Master in Jazz/Jazz Studies (Master's)

Tuition is Tuition for the 2024–2025 academic year is $51,500 per year..

This programme is designed for advanced jazz musicians seeking professional development. Students engage in intensive performance, improvisation, and composition training within a conservatory setting. The curriculum emphasizes individual artistic growth through private instruction and ensemble work. It is part of Juilliard's Music Division and leads to a master's degree in music.

Focus areas include improvisation, jazz composition, ensemble performance, jazz pedagogy.

The programme requires 36 credits, distributed across applied music, ensemble participation, and academic coursework. A final recital or performance project is required to complete the degree.

Graduates pursue careers as professional jazz performers, composers, and educators in music institutions.

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in music or equivalent. A live audition and written materials are required. Official transcripts and letters of recommendation are also needed.

The programme totals about 36 credit hours. on-campus, full-time, typically two years. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 9% of applicants.

Performance sits at the center of The Juilliard School's academic work. Its programs span dance, drama, and music, with acting available within drama and vocal arts offered within music. Music students can study instruments including piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, guitar, harp, organ, and percussion. Additional areas include collaborative piano, composition, conducting, jazz studies, historical performance, and the Doctor of Musical Arts. The Artist Diploma in Opera Studies provides another advanced music pathway.

Juilliard connects study with public performance through its performances program and annual season. Dance, drama, music, and creative enterprise appear across its on-stage and related programming. The school also supports artistic development through alumni activities, K-12 education, summer programs, and Juilliard Extension certificates in core musical skills, music composition, and music production. Juilliard Jazz marks 25 years, providing a specific point of continuity within the school's music activities.

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