COURSE OVERVIEW: TWO LEVELS
Jazz Lab (Intro Level)
Adult students who are completely new to Jazz music, desire to renew their understanding of historic fundamentals of jazz, and have minimal experience playing jazz in an ensemble setting are welcome to join this class. Students explore the basic modes for improvising, gain familiarity with the blues form, and develop an understanding of how to improvise over chord changes. Students explore jazz swing feel and phrasing and how each instrument functions in a group. Our faculty perform alongside the students in a mentorship model experience.
Jazz Lab
Adult musicians with extensive experience on their instrument and performing jazz music in an ensemble setting have the opportunity to collaborate, improvise, rehearse and develop confidence in their jazz playing. Students work with a broad range of challenging jazz repertoire, highlighting various musical forms and standard selections from the Great American Songbook while digging deeper into the world of improvisation. Our faculty perform alongside the students in a mentorship model experience.
PLACEMENT AND AUDITIONS
An audition is required for new students who have not taken this course before. If you would like to schedule an in-person audition, please email elijah.thomas@bkcm.org. Students who have participated in this program previously, please send an email to elijah.thomas@bkcm.org before calling to re-register.
COURSE SECTIONS
Jazz Lab (Intro Level): A course focused on fundamental techniques and approaches to jazz phrasing, harmony, musical form (including the blues and 32-bar song form), and jazz ensemble performance basics.
- Sundays, 2:30 – 3:30 PM
- Tuesdays, 7:15 – 8:15 PM
Jazz Lab: A course focused on in-depth exploration and study of jazz history, canon, and broad performance repertoire in a fun and challenging ensemble setting.
- Tuesdays, 8:15 – 9:45 PM
- Wednesdays, 8:00 – 9:30 PM
- Thursdays, 8:00 – 9:30 PM
REGISTRATION INFO
New Students
An audition is required for new students. Please click the link below to submit your audition online. If you would like to schedule an in-person audition, please email elijah.thomas@bkcm.org. If you have questions, call our registrars at 718-622-3300, and they will guide you through the process.
Returning Students
To register for next semester, simply call the registration team at 718-622-3300. Returning students are not required to apply again, but must still call to register.
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available for qualifying students. To apply, please contact kris.mandapat@bkcm.org and fill out the financial aid application. For complete information on our registration process and policies, please click here.
For any additional questions related to this course, please contact jazz@bkcm.org.