Jazz Arranging From Combo to Big Band

This course is designed for music educators who want to explore arranging for jazz combo and/or ensemble, no arranging experience required. This course is structured in a step-by-step approach and covers jazz theory and harmony, principles of jazz voice leading, voicing techniques, chord symbol nomenclature, jazz notation and articulation. The functions of each instrument will be addressed, including range, register, dynamic capabilities and idiomatic characteristics.