For continuing or new students, advance your music studies with our classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced learners (skill levels 1, 2, and 3). We offer different classes every quarter based on instructor availability and academic year calendar. Our instructors are among the finest musicians and educators in Seattle's vibrant jazz scene.
- 90 minutes once a week for 10 weeks
- In person at Jazz Night School, or online with Zoom (depending on class)
- With real-time interaction between instructors and classmates
All classes are accepting new students. If you'd like to learn more about classes or to set up a virtual skills assessment, contact us!
There are six primary components of musicianship to develop to become a conversant music maker. These studies are:
- Ear Training - Learning to recognize and understand what we hear.
- Instrument Proficiency - The sounds we can make depend entirely on our physical encounters with our instruments.
- Rhythm - Command of pulse, subdivision, duration, and accents.
- Improvisation - Real-time composition: speaking for ourselves, musically.
- Theory - Understanding the construction of and ways to communicate about music.
- History - Paying respects to the origins and creators.
Most Jazz Night School classes provide study in several areas at once. Class offerings can be searched by studies.
How to register
Click on the listing of your chosen offering below to learn more and register.