Careers

Specialist studies in jazz can take you in a number of directions: from hands on performing and producing through to journalism and education.

Roles

You could find a rewarding career in roles as a :

• Contemporary music arranger
• Reviewer
• Contemporary music educator
• Contemporary music performer for bands
• Studio and live recordings
• Film, theatre, television and live events
• Record producer
• Studio engineer

Recent Alumna Success

Jazz & Improvisation alumna Shannon Barnett is now performing trombone in the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany. Her quartet, featuring Stefan Karl Schmid (tenor saxophone), David Helm (bass) and Fabian Arends (drums), was nominated as a semifinalist in the prestigious 2017 Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis