The Community Music Advanced Jazz program is tailored for students with substantial experience in jazz performance and improvisation. Ideal for senior CMS students preparing for post-secondary jazz education or seeking a more challenging environment to accelerate their growth, this program delves into advanced harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic concepts. Each student explores these elements among peers of similar experience, deepening their understanding of what it takes to refine their unique voice as both an improviser and instrumentalist. Courses are coached by acclaimed Canadian jazz musicians, each bringing decades of performance and teaching experience.
Jazz, rooted in the Black American musical tradition, emphasizes artistic expression through improvisation— the spontaneous composition of music. Jazz’s history is rich with groundbreaking innovations that have shaped modern music, creating a vibrant, ever-expanding musical language that continues to inspire and evolve today.
“Jazz is not just music: it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.”
- Nina Simone