Jazz and improvisation
Develop your musical technique and creativity, while enriching your unique voice
About Jazz and improvisation
Balance the development of your technical musicianship with creativity, whilst strengthening your personal voice through contemporary performance practice and original compositions.
At Melbourne, you will have the opportunity to embrace a diversity of music genres including World, Popular, Folk, Experimental, Electronica, Crossover Media, Acapella and Multimedia.
Discover the Jazz & Improvisation major
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Why study at the University of Melbourne
Industry-ready skills
Build performance-based skills, develop repertoire, improvisation skills and work on technical studies appropriate to your specialist area.
Taught by leading experts
Throughout your journey you’re guided by expert teaching and performance staff and are supported by all the opportunities a world-class university can offer.
Career ready
Develop the skills to be a ‘triple threat’ performer, improviser and composer as you build advanced technical skills and your distinctive individual voice.
Hear from our students
Find out what motivated our current students to choose Melbourne, and the impact studying with us has had on their lives and careers.
I've also really enjoyed the diversity of the class: everyone makes a different type of music, everyone’s practice is continually evolving and pushing things into different perspectives for me.
Tilly Webb, Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition)