Hi, I am a jazz drummer who is interested in minoring in music. It’s important to me that there would be a strong community of musicians and opportunities to perform. If I am reading the course offerings correctly, it looks like there are 2 jazz groups with a very limited enrollment (10 -15 musicians per group). Can you tell me who I might speak with to learn more about the strength of the music community and the breadth of offerings for a musician who wants to remain very actively involved in studying and performing jazz throughout his 4 years of college?
You may have already found this, but here is the “people” page of the music dept, including the performance program directors: https://music.uchicago.edu/page/people
And Chicago itself is a very good music city. Son was a CS major but also a musician and he played gigs in around campus while still an undergraduate. In the year after school before he left he was very active in the Chicago music scene. Not jazz, but there’s a bunch of that around. Good luck.