Fall 2026

Jazz Class Piano

MUSPERF 108 teaches basic jazz piano skills including solo, accompaniment, and ensemble playing, covering chord symbols, voicings, improvisation, and bass lines.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Johannes WallmannMitchell Shiner

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

Course map

MUS PERF 102 or placement into MUS PERF 103 and declared in Music, Music: Performance BM, or Music: Education BM

    • MUSPERF 102
    • placement into MUS PERF 103
      • declared in Music
      • Music: Performance BM
      • Music: Education BM
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MUSPERF 108

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  • All of
    • MUSPERF 102
    • placement into MUS PERF 103
    • Any of
      • declared in Music
      • Music: Performance BM
      • Music: Education BM

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOHANNES WALLMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 101Classroom Instruction12 / 120

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Role of the piano in various jazz ensemble formats
  • Chord symbols, jazz voicings, melodic improvisation, and bass lines
  • Performance of lead sheets from the standard jazz repertoire

Skills

  • Jazz piano skills for solo, accompaniment, and ensemble contexts
  • Chord symbols, jazz voicings, melodic improvisation, and bass lines
  • Performance of lead sheets from standard jazz repertoire

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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MUSPERF 108 · Fall 2026

Jazz Class Piano

Recorded 2026-09-07
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