idioms. Jazz composition study culminates with the public presentation of original works for jazz ensembles of various sizes. All majors complete courses in music theory and music history, as well as liberal arts courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. Jazz studies courses cover a wide range of topics, including jazz aural skills, jazz keyboard, jazz theory, basic arranging and composing techniques, improvisation, and the history of jazz. Majors also complete requirements in aural skills, sight singing, and piano proficiency. Andrea Lindborg '00, performing with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNTIES A number of jazz ensembles are formed each semester. In addition to the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble, there are several smaller groups ranging from trios to octets. Jazz studies majors may also be interested in the other student ensembles, including: Contemporary Music Ensemble Oberlin Percussion Group Mandinka Ensemble Javanese Gamelan Oberlin Orchestra Oberlin Chamber Orchestra Oberlin Wind Ensemble. Cyrus Chestnut offers a jazz master class GUEST ARTISTS Students also have the opportunity to learn from performances and residencies of leading jazz artists brought to campus by the Conservatory, the Concert Board, and the Assemblies Committee. Recent guests include: James Moody Muhal Richard Abrams bassist Rodney Whitaker trumpeter Marcus Belgrave violinist/composer Leroy Jenkins trombonist Robin Eubanks drummer Dennis Macrel Joshua Redman Quartet