| Websites in Academic Departments |
- Amherst College
[Amherst, MA, US] Offers a major in music with a concentration in jazz. Ensembles, combos, calendar, courses, faculty, and events.
 http://www.amherst.edu/~jazz/menu.php?home=menu
- Appalachian State University
[Boone, NC, US] Profile of jazz studies director, admission requirements, outline of courses.
http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/music/jazz/jazz.html
- East Carolina University
[Greenville, NC, US] Offers bachelor's degree majoring in jazz. Courses include jazz vocals as well as instrumental performance, history, arranging and composition. Calendar, audition requirements.
http://www.music.ecu.edu/jazz/jazzindex.htm
- Eastern Illinois University
[Charleston, IL, US] Offers Bachelor of Music with jazz studies major. Detailed online handbook outlines audition and admission procedures, courses offered, and description of ensembles and facilities.
http://www.eiu.edu/~eiujazz/
- Eastman School of Music
[Rochester, NY, US] Courses and four-year degrees available in jazz and contemporary media studies at the University of Rochester. Audition and admissions procedures.
http://www.rochester.edu/Eastman/jazz/
- Florida State University
[Tallahassee, FL, US] Offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and certificate program in jazz studies, with instruction on rhythm section and combo work, composition and arranging, engineering, recording, MIDI, and the business of music. Faculty profiles with photos.
http://www.music.fsu.edu/jazz-studies.htm
- Indiana University
[Bloomington, IN, US] Offers bachelor's and master's degrees in jazz studies. Courses offered, faculty profiles, notable jazz alumni listed by instrument.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/jazz/
- Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies
Established in 1991 at the noted conservatory at Lincoln Center in New York City, a tuition-free two-year diploma program open by selective audition.
http://www.juilliard.edu/college/music/jazz.html
- Malaspina University
[Nanaimo, BC, Canada] Two-year diploma program from institution also offering bachelor's degree in classical music. Faculty, admissions, careers, and links.
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/music/jazz.htm
- Manhattan School of Music
Offers training in contemporary music, and jazz. Includes faculty and staff information, requirements, contact information, and pre-screening procedures.
http://www.msmnyc.edu/jazz/
- McGill University: Jazz Area
Jazz program in Montreal, Canada. Includes curriculum, upcoming events, big bands and combos, and faculty qualifications.
http://www.mcgill.ca/music/performance/jazz/
- New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program
The jazz program at this New York City university offers BFA degrees in jazz performance as well as composition and arranging. Offers FAQs and downloadable application form.
http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/
- Northern Arizona University
[Flagstaff, AZ, US] Offers three big bands, four combos, four sections of jazz improvisation, and six sections of jazz history, jazz pedagogy for music educators, and jazz arranging.
http://www4.nau.edu/cofa/music/PE/jazz.htm
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music
[Oberlin, OH, US] Offers four-year degrees concentrating in jazz composition and performance with required courses in classical theory and history. Faculty, curriculum, artist residences, notable jazz alumni, and news.
http://www.oberlin.edu/con/divinfo/jazz/
- Rutgers University
[Newark, NJ, US] Master's degree program in jazz history and research utilizes the large collection of books, images and audio records kept at the Institute of Jazz Studies, a part of the university library system established in 1952. Course listing, online participation, thesis requirement.
http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/gradnwk/jazz/index.html
- Sonoma State University Jazz Concentration
Offers a four-year degree program in the field of jazz. Includes music majors, calendar, faculty, scholarships, and music admissions.
http://www.sonoma.edu/Depts/PerformingArts/Music/MusicMajor/Jazz.htm
- The University Of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab
Home for a study program founded by Dr. Kent Kidwell in 1974. Includes information about staff and activities.
http://www.ucojazzlab.com/
- The University of Kansas - Department of Music and Dance
The KU Jazz Studies program offers performance, and academic components, including three big bands, two vocal jazz ensembles, seven combos, and classes in arranging, improvisation, jazz history, and American popular music.
http://www.music.ku.edu/
- Truro College
[Truro, Cornwall, UK] Offers bachelor degree in contemporary world jazz studies in cooperation with the University of Plymouth. Map, course and instructor details.
http://www.kornwall.f9.co.uk/
- UCLA Department of Music
Contains information on admissions, courses, Jazz department, faculty, and facilities. Includes news, schedule of events, and contact.
http://www.music.ucla.edu/welcome.html
- UNC Jazz Studies
University of Northern Colorado Jazz Studies Program. Contains press, studies, faculty, events, Jazz festival, and contact information.
http://arts.unco.edu/uncjazz/main.html
- University of Miami
[Miami, FL, US] Offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in jazz performance, composition and pedagogy. Program summaries, curricula, faculty profiles.
http://www.music.miami.edu/programs/msj/msj.html
- University of Michigan Department of Jazz
Includes improvisation Studies, composition, dance, theory, musicology, and performing arts technology. Provides admissions, students, faculty, alumni, events, and resources.
http://www.music.umich.edu/departments/jazz/
- University of Music and Dramatic Arts
[Graz, Austria] Offering bachelor's and master's degrees majoring in instrumental and vocal performance, arranging and composition. Studio photos and technical specifications, faculty profiles.
http://www.kug.ac.at/inst8/index.html
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music Department
Offers a Minor degree in Jazz Studies with courses in jazz history, improvisation, theory, and arranging. Contains calendars, events, workshops, graduate program, faculty, music library, and links.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/music/jazz.html
- University of North Florida
[Jacksonville, FL, US] Offers undergraduate music degrees including a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Detailed faculty profiles including performance and educational qualifications, performance calendar, news, facilities, instrumental and vocal ensembles.
http://www.unf.edu/coas/music/
- University of North Texas
[Denton, TX, US] Significant center for big band jazz offering bachelor's and master's degrees, awarded first college degree in jazz in 1949. Recordings available from One O'Clock Lab Band, alumni news, calendar of events, audition procedures.
http://www.music.unt.edu/jazz/
- University of Oregon School of Music
Offering a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies. Official homepage with events, courses ensembles, and degree information.
http://music1.uoregon.edu/
- University of Southern Maine - Jazz Studies
Offers a Bachelor of Music in performance with a Jazz studies concentration. Jazz Artists in Residence, faculty, general information, auditions/admissions, events, and USM music news.
http://www.usm.maine.edu/music/programs/jazz.htm
- University of Toledo Jazz Studies
Music department homepage includes audition dates, scholarship information, degree programs, faculty, facilities, groups and ensembles, and contact.
http://www.utoledo.edu/colleges/as/music/index.html#A
- William Paterson University
[Wayne, NJ, US] Emphasis on small-group playing with faculty composed of professional performers from the New York area. Auditioning, faculty, curriculum, and admissions.
http://www.wpunj.edu/coac/music/programs/jazz.html
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