BM Jazz and Studio Performance

The Performance Concentration provides professional training for career and leadership roles in jazz and related fields of contemporary music by promoting flexible musicianship and an understanding of the jazz tradition. You receive intensive instruction in jazz performance, composition, arranging, history, theory, aural skills and pedagogy. The jazz performance major will develop skills sufficient to pursue a professional career as a jazz musician or to gain entry to graduate programs in jazz studies in preparation for a career as a professional performer, music arranger or composer, or teacher.

In addition to our world-class faculty, our state-of-the-art facilities and performance venues give you all the experience you need to enter the world of professional music with the confidence of a seasoned musician.