MUS 130 - Jazz Ensemble

Institution:

University of San Francisco

Subject:

Description:

A performing group experience for instrumentalists and vocalists in which high professional standards of small group performance are explained and achieved. The focus of this course is the study of performance practice and literature of Jazz. Performances include music from the Jazz repertoire and literature that includes works by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Sammy Nestico, but also Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and Herbie Hancock, Thelonius Monk and Dave Brubeck, Gil Evans, George Russell and Thad Jones.

Credits:

1.00 - 2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.usfca.edu/

Phone Number:

(415) 422-5555

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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