天普大学

Develop the skills to help cultivate a love of music with the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Music Education Jazz in Temple's Boyer College of Music and Dance. You’ll prepare for a career in music education with an emphasis on jazz through a comprehensive curriculum of applied music, internships and externships, and jazz studies.

In this interdisciplinary, five-year undergraduate curriculum, you’ll study music history and theory. Coursework emphasizes hands-on learning, including music arrangements, editing, orchestration, performance and recording. The Music Education/Jazz BM program’s education courses delve into teaching instrumentation, rehearsal techniques, listening and articulation, rhythm development and more.

You’ll also have opportunities to explore teaching across grade levels. Students can study elementary, secondary or higher education, as well as special needs education, to gain the groundwork needed to teach a diverse community of future learners and musicians.

Completion of the program requires a concentration and two student teaching placements. The number of required credit hours is between 158 and 161, depending on your concentration.

Choose to concentrate in: Instrumental, Piano with a band/orchestra emphasis, Piano with a choral/general emphasis or Voice.

Classes & Curriculum

In this degree program, courses will include: Collaboration & Creativity in the New Music Community, Composing Music for Films, History of Jazz, Music Learning & Development, Music in History, Music Technology, Orchestration, and Teaching Instrumental Music to Inclusive Populations.

This program is intended for students with a particular appreciation for the distinctive and eclectic genre of jazz, with available courses including: Jazz Arranging, Jazz Improvisation: Theory and Practice, Jazz Style and Analysis, and Seminar in Advanced Jazz Composition and Arranging.

The Boyer College of Music & Dance also offers a general Bachelor of Music in Music Education program.