Are there performance opportunities for Jazz Studies students?
There are many! There are three types of performance opportunities for all jazz majors. The first type is the required performances that their ensembles present every semester. Each of our 24 small groups, as well as the Jazz Orchestra, Latin Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Workshop present at least one performance per semester either as an opening act on the award-winning Jazz Room concert series, on the Midday Concert Series, or on the Java and Jazz series in the Student Center. Also, they each participate in one Dialogue Day, when they perform a selection and are critiqued by their peers and by the faculty. The second type consists of the many on- and off-campus performer requests that come into the Jazz Office every semester. These can range from playing feature concerts as community events and on campus, to playing background music for receptions, parties, etc. These are paid performances, and are given to all upperclass students on a rotating basis; those upperclass students often,
There are many! There are three types of performance opportunities for all jazz majors. The first type is the required performances that their ensembles present every semester. Each of our 24 small groups, as well as the Jazz Orchestra, Latin Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Workshop present at least one performance per semester either as an opening act on the award-winning Jazz Room concert series, on the Midday Concert Series, or on the Java and Jazz series in the Student Center. Also, they each participate in one Dialogue Day, when they perform a selection and are critiqued by their peers and by the faculty. The second type consists of the many on- and off-campus performer requests that come into the Jazz Office every semester. These can range from playing feature concerts as community events and on campus, to playing background music for receptions, parties, etc. These are paid performances, and are given to all upperclass students on a rotating basis; those upperclass students often,
