Bachelor of Music in Performance with Emphasis in Jazz
Global University Systems (GUS) - Webster University - St. Louis Campus
USA,Missouri
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48 Months
Duration
CAD 28,500/year
Tuition Fee
CAD 50 FREE
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USA, Missouri
Type: University
Location Type: Urban
Founded: 1915
Total Students: 10,000 +
Campus Detail
Main Campus Address
470 East Lockwood Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63119, USA
Bachelor of Music in Performance with Emphasis in Jazz
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Music in performance is a pre-professional degree designed to prepare students who wish to pursue a future in the professional music world as a performing artist or studio teacher. This degree requires an emphasis in collaborative piano, orchestral instruments, jazz, piano or voice.
The jazz emphasis equips students who wish to pursue a future in the professional music world as a performer, as a jazz soloist, in jazz ensembles, or building an independent multi-faceted career. The Webster jazz studies program is based around the small group performing experience. Students participate in jazz combos, Jazz Collective or Jazz Singers in addition to an academic curriculum that balances courses in jazz and classical music instruction. Students who wish a music technology curriculum should complete the minor in sound recording and engineering in the Department of Audio Aesthetics and Technology.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the jazz emphasis, the student will be able to demonstrate:
- Technical and conceptual mastery of jazz phrasing in a variety of historical jazz styles.
- Rhythmic, melodic and harmonic coherence while improvising in a variety of instrumental and structural contexts.
- A consistently reliable instrumental or vocal technique characterized by linear fluidity, rhythmic flexibility and accuracy of intonation.
- Aural and analytical competencies as related to commonly used forms and structures in jazz.
- The ability to transpose melodic and harmonic material in the improvisational moment.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to the musical function of each member of an instrumental or vocal jazz ensemble.
- Critical and aesthetic judgment while improvising, composing or arranging that is informed by extensive listening to and analysis of the recorded legacy of jazz.
- The ability to transcribe and notate melodic, harmonic and rhythmic examples of recorded music.
- The ability to write musical arrangements for both jazz combos and big bands using current notational software.
- The knowledge of pedagogical methods to assist in the conceptual and technical development of students new to the jazz experience.
Application Fee
Application Fee: CAD 50 FREE Tuition Fee
CAD 28,500 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
Living Cost in Global University Systems (GUS) - Webster University - St. Louis Campus
CAD 14,000 per year
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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