What is the aim of Jazz Composition studies?

The aim of the studies is to prepare the graduate to be able to work with a wide range of performing or composition and arrangement skills, approaches and techniques, and to teach the student to exercise his or her own developed creative imagination and fantasy. Graduates should be able to handle a demanding, extensive and stylistically diverse repertoire, to analyse interpretation or compositional problems and issues and to propose solutions for themselves, their students or colleagues. 

What else do students of jazz learn at JAMU?

During their studies, they will gain in-depth knowledge of music history, art aesthetics and the development of artistic movements, as well as practical experience from faculty or university-wide projects (solo and ensemble projects, or experience from study visits abroad). They will learn about the healthy physiological and psychological habits associated with practicing and performing music in public, and they will also learn techniques for creating scientific work.