Jazz/Blues Vocal Ensemble with Improvisation

Department - VOICE
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - ENVC-122

Introductory jazz/blues performance ensemble for voice principals designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style. Focus on building jazz repertoire and getting familiar with jazz masters, as well as musicianship, harmony, and sight-reading. Additional focus will be on beginning improvisation skills in the jazz and blues idioms, including melodic and rhythmic phrasing, embellishments, tone color, and hearing basic blues patterns, as well as historical perspective.

Credits: 1
Course Chair: Anne Peckham
Prerequisites: None
Required of: None
Electable by: Voice principals