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Department of Ethnomusicology

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Undergraduate Program/Jazz Studies

 
 

Jazz Studies Concentration

(Effective Fall 2007)

   
     
       
 
Faculty
   
 

Kenny Burrell, Director, Jazz Studies
Justo Almario
George Bohanon
Clayton Cameron
Charley Harrison
Tamir Hendelman
Wolf Marshall
Roberto Miranda
Barbara Morrison
James Newton
Charles Owens
Ruth Price
Bobby Rodriguez
Michele Weir

Recital Guidelines    
   

 

 
   

GE Requirements

 

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Plan of Study
     
  Freshman Sample Plan of Study (pdf)    
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Capstone (final project requirement)
   
 

Students must fulfill a final project requirement (capstone) through the performance of a senior recital. Students must enroll in Ethnomusicology 186 (Senior Recital) during Spring quarter of their senior year. Students must pass a recital permission jury, presenting excerpts from their recital program in front of two faculty members, before they are allowed to stage their recital. (See the "Recital Guidelines" link above).

   
     
 
Degree Requirements
   
 

CORE COURSES
Lower Division Core Course Units (57)

Units

 
 

World Music Theory (10A/B/C)

15

 
 

World Music Systems and Structures (11A/B/C)

15

 
 

Musical Cultures of the World (20A/B/C)

15

 
 

World Music Performance Ensembles (91A-91Z) or
Private Instruction in Music (92)

12

 
       
 

Upper Division Core Course Units (4)

   
 

Study of Ethnomusicology (183)

4

 
       
 

TOTAL CORE COURSE UNITS

61

 
       
 

JAZZ STUDIES CONCENTRATION COURSES

 
 

African American Musical Heritage (CM110A and CM110B)

8

 
 

Ellingtonia (M111)

4

 
 

Development of Jazz (120A and 120B)

8

 
 

Jazz Keyboard Harmony (127A)

2

 
 

Jazz Theory and Improvisation (129A/B/C)

6

 
       
 

Six courses each in:

   
 

Instruction in Advanced Jazz Performance (171)

12

 
 

Jazz Combo (177)

12

 
       
 

Senior Recital or Project (186)

1

 
       
 

TOTAL CONCENTRATION COURSE UNITS

53

 
       
 

Elective: 1 course from General World Music emphasis

4

 
       
 

TOTAL UNITS FOR MAJOR

118

 
       
 

Minimum School of the Arts and Architecture Requirements
(Writing I and II, Foreign Language, Quantitative Reasoning, Diversity, GE, and 12 units of upper division non-major courses)

76-79

 
       
 

Minimum Number of units required for
Bachelor of Arts (Jazz Studies Concentration)

194

 
       
 
Jazz Ensembles and Combos
   
 

Jazz Ensembles: Ethnomusicology 91T, sections 1-3. Large group jazz ensembles that perform big band jazz repertoire. Emphasis on improvisational and solo performance skills in traditional big band, Latin jazz, and contemporary jazz genres.

Jazz Combos: Ethnomusicology 177, sections 1-7. Small group performance of various styles in groups of three to ten musicians. (For details click on Jazz Ensembles and Combos).

   
   
 
World Music Performance Ensembles
   
 

Ethnomusicology 91 A-Z and 161 A-Z. Students have the opportunity to participate in performing organizations representing some 10-12 traditions. These ensembles are taught by masters of each tradition, who are also usually natives of that tradition, giving the student a chance to understand the subtleties of pedagogical technique from someone who has spent a lifetime immersed in the music. (For details click on World Music Performance Ensembles).