I notice that Columbia is exceptionally strong in Jazz Studies, and Jazz is my musical and /or intellectual focus. Should I apply through the Ethnomusicology program?
Columbia is indeed in a period of remarkable efflorescence in the area of Jazz Studies, thanks to the growth of the Jazz Studies Center, formerly directed by Prof. O’Meally (Dept. of English) and currently directed by Prof. George Lewis (Dept. of Music). Such Centers, at Columbia, do not have their own faculty or offer degrees. Faculty members associated with the Center are scattered across the departments of Music, English, History, and the Institute for African American Studies. Prof. Washburne (an Ethnomusicologist and professional trombonist who directs the Jazz Performance Program) is affiliated with the Jazz Studies Center. And the Department has recently hired Prof. John Szwed, an eminent scholar of American music, who is also a formal affiliate of the Center for Jazz Studies. In recent years, our ethnomusicology program has seen a remarkable number of applicants with a strong interest in Jazz, many of whom are exceptionally well qualified for graduate study, but who in many cas
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