<p>Lecture, three hours. Limited to Global Jazz Studies majors. Study of specific instruments and their unique use and application in jazz (jazz notation and terminology, transposition, woodwind doublings, brass mutes, etc.). Analysis of different writing techniques and approaches that distinguish different sub-styles of jazz from one another. Assignments focus on writing for medium and large ensembles, with final project of arrangement to be read by UCLA Jazz Orchestra. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Global Jazz Studies

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

The curriculum is designed around performance courses, musicianship and music theory, and a broad understanding of the historical and societal context of the development and advancement of jazz.

General Catalog

Jazz Arranging and Orchestration

GJ STDS 125

4 units