• The Jazz Studies program prepares students for a professional career in the recording industry, theatre orchestras, jazz groups and virtually all areas of the commercial music industry.
  • Students will concentrate on all aspects of jazz performance, composition, history, improvisation, and theory. Assignments will take them into the city’s professional recording studios where they will have the opportunity to meet and work with the best in the business.
  • Jazz studies majors perform in one of the large jazz bands and many combos. Our jazz ensembles have won national acclaim for their performances on campus, on tour and on recordings.