Showing 6 results in the category Undergraduate jazz conservatoire courses.
BMus Hons Jazz (4), GradDip Jazz (1). Specialist courses which aim to develop students' technical and improvisational skills through individual first study and practical w/shops. The course places particular emphasis on perf in small ens, but there is also a big band and a jazz orch. Regular study is supported by m/classes with eminent visiting jazz musicians. Numerous perf opportunities. Specialised jazz courses are also available within the Junior Conservatoire and at graduate diploma and PG levels.
Birmingham City University, Paradise Place, Birmingham, B3 3HG
BMus (4). At UG level the Jazz stream is offered as a 4-year option for students wishing to emphasise jazz perf within a broad programme of study. The School's partnership with the Barbican Centre ensures regular collaborations with Jazz at Lincoln Center and Barbican Cinema. The Department has a regular presence in the annual London Jazz Festival, as well as an unrivalled showcase opportunity in the week-long Guildhall Jazz Festival.
Silk Street, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DT
BA Hons (Jazz). A cornerstone of the thriving Leeds jazz scene, Leeds College of Music launched one of the first jazz degrees in Europe. Now, there are few better places to immerse yourself in jazz – through study, appreciation or performance.
3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7PD
BMus (Hons) Jazz (4 years, full time). The programme offers a diversity of performance opportunities combined with professional training relating to the current industry. The course has an integrated approach in which students will develop a mature understanding of jazz language, processes and repertoir while also gaining skills in composition, arranging, band leadership, self-promotion and events management. Objective is to provide students with all they need to launch and sustain a suceessful career in the jazz world.
Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER, United Kingdom
A 4-year UG programme offering 15 places. Involves 29 weeks of tuition and weekly perfs plus contact with contemporary jazz talent inc Martin Speake, Julian Siegel, Jean Toussaint, . Recent m/classes have feautred Jerry Bergonzi, Kirk Lightsey, Dave Liebman, Uri Caine, Julian Arguelles, Norma Winstone, Ari Hoenig, Will Vinson, Tom Rainey, Christian McBride, Anita Wardell, members of Wynton Marsalis's Lincoln Center Orchestra, Gwilym Simcock, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Claire Martin, Julian Siegel, Joey Baron and Greg Cohen.
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JF
