Showcase Ensemble: Columbia C

Catalog description

The Columbia College Jazz Ensemble course is an advanced-level performance class for instrumentalists. Repertoire is drawn from advanced-level material appropriate to the style. Ensembles are an integral component of the music program, focusing on musicianship as it applies to technical ability, music literacy, theory, history, and aural skills. Students regularly apply ensemble awareness and effective rehearsal and performance techniques, building confidence in their own abilities and in their ability to function as an effective team.