MED 635 - Jazz Music

An exploration of major historical styles, significant musicians, and select aesthetic issues 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 will be required to prepare a module for presentation on an assigned topic that will be adjusted to the level that the student is teaching in the elementary or secondary school system.

Credits: 3