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The extensive curriculum in Jazz includes studies in Jazz Theory and Harmony, Keyboard, History, Performance Practice, and two years each of Improvisation, Composition, and Arranging. The program also includes private instrumental instruction and participation in McGill's three award-winning Jazz orchestras, the chamber jazz orchestra and twenty combos. Student combos perform regularly at a variety of local venues.
The McGill Jazz Orchestra I , under the direction of Gordon Foote, is the premier performing ensemble of the Jazz Studies Program. The band has performed in France, England, Ireland, Mexico, and throughout the United States and Canada. They have eight CD releases to their credit. The seventh Conundrum, was released in November, 2002 and the eighth, Ostinatocious, was released in Spring, 2005. Two recordings have made it to the list of top 10 recordings of the year in Cadence Magazine. Something Personal was number two on the list for 1998, and Sang-Froid was number three, for 2001.