MASTER OF MUSIC: Major in Jazz Pedagogy
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Students in the MM Jazz Pedagogy Program receive individualized instruction with our jazz faculty; outstanding performance opportunities; pedagogical coursework and teaching experience with big bands and combos; extensive training in skills including jazz composition, arranging and improvisation, and rhythm section instruments; and comprehensive knowledge of music theory and analysis, and music literature. Recent students in our program have been accepted to prestigious doctoral programs, have had compositions and arrangements premiered by professional performers in the US and abroad, been featured performers on recordings, and have become leaders in jazz performance and teaching in the state of Iowa and throughout the US and beyond.
HOW TO APPLY: Students interested in this program must submit a completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study and should refer to their MyUNIverse Student Center To-Do list or contact the School of Music for other application requirements. Graduate Information and application for graduate admission can be found at www.grad.uni.edu/admission.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
This major is offered on the thesis/recital option only, and requires a minimum of 36 semester hours. A minimum of 15 semester hours of 200/6000-level course work is required.
Only graduate courses (course numbers 5000 or above) will apply to a graduate degree, even if the undergraduate course number (4999 or less) is listed. No exceptions will be made.
Required | ||
Graduate Music Core: | ||
Music Theory: | ||
Analytical Techniques I | 3 | |
Analytical Techniques II | 3 | |
Music History and Musicology: | ||
Research and Writing in Music | 3 | |
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
Music History--Middle Ages and Renaissance | ||
Music History--Baroque | ||
Music History--Classic | ||
Music History--Romantic | ||
Music History--20th Century | ||
Specialization: | ||
Music Techniques: | 4 | |
Advanced Instrumental Jazz Improvisation ** | ||
Instrumental Jazz Improvisation - Theory | ||
Instrumental Jazz Improvisation I | ||
Instrumental Jazz Improvisation II | ||
Jazz Pedagogy | ||
Music Theory: | 5 | |
Jazz Arranging I | ||
Jazz Arranging II | ||
Jazz Composition Class | ||
Music, Organizations and Ensembles: * | 8 | |
Jazz Band (combos) | ||
Research: | ||
Research | 2 | |
Music electives: | ||
Select 5 hours of electives from the following: | 5 | |
Applied Music: | ||
Percussion | ||
Jazz Guitar | ||
Jazz Bass | ||
Jazz Piano | ||
Music Theory: | ||
Music and Technology | ||
Music History and Musicology: | ||
Jazz History and Styles (preferred) | ||
Recital: | ||
Graduate Recital | 0 | |
Total Hours | 36 | |
* | 2 hrs. in jazz ensembles participation required each semester of residence. |
** | Strongly recommended. |
Additional requirements:
- Jazz performance recital
- Recital abstract
- Jazz bass proficiency
- Jazz piano proficiency
- Jazz drum set proficiency