The Bachelor of Arts in Global Jazz Studies encourages students to think globally about the capacity of jazz to transform the musical and political worlds it engages, while building upon UCLA’s strong jazz studies and world music foundation. Designed for students seeking careers as jazz performers, producers, teachers, and/or jazz scholars, coursework includes scholarly courses on the history and culture of jazz, studio instruction, participation in jazz and world music ensembles, and courses in music theory, musical structure and instrumentation, improvisation, expression, composition, and arranging. The major is interdisciplinary, drawing from various areas across the school of music as well as UCLA’s African American Studies department.
 

Capstone Major

The Global Jazz Studies major is a designated capstone major. The capstone project, usually done in the senior year, is tailored to each student and includes a seminar class (course 186A) and a capstone presentation such as a recital, lecture demonstration, or lecture recital (186B). The capstone experience provides an appropriate vehicle for the faculty to assess the student’s accomplishments during their tenure in the program.
 

Mga Resulta ng Pagkatuto

1 Advanced-level performance of multiple jazz styles across historical periods and contemporary jazz performance practices

2. Demonstrated proficiency in styles representative of Africa, the African diaspora, and at least one other world musical culture

3. Demonstrated advanced skill and understanding in improvisation, musical structure and instrumentation, composition, arranging, timbre, and expression

4. Demonstrated basic proficiency in areas of programming, recording, and/or post-production

5. Demonstrated interdisciplinary knowledge of global jazz as text and method

6. Interrogation of the concerns of jazz as a comprehensive practice, including its capacity to transform the musical, political, and socioeconomic world it engages