SOUTHERN MISS JAZZ
12 videos • 320 views • by Southern Miss School of Music Jazz Studies The jazz studies program at USM has been in existence for over 50 years. Its ensembles include two big bands, and four to five combos of various shapes and sizes including the award winning Southern Miss Jazz Jazztet. Among the notable guest artists who have performed with the Jazz Lab Band I are Ellis Marsalis, Jeff Coffin, Jovino Santos Neto, Gregory Tardy and many more. What Will I Learn? The program’s course offerings help students develop a foundation in improvisation, theory, arranging, and history. All of the jazz performing groups and most of the jazz core courses offered are open to non-jazz majors with the instructor’s permission. Jazz at Southern Miss has had a long and illustrious history and the dedication and hard work of faculty members and talented students, former and current, has helped the jazz program at Southern Miss to be among the best in the Southeast. Ensembles Its ensembles include two big bands, and four to five combos of various shapes and sizes including the award winning Southern Miss Jazz Jazztet. We welcome all participants, especially in Improvisation classes. We have had violinists, French horn players, vocalists, and cellists as well as the traditional brass, reeds, and rhythm players, and the curriculum is designed to take students new to improvising and start them on their own personal journey of musical exploration. We invite you to come join in the action and discover for yourself this great art form called jazz!