Jazz Performance Minor

In addition to offering weekly studio lessons, our Grammy award-winning jazz faculty direct performance initiatives at the University and throughout the local community, providing students with unique performance opportunities in western New York. The department hosts world-renowned visiting artists throughout the year, offering students free admission to a full season of concerts and the opportunity to participate in guest master classes.

Students in the Music Minor in Performance take four semester of applied lessons on the instrument/voice for which they have auditioned.

All of the courses listed below, with the exception of Mus 110, are also part of both the BA in Music and MusB in Music Performance. (Mus 110 is a UB Curriculum course.) Should a student start the minor and decide to switch into a music major, fulfillment of all minor courses would count towards the major.  However, students are not allowed to simultaneously pursue both a major and minor in music.

Students interested in pursuing the Jazz Performance Minor should submit an application and audition for the Jazz Ensemble director, George Caldwell.