Jazz

Entry requirements

Entry is by audition, and you should be able to demonstrate a level of performance ability appropriate for professional training.

Minimum entry requirements usually include a 2:1 degree in music or an equivalent qualification. Candidates who have been studying or working in another field will be considered.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Take your artistry to an advanced level in our course offering specialist tuition with renowned industry professionals, career development training and College-based and professional performance opportunities.

Your training incorporates one-to-one lessons with some of the UK’s best jazz musicians, as well as advanced classes in music preparation, specialist listening and analysis classes and professional ensemble coaching.

You can study any of these instruments as part of your course:

• Bass
• Drums
• Flute
• Guitar
• Harp
• Piano
• Saxophone
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Voice

You can then put your skills into practice through performances held during class or as part of the busy schedule of events we hold each year – such as the weekly student-led JazzTime sessions and our summer jazz festival.

Through our strong ties with the local, regional and national jazz scenes, opportunities to perform in professional tours and festivals are also open to you as a student here.

Over the course of your study, you’ll build your technical expertise and creative, interpretive and improvisation skills to become an artist with musical individuality and a mature stylistic authority.