Courses
R&B, Funk, and Smooth Jazz Saxophone Styles
The analysis of saxophone styles in the R&B lineage including players associated with smooth jazz, funk, blues, soul jazz, acid jazz, soul, pop, and fusion styles.
Survey of Woodwind Styles
The analysis of the history of woodwind instruments (saxophone, flute, clarinet) in jazz. Emphasis is placed on the various styles of major players.
Saxophone Section Playing
Aspects and techniques of playing in a saxophone section within the big band context: lead playing, blending with the lead and with the brass section, and section soli playing.
Advanced Woodwind Sight-Reading Lab
A course for advanced woodwind students wishing to improve their sight-reading skills.
Brazilian and Latin Flute Lab
Study of characteristic rhythms, articulation, phrasing, and improvisation techniques necessary to perform and interpret music in various Latin styles.
Flute Repertoire Class: Baroque through Contemporary
A study of the core works essential for any professional flutist's repertoire.
Woodwind Doubling Lab - MIDI Wind Controller
The study of the MIDI wind controller as a doubling instrument. Fundamentals of technique are presented with representative literature and MIDI sequences using various kinds of synthesized voices.
Woodwind Doubling Lab - Saxophone and Theater Doubling
Preparation for a career as a theater and pit musician, including Broadway shows, Las Vegas, Hollywood, cruise ships, and film.
Woodwind Doubling Lab - Clarinet
The study of the clarinet as a doubling instrument for the woodwind principal.
Woodwind Doubling Lab - Flute
The study of the flute as a doubling instrument for the woodwind principal.
Woodwind Improvisation Lab 2
A continuation of ILWD-211 Woodwind Improvisational Lab 1, designed for the intermediate woodwind principal.
Jazz Flute Lab
This course is designed to help the flutist develop a jazz style of playing through the study of various practice routines and the performance of standard jazz repertory.
Practice Routines for Flute
A lab focusing on efficient and effective practice to develop sound, technique, articulation, and other fundamentals.
Woodwind Improvisation Lab 1
A lab designed to give beginning and intermediate woodwind students hands-on experience with jazz nomenclature, chord scale relationships, basic woodwind jazz articulation, jazz vocabulary, and sta
Woodwind Lab - Techniques 3
Reading studies, improvisational techniques, and practice routines in a variety of styles. Lab content is musically related to ensemble and private instrumental instruction materials.
Woodwind Lab - Techniques 2
Reading studies, improvisational techniques, and practice routines in a variety of styles. Lab content is musically related to ensemble and private instrumental instruction materials.
Woodwind Lab - Techniques 1
Reading studies, improvisational techniques, and practice routines in a variety of styles. Lab content is musically related to ensemble and private instrumental instruction materials.
Advanced Performance Saxophone Quartet
Students in this advanced saxophone quartet will focus primarily on preparing for performances, not on sight-reading.
Saxophone Quartet
A saxophone ensemble performing a mixture of traditional and 20th-century music for soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone.
Clarinet Choir
Rehearsal and performance of traditional literature for clarinets with an emphasis on reading and interpretation. Includes clarinet choir materials in three, four, and five parts.