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The Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies is a tuition-free, pre-professional, two-year program leading to an Artist Diploma. Under the direction of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra member Victor Goines, the Institute selects 18 advanced jazz musicians by audition to study in its new program. The Jazz Studies program is the collaboration of two organizations—The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center—which represent the highest level of excellence in the music profession. It has access to the greatest performers and teachers in both the jazz and classical worlds as its faculty.

Students participate in an individualized curriculum that focuses on public performance for jazz orchestra and small ensemble. In addition to school-year performances at Juilliard and Alice Tully Hall, the orchestra and small ensembles perform in local venues and on tour. Performing stipends are awarded to students. Students also interact with JALC musicians and participate in JALC programming when possible.

All Jazz students are required to complete the following courses:
  • Jazz History
  • Jazz Improvisation
  • Jazz Composition and Arranging
  • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
  • Small Jazz Ensemble
  • Piano Skills
  • Elements of Music
Students have the opportunity to take placement exams or auditions, which can exempt them from the requirement for Ear Training, Piano Skills, and Literature and Materials. The Jazz faculty consists of several members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and other accomplished jazz artists and scholars, including:

STUDIO FACULTY

Saxophone:
Victor L. Goines
Joe Temperley


Trombone:
Wycliffe Gordon

Trumpet:
Mark Gould
Wynton Marsalis
Lew Soloff
Warren Vache
Joe Wilder

Piano:
Kenny Barron

Drums:
Carl Allen
Lewis Nash

Bass:
Ben Wolfe

Guitar:
Peter Bernstein

Small Ensembles:
Carl Allen
Wycliffe Gordon

Large Ensemble:
Victor L. Goines
Wycliffe Gordon

Secondary Flute:
Barli Nugent

CLASSROOM FACULTY

Jazz Composition/Arranging:
David Berger
Robert Sadin

Jazz History:
Loren Schoenberg

Elements of Music:
Kendall Briggs

Jazz Piano for Non-Pianists:
Mike LeDonne

History of Jazz:
Bob Stewart

Jazz Practicum:
Scott Reeves

Further information is available at www.juilliard.edu.
 

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