Jazz applied study
2 semesters at 4 credits. Applied lessons are repeatable: the credits are reached over several terms, and a single course here stands for all of them.
- MUSPERF-541MASTERS LEVEL JAZZ STUDIO INSTRUCTION4
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Music: Performance: Jazz, MM
Student guide
Music: Performance: Jazz, MM
The Music: Performance: Jazz, MM: what it asks for, in what order, and who teaches it. This guide was started from the catalog; its own introduction is still to be written.
- 34credits in the major
The degree
See it on the mapWhat the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.
Required jazz courses
MUSIC 629 counts toward music theory; MUSIC 417 does not satisfy the musicology requirement.
- MUSIC-629JAZZ THEORY AND ANALYSIS3
- MUSIC-417JAZZ HISTORIES3
Master's recitals
Two recitals, 2 credits each. With the recital committee's approval, a recording project, composition portfolio or research paper may replace the second, as MUSIC 799 for 2 credits.
- MUSPERF-990MASTERS RECITAL1-4
- MUSIC-799INDEPENDENT WORK1-3
Jazz ensemble
Four times, 1 credit each.
- MUSIC-562JAZZ ENSEMBLE1
Musicology and music theory
Beyond MUSIC 629, one course in musicology; the second either musicology or music theory. The Guide also lists MUSIC 823, which has no page among its courses, so it is not drawn.
- MUSIC-405SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3
- MUSIC-411SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3
- MUSIC-412SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3
- MUSIC-413SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3
- MUSIC-414SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3
- MUSIC-415SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3
- MUSIC-416SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3
- MUSIC-417JAZZ HISTORIES3
- MUSIC-419MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3
- MUSIC-497SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC1-3
- MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
- MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
- MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
- MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
- MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
- MUSIC-911SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-915SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
- MUSIC-921CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSICAL THOUGHT 13
- MUSIC-517PROSEMINAR IN MUSIC THEORY3
- MUSIC-523ORCHESTRATION I3
- MUSIC-621RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3
- MUSIC-622BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3
- MUSIC-623FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3
- MUSIC-624FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3
- MUSIC-927SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION3
Electives
Three courses from the list, or others approved by the advisor and major professor.
- MUSPERF-457JAZZ COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING3
- MUSIC-529JAZZ ARRANGING3
- MUSIC-531ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION3
Meet your instructors
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