• Students will have the ability to apply concepts of 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords and chord/scale relationships to their instruments.
  • Students will be able to improvise at a beginning level to common basic forms in a commercial/jazz context.
  • Students will have the ability to correctly score a lead sheet out for two instruments and a rhythm section.
  • Students will learn transcription skills by transcribing a solo from an important jazz recording.
  • Students will have the ability to write in 4 parts for instruments or voices in a commercial/jazz context.
  • Students will be able to create interesting 5 part arrangements based on the 4 part examples.
  • Students will develop basic concepts of writing for the big band.