This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.
The bachelor of music degree in jazz studies prepares the student with a broadbased music preparation and specialized course work leading to graduate studies in jazz or a career in jazz-related performing, arranging, or studio teaching.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 195. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Development of aural skills through melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193; concurrent enrollment in Music 196. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 193. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 195; concurrent enrollment in 194. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic and chromatic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Rhythm and pitch-reading skills using two systems of counting and melodic solfeggio singing with hand signs. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 197. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 197. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Piano skills determined by entrance diagnostic exam; music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Provides music majors with basic keyboarding ability in such areas as sight reading, technique, harmonization, and score reading. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 221; music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 221. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status, C- or higher in Music 194, 196, 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physical techniques and musical understanding required to conduct an instrumental performance ensemble. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194; concurrent enrollment in Music 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 194. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293; concurrent enrollment in Music 296. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 293. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 196; concurrent enrollment in Music 293. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Extended chromatic techniques and introduction to twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 295; concurrent enrollment in Music 294. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Set theory, serialism, and late twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 198. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 297. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 297. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; jury approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Includes Jazz Ensemble (big band), Jazz Lab Band (entry-level big band), and Vocal Jazz Ensembles. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Traditional ensemble specializing in early jazz. Band occasionally tours off campus. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from antiquity through the baroque. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the classic through the present. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of jazz history, emphasizing periods, styles, and artists through the analysis of published transcriptions and arrangements. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analytical study of forms from the common-practice period, including baroque contrapuntal structures and instrumental forms, classical sonata cycle, and romantic part forms. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Basic music reading and keyboard skills. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Songwriting for present-day music publishing industry; basic songwriting theory; form, content, and style. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Beginning improvisation: theory and technique. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 284 or director's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Intermediate improvisation: theory and technique. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 222 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Lead sheets, chord voicings, and other aspects of jazz performance practice. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Even Yrs. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Music major status; instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | In-depth experience in recognizing and differentiating jazz styles, including analyzing and transcribing solo and ensemble jazz materials. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Even Yrs. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Organizing and teaching jazz in the secondary school. Designed for the music educator. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 295 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing concepts and skills related to the orchestration, arranging, and composition of jazz and related contemporary styles of music. |
Recommended Courses
The following is a recommended jazz-related GE course:| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introductory acoustics course, emphasizing physical principles underlying production and perception of music and speech. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |