MUS 248 | Jazz Pedagogy

This class centers the study and practice of the fundamentals of jazz for the purpose of jazz instruction in K-12 classrooms. This course includes a lab portion in which students will practice jazz performance skills on their main and secondary instruments, study form and score analysis, arrange beginning level jazz tunes, observe public school jazz classes, and read and discuss issues in jazz education related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the jazz classroom. All students who play an instrument or sing can enroll; alternate assignments will be given to non-music education majors.