Spring 2027

Masters Level Jazz Studio Instruction

Individual studio instruction in jazz performance for masters-level students, focusing on technical proficiency, improvisation, and ensemble techniques within the jazz genre.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Hetzler3.5/5Arun LuthraGabriel Wade +4 more

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate high technical proficiency of instrument performance

  • Show comprehensive competency and fluency in core improvisation, accompaniment, solo, and ensemble performance techniques commonly used in the jazz genre

  • Develop and deepen a personal artistic voice through critical engagement with the jazz idiom

  • Interpret and improvise jazz in a performance practice appropriate to the idiom

  • Develop a personal repertoire based on a thorough knowledge of composition and arranging techniques and familiarity with the standard jazz repertoire

  • Contextualize the performance of jazz and related musics in history and culture

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Music: Performance MM or DMA

  • Declared in Music: Performance MM or DMA
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  • Declared in Music: Performance MM or DMA

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ARUN LUTHRA is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHANNES WALLMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LOUKA PATENAUDE is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
IND 050Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 089Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 092Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 096Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 097Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 064Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 098Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Individual studio instruction in jazz performance.

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Topics

  • Jazz improvisation, accompaniment, solo, and ensemble performance
  • Composition, arranging techniques, and standard jazz repertoire
  • Historical and cultural context of jazz performance

Skills

  • High technical proficiency of instrument performance
  • Core improvisation, accompaniment, solo, and ensemble performance techniques
  • Developing a personal artistic voice through critical engagement with the jazz idiom
  • Interpreting and improvising jazz in an appropriate performance practice
  • Developing a personal repertoire using composition and arranging techniques
  • Contextualizing jazz performance in history and culture

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MUSPERF 541 · Spring 2027

Masters Level Jazz Studio Instruction

Recorded 2026-10-14
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