1. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  2. Music: Performance: Jazz, MM

Student guide

Music: Performance: Jazz, MM

The Music: Performance: Jazz, MM: what it asks for, in what order, and who teaches it. This guide was started from the catalog; its own introduction is still to be written.

  • 34credits in the major

What the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.

Required · 8 credits

Jazz applied study

2 semesters at 4 credits. Applied lessons are repeatable: the credits are reached over several terms, and a single course here stands for all of them.

  • MUSPERF-541MASTERS LEVEL JAZZ STUDIO INSTRUCTION4
All of these · 6 credits

Required jazz courses

MUSIC 629 counts toward music theory; MUSIC 417 does not satisfy the musicology requirement.

  • MUSIC-629JAZZ THEORY AND ANALYSIS3
  • MUSIC-417JAZZ HISTORIES3
All of these · 4 credits

Master's recitals

Two recitals, 2 credits each. With the recital committee's approval, a recording project, composition portfolio or research paper may replace the second, as MUSIC 799 for 2 credits.

  • MUSPERF-990MASTERS RECITAL1-4
  • MUSIC-799INDEPENDENT WORK1-3
Required · 4 credits

Jazz ensemble

Four times, 1 credit each.

  • MUSIC-562JAZZ ENSEMBLE1
Choose two · 6 credits

Musicology and music theory

Beyond MUSIC 629, one course in musicology; the second either musicology or music theory. The Guide also lists MUSIC 823, which has no page among its courses, so it is not drawn.

  • MUSIC-405SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3
  • MUSIC-411SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3
  • MUSIC-412SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3
  • MUSIC-413SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3
  • MUSIC-414SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-415SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-416SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3
  • MUSIC-417JAZZ HISTORIES3
  • MUSIC-419MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3
  • MUSIC-497SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC1-3
  • MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
  • MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
  • MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
  • MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
  • MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
  • MUSIC-911SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-915SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-921CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSICAL THOUGHT 13
  • MUSIC-517PROSEMINAR IN MUSIC THEORY3
  • MUSIC-523ORCHESTRATION I3
  • MUSIC-621RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3
  • MUSIC-622BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3
  • MUSIC-623FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3
  • MUSIC-624FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3
  • MUSIC-927SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION3
Choose two · 6 credits

Electives

Three courses from the list, or others approved by the advisor and major professor.

  • MUSPERF-457JAZZ COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING3
  • MUSIC-529JAZZ ARRANGING3
  • MUSIC-531ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION3

Meet your instructors

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