<p>Hi there!!!</p>
<p>i've been accepted to hartt......i will study Music Composition... well, since nowadays music is a bit of everything (concert music mixes different music styles) i would really like to start exploring jazz (especially arranging, big band ecc).....i'm TOTALLY ignorant about it .....which are the possibilities?? what about if after 1 year of studying classical composition i add the Jazz Studies Degree?? or simply private lessons at Hartt?? </p>
<p>Thanks !</p>
<p>Can you take some jazz piano lessons? My S is mostly classical now (piano), but he began with 3 years of jazz piano. It gave him phenomenal grounding in harmony and a very acute ear. He used to compose a lot and hopes to resume at summer camp.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to Hartt!</p>
<p>Some schools let you minor in Jazz studies. Does Hartt do that?</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to Hartt. We look forward to seeing you this summer at orientation! </p>
<p>We do not offer a minor in Jazz Studies. Undergraduate Composition majors at Hartt must audition on a classical or jazz instrument or voice. What type of audition did you do? You will have your weekly private lessons in the genre that you auditioned. Composition majors also have two years of instrumental/vocal performing organizations. You will participate in the organization that fits your audition instrument:</p>
<p>Classical: orchestra, wind ensemble, choir
Jazz: big band or combos</p>
<p>Students may audition for ensembles outside of their audition genre. Entrance into these elective ensembles is based on need for your specific instrument. You may take extra lessons on a different instrument through our Community Division (for a fee beyond the cost of tuition). You can also enroll in classes that are not included in your curriculum with approval of the professor. Students who are required to take the class are always given preference. </p>
<p>Composition students are required to take two years of piano keyboarding. You will take piano keyboarding in the genre of music in which you auditioned.</p>
<p>Curriculum:</p>
<p>Major in Composition (137141 credits)
Credits
First Year
APC 122-123 Piano Keyboard Class1 2 2
COM 110-111 First Course Composition 3 3
COM 461 Music Technology I 3
COM 470, 471 Composers Seminar 0 0
RPW 110-111 Rhetoric and Writing I-II 3 3
TH 111-112 Diatonic2Chromatic Harmony 2 2
TH 120-121 Elementary Ear Training I-II 2 2
AUC All-University Curriculum 3
HLM 020 Info Literacy in the Performing Arts 0
MUS 110, 111 Paranov Performance Hour .5 .5
Performing organization3 </p>
<p>Second Year
APC 222-223 Piano Keyboard Class1 2 2
COM 210-211 Second Course Composition 3 3
COM 340 Orchestration 3
COM 470, 471 Composers Seminar 0 0
HLM 212 Music History: Perspectives on Music History 3
HLM 213 Music History: Classicism to the Present 3
TH 210-211 Tonal FormModern Techniques 2 2
TH 220-221 Intermediate Ear Training I-II 2 2
MUS 110, 111 Paranov Performance Hour .5 .5
AUC All-University Curriculum 3 3
M Mathematics elective 3
Performing organization3
Third Year
Instrumental/vocal study or elective 23 23
COM 310-311 Third Course Composition 3 3
HLM 316 Music History: Medieval through Baroque 3
HLM Music history elective 3
Foreign language 3 3
COM 470, 471 Composers Seminar 0 0
Theory or composition electives 6 6
COM 472, 473 Composers Ensemble .5 .5</p>
<p>Fourth Year<br>
Instrumental/vocal study or elective 23<br>
COM 410-411 Fourth Course Composition 3 3
COM 470, 471 Composers Seminar 0 0
TH 441 Music since 1950 3
ES 562 Acoustics for Musicians 3
Theory or composition electives 6 3
Academic elective 3
AUC All-University Curriculum 3
CON 314 Fundamentals of Conducting 2
COM 472, 473 Composers Ensemble .5 .5</p>
<p>1Exempted students take private instrumental/vocal study.
2Enrollment dependent on placement exam.
3Major choral or instrumental performing organization, four semesters. Composers ensemble, four semesters.
Note: Students with major in composition must have the equivalent of one evenings performance of their music before
graduation. Programs of performances must be submitted at least four months before the anticipated date of graduation.
Note: Composition majors should refer to the Hartt Undergraduate Handbook for departmental grade requirements.
Note: Students wishing to specialize in composition for electronic and digital instruments should include the following courses
in their elective choices: COM 462 Music Technology II; COM 463 Music Technology III; COM 466 Introduction to Computer
Music; MPT 450, 451 Sound Technology I and II; courses in Electro-Acoustic Instrumentation (MIDI); Electronic Performance
Techniques; and Seminar in Techniques of Experimental Music.
Note: Students wishing to specialize in composition using more traditional musical materials should include the following
courses in their elective choices: TH 330 Keyboard Harmony, TH 333 Score Reading, TH 420 Modal Counterpoint, TH 421
Tonal Counterpoint, and CON 314 Conducting Fundamentals.</p>
<p>Thanks everybody for the answer ...Hartt Admissions i've auditioned on a classical instrument and will study classical composition...i was just wondering which are the possibilities for a student that will study Classical Composition but would like to learn more and in this case Jazz. Hope you understand..bye!</p>