Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog (revised) 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog (revised) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MUS 635 - Jazz Music


An exploration of major historical styles, significant musicians, and select aesthetic issues in jazz from its origins to the twenty-first century. Through analyses of recordings, excerpts from historical films, solo transcriptions, and reading and writing assignments, the course will examine various strategies of listening to, discussing, analyzing, and teaching jazz music. As part of the course, students complete an independent project in which they will demonstrate an application of concepts learned in the course to their professional field. 

Credits: 3



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