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The CU Boulder jazz studies program is recognized for its excellence in jazz performance, jazz theory听and scoring and arranging.听Jazz studies students have annually won numerous prestigious DownBeat awards听and our jazz ensembles have gained national acclaim and recorded several CDs.听Jazz ensemble concerts often feature world-famous guest jazz artists.听Throughout the school year, top jazz bass artists perform in the Denver/Boulder area.听Many鈥攊ncluding Victor Wooten, Rob Kassinger, John Clayton, Rob Fahie, Marc Johnson, John Goldsby, Mark Dresser, Reggie Workman and Stafford James鈥攈ave come to the College of Music to work with our double bass students.听Jazz bass players are involved in an active schedule of big band concerts on campus听and weekly combo performances off campus.

Teaching:听Barbosa and Susan Cahill听work together in guiding undergraduate jazz bass students鈥� development of technique, scales, fingerings, intonation听and general musicality.

Jazz lesson focus areas:

• Improvisation听
• Time/feel
• Building bass lines听
• Sound
• Technique听
• Memorizing tunes

Undergrad jazz bass studies:听The College of Music offers abachelor鈥檚 in jazz bass听that combines study in jazz and classical double bass.听A supplemental Jazz Certificate is available for undergraduate double bass majors who have taken a sufficient number of excellent courses offered by the College of Music鈥檚听Thompson听Jazz Studies Program听including Jazz Theory, Jazz Scoring and Arranging, Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble. Barbosa teaches lessons both to students pursuing jass studies听and interested bass students in the classical double bass program.

Graduate jazz bass studies degrees:听At the graduate level, master鈥檚 and doctoral programs are available for jazz bass players: the Master of Music in performance +听pedagogy and the doctorate in jazz studies.听The听College of Music is one of only a few music schools offering the jazz doctorate degree.听Jazz bass players at the graduate level enjoy a curriculum of jazz courses that include听lessons with听Barbosa. Classical lessons are also available with Susan Cahill. For more information, contact听John Gunther.