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Graduate Degrees - Jazz

Master of Arts in Music, Jazz Studies

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A. Specific Admission Requirements

1. Auditions with director of jazz studies and the studio professor
2. Portfolio of compositions, arrangements and/or transcriptions
3. Graduate Advisory Exams
• Standard exams in theory and history
• Exams in jazz history, jazz theory, transposition and computer skills
  (can be waived by relevant coursework on transcript receiving a grade of "B" or higher)
4. Meet all other Graduate College entrance requirements

B. Comprehensive Exams

Students contract with three separate professors to write on questions drawn from history, analysis, and jazz literature and pedagogy.

Last updated 15-oct-07