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MUED3031: Teaching Jazz in Secondary School
2025 unit information
This unit of study provides students with an overview of the development of jazz from its earliest stages to the present and from its origins in New Orleans to its contemporary expressions in Australia, Europe and elsewhere. An understanding of key stylistic and technical aspects of jazz will be undertaken through immersion in jazz-related skills of listening and transcription as well as idiomatic improvisation, which are developed progressively through weekly workshops.The unit is designed for students in the BMus(MusEd) degree program for whom it is a core requirement. Bringing an instrument to weekly sessions is mandatory - pianists should acquire a melodia for the unit.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Music Education |
| Credit points | 3 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand many of the key concepts and processes operating in jazz music, including improvisation, solo, swing, groove, walking bass, thematic composition, ballad, standard, rhythm changes, additive metres, modal jazz, and free jazz
- LO2. (critically) engage with canonical U.S. and some Australian jazz repertoire items and innovations
- LO3. identify creative strategies for including Jazz in school learning and teaching programs
- LO4. develop knowledge, skills, and resources to successfully deliver meaningful teaching and learning sequences involving jazz music and improvisation
- LO5. perform some jazz repertoire competently and confidently.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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