Performance—Jazz, M.M.
The Master of Music in Jazz Performance provides a flexible curriculum that encourages focus on areas of musical interest while developing entrepreneurial skills necessary for a career in jazz.
Students are required to take an entrance audition. The degree program emphasizes professional development in the real world as a necessary and concurrent aspect of working towards the degree. Degree projects include a professional paper and published website, a full-length recording project and a concert.
Graduate Students at NJCU are expected to mentor and nurture the undergraduate cohort and to uphold the core values of the program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| MDT 509 | Advanced Jazz Improvisation | 3 |
| MDT 526 | Jazz Arranging | 3 |
| MDT 610 | Performance Seminar | 3 |
| MDT 612 | Early Jazz to the Swing Era | 3 |
| MDT 613 | Jazz History II | 3 |
| MDT 621 | Grad Applied Music Major I | 3 |
| MDT 622 | Graduate Applied Music Major II | 3 |
| MDT 623 | Grad Applied Music Major III | 3 |
| MDT 624 | Graduate Music Ensemble I | 1 |
| MDT 625 | Graduate Music Ensemble II | 1 |
| MDT 626 | Grad Music Ensemble III | 1 |
| Music Electives | ||
| Select six credits from the following: | 6 | |
| MDT 507 | Computer Music | 3 |
| MDT 507 | Computer Music | 3 |
| MDT 524 | Jazz Pedagogy | 3 |
| MDT 609 | Independent Study | 3 |
| MDT 614 | Jazz Compostion | 3 |
| MDT 620 | Jazz Compositional Styles | 3 |
| MDT 631 | Independent Study | 1 |
| MDT 632 | Independent Study | 2 |
| MDT 633 | Independent Study | 3 |
NOTE: No more than three 500-level courses can be counted towards a master’s degree.
- An undergraduate degree with a major in music or, in exceptional cases, a proven equivalency in music theory, music history, and relevant repertory.
- Proficiency in performance as demonstrated by an audition on a major instrument or voice.
- Degree projects include a Professional Paper and published website, a full-length recording project and a concert.
- The terminal requirement is a full-length recording project accompanied by a professional paper.
- MDT 610 is the course designed to support completion of the recording project and paper and requires a jury.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Credits | |
| MDT 621 | Grad Applied Music Major I | 3 |
| MDT 624 | Graduate Music Ensemble I | 1 |
| MDT 612 | Early Jazz to the Swing Era | 3 |
| MDT 509 | Advanced Jazz Improvisation | 3 |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| MDT 622 | Graduate Applied Music Major II | 3 |
| MDT 625 | Graduate Music Ensemble II | 1 |
| MDT 507 | Computer Music | 3 |
| MDT 613 | Jazz History II | 3 |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| MDT 623 | Grad Applied Music Major III | 3 |
| MDT 626 | Grad Music Ensemble III | 1 |
| MDT 610 | Performance Seminar | 3 |
| MDT 524 | Jazz Pedagogy | 3 |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| MDT 526 | Jazz Arranging | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 33 | |