Jazz Area
The Jazz Area consists of both performance-based learning and a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies. The degree offers courses specifically designed for jazz-focused instrumentalists and vocalists in improvisation, history, analysis, and pedagogy. A suite of ensemble offerings provide a wide-range of jazz performance for students including jazz combos, the World Music Ensemble, the Latin American Music Ensemble, and the University of Arkansas Jazz Orchestra. Additional performance groups such as the Arkansas Soul Band and the Songwriters Ensemble provide popular music opportunities within the program.
Learn about the UA Jazz ensembles.
The Jazz Area provides students with the opportunity to grow as performers, improvisers, arrangers, scholars, and teachers of jazz and related styles, positioning them for creative and versatile engagement with today’s multifaceted musical culture.
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Degrees Conferred
- Bachelor of Music in Performance with Concentration in Jazz Studies (B.M.)
Jazz Faculty
- Claudia Burson, piano
- Lauren N. Clare, voice
- Jake Hertzog, guitar/Area Coordinator
- Marshall Jones, theory
- Nikola Radan, world music
- Rick Salonen, jazz orchestra
- Fernando Valencia, Latin ensemble
- Susumu Watanabe, improv
Area Coordinator
Dr. Jake Hertzog
Senior Instructor of Guitar
jhertzog@uark.edu
Go to the catalog of studies for complete information about requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree requirements.
