Continuing Education

Composition/Improvisation Ensemble
Course
Lessons are scheduled between the student and instructor.
  • Fall 2021
  • Spring 2022

Study one-on-one with our exceptional School of Continuing Education (SCE) faculty with lessons in Contemporary Musical Arts. Whether you're a seasoned musician or a total rookie, private lessons...

Conductors Forum
Course
Lessons are scheduled between the student and instructor.
  • Fall 2021

Study one-on-one with our exceptional School of Continuing Education (SCE) faculty with lessons in Conducting. Whether you're a seasoned musician or a total rookie, private lessons are available at...

Continuing Education clarinetist
Course
Lessons are scheduled between the student and instructor.

Study one-on-one with our exceptional School of Continuing Education (SCE) faculty with lessons in Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Recorder, or Saxophone. Whether you're a seasoned musician or a...

Brass quintet
Course
Lessons are scheduled between the student and instructor.
  • Fall 2021
  • Spring 2022

Study one-on-one with our exceptional School of Continuing Education (SCE) faculty with lessons in French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, or Tuba. Whether you're a seasoned musician or a total rookie...

Abstract view of a double bassist
Course
Lessons are scheduled between the student and instructor.
  • Fall 2021
  • Spring 2022

Study one-on-one with our exceptional School of Continuing Education (SCE) faculty with lessons in Bass, Cello, Viola, or Violin. Whether you're a seasoned musician or a total rookie, private lessons...

Josh Gilbert holding a trumpet
Course
Thursday evenings - Online
  • Fall 2021

A sequential continuation of Music Theory & Literacy II. It will continue from the topics related to the cadential seventh chord and its role in the musical form of the classical period to the...

Course
Monday evenings - Online
  • Fall 2021

This course will cover and include:

  • the practice of harmonic and melodic intervals
  • rhythmic performance and dictation in simple and compound meters
  • reading of treble and bass clefs using fixed-do...
Jamie Stewardson
Course
Wednesday evenings - Online and in person
  • Fall 2021

This class covers more advanced concepts than in Jazz Theory II. The same basic format is used from Jazz Theory II, but there is more emphasis on improvisational application and composition than in...

Jamie Stewardson
Course
Monday evenings - Online and In Person
  • Fall 2021

This class is recommended for students who are not familiar with basic jazz harmonic vocabulary. There is in-class listening to recorded examples of Jazz theory in actual practice. Students will learn...

Joel Yennior plays trombone with feeling under stage lighting
Course
Monday evenings - Online and In Person
  • Fall 2021

This class focuses on exposure to recordings and in-class discussion of the history of jazz, from its African roots through the present day (over the Fall and Spring semesters). There will be...