Amherst College - [Amherst, MA, US] Offers a major in music with a concentration in jazz. Ensembles, combos, calendar, courses, faculty, and events.
The Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific - Offering fellowships, jazz camp, summer jazz colony, and jazz archives for developing artists. Includes news, contact, programs, calendar, sponsors, special events, and staff biographies.
Caltera School - [Berwyn, IL, US] Jeremy Callner and Jason Paterna offers studies in jazz improvisation, combos, ear training, and music business. Photos, email address.
East Carolina University - [Greenville, NC, US] Offers bachelor's degree majoring in jazz. Courses include jazz vocals as well as instrumental performance, history, arranging and composition. Calendar, audition requirements.
Eastman School of Music - [Rochester, NY, US] Courses and four-year degrees available in jazz and contemporary media studies at the University of Rochester. Audition and admissions procedures.
Florida State University - [Tallahassee, FL, US] Offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and certificate program in jazz studies, with instruction on rhythm section and combo work, composition and arranging, engineering, recording, MIDI, and the business of music. Faculty profiles with photos.
Humber College: Music - [Toronto, Ontario, CA] Offers degree programs and part-time studies in jazz at the School of Creative and Performing Arts.
Indiana University - [Bloomington, IN, US] Offers bachelor's and master's degrees in jazz studies. Courses offered, faculty profiles, notable jazz alumni listed by instrument.
Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies - Established in 1991 at the noted conservatory at Lincoln Center in New York City, a tuition-free two-year diploma program open by selective audition.
Malaspina University - [Nanaimo, BC, Canada] Two-year diploma program from institution also offering bachelor's degree in classical music. Faculty, admissions, careers, and links.
Manhattan School of Music - Offers training in contemporary music, and jazz. Includes faculty and staff information, requirements, contact information, and pre-screening procedures.
McGill University: Jazz Area - Jazz program in Montreal, Canada. Includes curriculum, upcoming events, big bands and combos, and faculty qualifications.
New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program - The jazz program at this New York City university offers BFA degrees in jazz performance as well as composition and arranging. Offers FAQs and downloadable application form.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music - [Oberlin, OH, US] Offers four-year degrees concentrating in jazz composition and performance with required courses in classical theory and history. Faculty, curriculum, artist residences, notable jazz alumni, and news.
Rutgers University - [Newark, NJ, US] Master's degree program in jazz history and research utilizes the large collection of books, images and audio records kept at the Institute of Jazz Studies, a part of the university library system established in 1952. Course listing, online participation, thesis requirement.
Sibelius Academy - Jazz Department - The Sibelius Academy Jazz Department in Finland offers studies for Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Music degrees. Also master classes by known international teachers.
Truro College - [Truro, Cornwall, UK] Offers bachelor degree in contemporary world jazz studies in cooperation with the University of Plymouth. Map, course and instructor details.
UNC Jazz Studies - University of Northern Colorado Jazz Studies Program. Contains press, studies, faculty, events, Jazz festival, and contact information.
University Of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab - [Edmond, OK, US] Offering Master of Music in Jazz Studies either in performance or commercial music production, also open to non-majors. Lab features live jazz with pizza.
The University of Kansas - Department of Music and Dance - Along with classes in arranging, improvisation, jazz history, and American popular music, performance components include big bands, vocal jazz ensembles, and several combos.
University of Miami - [Miami, FL, US] Offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in jazz performance, composition and pedagogy. Program summaries, curricula, faculty profiles.
University of Music and Dramatic Arts - [Graz, Austria] Offering bachelor's and master's degrees majoring in instrumental and vocal performance, arranging and composition. Studio photos and technical specifications, faculty profiles.
University of North Florida - [Jacksonville, FL, US] Offers undergraduate music degrees including a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Detailed faculty profiles including performance and educational qualifications, performance calendar, news, facilities, instrumental and vocal ensembles.
University of North Texas - [Denton, TX, US] Significant center for big band jazz offering bachelor's and master's degrees, awarded first college degree in jazz in 1949. Recordings available from One O'Clock Lab Band, alumni news, calendar of events, audition procedures.
University of Oregon School of Music - Offering a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Official homepage with events, courses ensembles, and degree information.
University of South Florida: Jazz Studies - [Tampa, Florida] Offering bachelor's and master's degrees in jazz performance and composition. Admission and audition procedures, scheduled guest lecture-performances, faculty profiles.
University of Southern Maine - Jazz Studies - Offers a Bachelor of Music in performance with a Jazz studies concentration. Jazz Artists in Residence, faculty, general information, auditions/admissions, events, and USM music news.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jazz Studies - Offers undergraduate and graduate degrees with emphasis in jazz studies from faculty playing trombone, saxophone, trumpet, bass and percussion.
William Paterson University - [Wayne, NJ, US] Emphasis on small-group playing with faculty composed of professional performers from the New York area. Auditioning, faculty, curriculum, and admissions.
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