Jazz Bass (MFA)

These requirements are applicable to the following areas of study: Jazz Bass, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Keyboard, Jazz Drums, Jazz Trumpet, Jazz Trombone, Jazz Reeds, and Jazz Performance.

MLSN601 Hour Lesson as assigned (4 classes)

MCMP610 Jazz Composition

MCMP500+ upper-level composition elective

MPRF603 Harmonic Improvisation

MBLE618 Jazz Faculty Ensemble (4 classes)

MBLE617 Jazz Student Ensemble (4 classes)

MFOR507 Jazz Forum (2 classes)

ONE class chosen from:

• MHST550 Stylists & Innovators 1961–Now

• MHST571 Jazz and Urban Experimentalism

• MHST601 Improvisation: Uses and Lineage

MHST/MTHY500+ upper-level history, theory or analysis elective

MBLE501 Beginning African Music Ensemble

FOUR units of coursework in Art, Dance, Film/Video, Theater, Creative Writing, or Digital Arts (IDAR)

MFOR600 Artists-in-Residence Week (2 classes)

Winter Session (2 units of coursework taken in January)

MPRF590 Mid-Residence Recital

MPRF690 Graduation Recital

Electives (to fulfill 60-unit degree requirement)