Program Overview
College of Performing and Visual Arts
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
View delivery options, start terms and admission requirements.
Program Director: Professor Dana Landry, Director of Jazz Studies
Telephone: 970.351.2253
Website: jazz.unco.edu
The MM in Jazz Studies is open to instrumentalists and vocalists, and provides opportunities to further develop professional-level skills in jazz performance, composition, and/or research.
Entering students must take the placement examinations in Music Theory and Aural Skills.
Students must either pass the theory and aural skills exam OR pass MUS 401 and/or MUS 402 with a grade of C or better before they can enroll in graduate-level theory classes. Theory classes are not required for graduation.
Residency, when stated in the music section of this Catalog, is interpreted to mean 9 credit hours or more per semester.
Degree Requirements — 32 Credits
Required Concentration Credits — 21 credits
Other Studies in Music — 6 credits
Other Studies in Music may include coursework in areas such as recording and studio technique, music business, theory, analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology, and Western European music history and literature, and others, and will be selected in consultation with Jazz Studies faculty advisors.
Elective Concentration Credits — 5 credits
Students will select 5 credits of MUS-prefix coursework in consultation with Jazz Studies faculty advisors.
Program Notes
Master of Music candidates in jazz studies must present a public recital. This recital should be recorded, and the program and recording should be filed with the Music Library. A correlative paper in conjunction with the recital may be required by some instructors at their discretion.
All graduate students enrolling in the MM Jazz Studies program are expected to attend UNC recitals, concerts, and productions on a regular basis.
Residency, when stated in the music section of this catalog, is interpreted to mean 9 credit hours or more per semester.
Master of Music candidates will take a written comprehensive examination in their final semester.