Entertainment Law

Explore and examine various topics relevant to careers in arts management. Fall/ Spring

Learn chord reading and jazz harmonic voicing skills at the piano. Explore harmonic structures within a variety of jazz tunes. Analyze chord progressions and reharmonize chordal structures in jazz and contemporary music.

An introductory course for all artists which explores contracts, torts, agency, labor relations, copyrights and communications. Fall/Spring.

Explore strategies and tactics of marketing for artists and arts management. Gain a deeper understanding of people (populations) and their artistic needs. Examine various topics: segmentation, digital presence, public relations, etc.

Explore the fundamentals of management and organizational behavior in the context of the fine and performing arts by exposing students to the theories, frameworks, and applicationsof arts management. Examining geographic diversity to ensure materials and discourse reflect the increasingly globalized nature of management.In addition, this classwill introduce students toconcepts from the social sciences that relate tomanagement and organizational behavior today.

Study principal topics of music technology: acoustics, computers, MIDI, digital audio, and tools for music production and scoring, using extensive hands-on experience to enhance understanding.

Explore advanced topics of music technology: acoustics, computers, MIDI, digital audio, and tools for music production and scoring. Learn using hands-on experience to enhance understanding.

Study jazz music theory, including chord and scale construction and nomenclature, elementary principles of chord voicing an arrangements, chord/scale relationships, and blues, AABA and other song forms.

Study jazz music theory, including chord and scale construction and nomenclature, elementary principles of chord voicing an arrangements, chord/scale relationships, and blues, AABA and other song forms.

Study of the history, sociology, culture and development of jazz from its African origins to the present and beyond. Fall/Spring.

Learn advanced skills as an arranger of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Understand chord chart writing and arranging techniques relevant to the rhythm section (keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, and percussion) and contemporary rhythm idioms.

Writing musical arrangements for small ensembles consisting of one, two & three horns plus rhythm section. For each of the three instrumentations we will address several basic arranging techniques.

Learn writing musical arrangements for small ensembles consisting of one, two & three horns plus rhythm section. Understand each of the three instrumentations to address several basic arranging techniques.

Individual Instruction: Study jazz string bass in private sessions to develop individual technique, intonation, sound production, etc. Course content is specific to the technical abilities of the student.

Grad Class

Grad Class