MUS 3160 - Jazz Composition and Arranging

Credits: 1

Prerequisite(s): MUS 2150, MUS 3020

Description: This course gives students the skills needed to arrange for jazz combo and big band. Techniques studied include those employed by composer/arrangers such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thad Jones, and Maria Schneider. The students create their own arrangement for jazz combo and big band that is played in class.