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Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies
Entrance to the curriculum only by permission of department chairperson.

All jazz studies majors are required to meet the core curriculum 
requirements of the music school and the following:

Major Ensemble X040 University Instrumental Ensembles: (2 cr.) required every fall semester, spring semester, and second summer session in which student is registered for any course, music or non-music.

 

Chamber Music
 
Ensemble
(Jazz Combo) F450 Chamber Music Coaching (1-1 cr.).

 

 

Performance
 
Study
Minimum of 3 credit hours each semester until senior recital is passed (students who have completed 24 credit hours and the senior recital may reduce credit for 2 credit hours). Entrance audition, freshman jury, upper-division examination, senior recital.

 

Other Music
 
Courses
27 credit hours total.
21 credit hours selected from:

E458 Pedagogy of Jazz (2 cr.)
F201 Jazz Piano Class (1 cr.)
F316 Jazz Arranging I (3 cr.)
F317 Jazz Arranging II (3 cr.)
F318 Styles and Analysis of Jazz (2 cr.)
F321 Jazz Improvisation I (2 cr.)
F322 Jazz Improvisation II (2 cr.)
M393 History of Jazz (3 cr)
M395 Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music (3 cr.)
 


   

 



 

Master of Music in Jazz Studies
Prerequisite: Bachelor of Music or its demonstrated equivalent.
Admissions:  Audition.  Proficiency equivalent to the bachelor's degree at Indiana University.

All jazz studies majors at the graduate level are required to meet the core curriculum 
requirements of the music school and the following:

 

Course
Requirements

E570 Pedagogy of Jazz (3 cr.)
F550 Graduate Chamber Music Coaching (Jazz Combo) (1-1 cr.)
K512 Jazz Composition (3 cr.)
M582 The Bebop Era (3 cr.)
M584 Research in the History and Analysis of Jazz
M585 Seminar in the Literature of the Large Jazz Ensemble (3 cr.)
M586 Chamber Jazz: Literature and Performance (3 cr.)
I 711 Master's Recital (0 cr.)
             or
M599 Thesis in Jazz (3 cr.) - Students electing M599 Thesis in Jazz should
        obtain guidelines for format and style from the music graduate office.

 



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