Minor Jazz Performance (18 credits)

Program Requirements

The Minor in Jazz Performance offers students the opportunity to develop abilities in instrumental and vocal jazz through a combination of theoretical and practical courses.

Required Courses (18 credits)

• MUEN 570 Jazz Combo (1 credit) *

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Ensemble : A Jazz Improvisation Ensemble of approximately 4 to 9 players.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: Suh, Min Jung; Coleman, Ira; Thurman-Green, Camille; Green, Darrell; Lambert, Michel; Lozano, Francisco J; Hollenbeck, John; Doxas, Dimitrios; Mahar, William; Hove, Erik Anthony; Johnston, Jeff; Walkington, Alec; French, Lex; Kennedy, Donny; Gossage, David Mark; Trudel, Marianne (Fall) Hollenbeck, John; Thurman-Green, Camille; Coleman, Ira; French, Lex; Suh, Min Jung; Green, Darrell; Gossage, David Mark; Lozano, Francisco J; Leroux, Andre; LeBlanc, Rémi-Jean; Trudel, Marianne; Doxas, Dimitrios; lefebvre, guilllaume; Kennedy, Donny (Winter)

  • 1 hour

  • Prerequisite: Audition.

• MUIN 273 Practical Lessons Performance Minor 3 (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Practical Instrument : Practical instruction as part of a performance minor program.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: Knox, Hank; Lee, Ranee Y; Doxas, Dimitrios; Grott, David; Trottier, Jean-Nicolas; Vedady, Adrian; Novak, Bohdanna (Fall) Poletaev, Ilya (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: Admission to the relevant performance minor program by audition or MUIN 270.

• MUIN 274 Practical Lessons Performance Minor 4 (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Practical Instrument : Practical instruction as part of a performance minor program.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: Vedady, Adrian; Trudel, Marianne; Poletaev, Ilya (Fall) Knox, Hank; Lee, Ranee Y; Doxas, Dimitrios; Trottier, Jean-Nicolas; Vedady, Adrian; Novak, Bohdanna; Grott, David (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: MUIN 273

• MUJZ 160 Jazz Materials 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Jazz Studies : Fundamental aural and theoretical skills associated with the jazz idiom. Nomenclature, chord construction, chord/scale relationships, harmonic progression, circle of 5ths, simple turnarounds, simple substitution, symmetrical scales and chord relationships, voice leading.

  Terms: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Walkington, Alec (Fall)

  • 4 hours

  • Prerequisite: none. Open to non-jazz majors, space permitting, but not for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs

• MUJZ 161 Jazz Materials 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Jazz Studies : Simple and advanced substitution, borrowed chords, reharmonisation, modes of harmonic minor and melodic minor diatonic systems, unresolved tensions, odd and infrequent modulations, mixed two-five-ones, introduction to polychords, slashchords and non-functional harmony.

  Terms: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Walkington, Alec (Winter)

  • 4 hours

  • Prerequisite: MUJZ 160. Open to non-jazz majors, space permitting, but not for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs

• MUJZ 213 Fundamentals of Jazz Improvisation 1 (2 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Jazz Studies : Introduction to basic improvisation concepts of phrasing, articulation, melodic development, harmonic control, musical vocabulary and style. Pedagogical techniques will be discussed.

  Terms: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Bruzzese, Michael (Fall)

  • Prerequisite(s): MUSP 124 or MUSP 141, and MUJZ 161

  • Note: Open to students in Faculty Program Jazz and to students minoring in Jazz Performance, or with permission of instructor; not open to students majoring in Jazz Performance.

• MUJZ 214 Fundamentals of Jazz Improvisation 2 (2 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Jazz Studies : A continuation of development of basic improvisation concepts of phrasing, articulation, melodic development, harmonic control, musical vocabulary and style. Pedagogical techniques will be discussed.

  Terms: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Walkington, Alec (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): MUJZ 213

  • Note: Open to students in Faculty Program Jazz and to students minoring in Jazz Performance, or with permission of instructor; not open to students majoring in Jazz Performance.

• MUJZ 262 Applied Jazz Theory (3 credits)

  Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

  Overview

  Jazz Studies : An examination of harmonic practices and compositional styles in post-1960 jazz. Various theoretical approaches to jazz harmonic analysis will be addressed. Students analyze and compose jazz tunes and longer forms.

  Terms: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Côté, Philippe (Fall)

  • Prerequesite (s): MUJZ 161.

* 2 credits in MUEN 570.