2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Music: Jazz Studies
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
JAZZ ST 335-0 Sec. 26
Rehearsal Techniques for the School Jazz Band
CAESAR Class Number: 42781
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/19 - 7/28
TuTh 10am - noon
Additional days: Friday 11am-12pm
Don Owens
This course will be held in Regenstein Hall room 143.
This class is designed for the public school teacher, with or without extensive experience/expertise in the Jazz Idiom. The class will cover warm-up strategy for the whole ensemble, including the rhythm section; score analysis as it relates to issues of performance, specifically balance, blend, intonation; teaching improvisation from the "podium"; and special class session devoted to the rhythm section emphasizing "comping" during tutti sections as well as solo sections. The instructor will identify several jazz charts for study - swing, Latin, ballad, jazz-rock. These charts (instrumental and/or vocal) will be the main source of study for the class.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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