PDGOGY 2220: Jazz Pedagogy

Course Description

Students will participate in interactive sessions that will “boost the jazz teaching chops” whether students are seasoned teachers or novices in the field of jazz education. A wide range of jazz teaching methods will be studied, including those that have been successful in the instructor’s nationally recognized jazz camps. Lab groups will be formed for “hands on-minds on” teaching and learning. Students will experience jazz teaching techniques, examine jazz method series, listen to a variety of jazz styles, and examine and perform jazz literature from different styles.