| Course Number: | EDX 5710 S58 |
| Instructor: | Glendon Ingalls |
| Location: | In-person at the Jazz in the Mountains Camp in Killington and online. |
| Dates and Times: | July 10 - Aug 29, 2026. July pre-class meeting(s): Dates to be set by the group to ensure full attendance. In-person camp August 10- 3 pm-11 pm, August 11- 14 from 9 am-11 pm, and August 15- 9 am- 11 am Post camp meeting: Dates to be set by the group to ensure full attendance. |
| Credits: | 3 Graduate Credits |
| Tuition: | Set by and payable to educational partner Jazz in the Mountains |
Jazz Immersion: Jazz in the Mountains brings 9 highly respected jazz performer/educators to Killington in a 5-day program offering an immersion experience in jazz performance and teaching.
Students will participate in and observe ensemble rehearsals, music theory/performance clinics, jam sessions, musicianship training classes, and faculty and student performances.
See the camp class schedule at: https://www.jazzinthemountains.com/about.html.
Audience: Audience: K-12 Music Teachers and adults, with a Bachelor's Degree, who are interested in developing their jazz performance and teaching skills.
Course Goals: Students will enhance their skills in jazz performance, improvisation, and their knowledge of jazz styles and history as well as developing strategies for sharing this knowledge with colleagues and students.
Course Objectives: Students will be able to introduce their students to study and practice techniques used by jazz masters to develop their improvisations and interpretation and development of various jazz styles including swing, Latin, bebop, and ballads. Students will receive instruction from teacher/artists who are and have been instructors at institutions including the Navy School of Music, University of Vermont, Vermont State University, Middlebury College, Middlebury Community Music Center, University of Connecticut, the Maynard Ferguson Jazz Institute, and Rowan University. Students will keep a journal of sessions attended and associated teaching/learning strategies.
Students will attend 180 minutes of pre and post class Zoom sessions, plus the 5-day camp experience, and independent work. Sample daily camp schedule available at https://www.jazzinthemountains.com
Costs for required readings/resources, if any, are not included in the course cost.
Keller, C., & Tuberg, C. (2025). "Opening Closed Forms in Collegiate Jazz Pedagogy." Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education (ACT). Explores institutional responsibilities in teaching jazz and fostering diverse, individual creative voices.
Pinheiro, M. N. F. (2023). "Past, Present and Future Jazz: Scholarship, Historiography, Education and Performance." International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (IRASM). Examines the evolution of jazz pedagogy.
Johnson, G. (2024). "Music Educators' Experiences Integrating Jazz Studies Into the Music Curriculum." Walden University Dissertations (Open Access).
Hayes, R. (2021). "Informing Music Educators of Secondary Jazz Music Education." OpenSIUC Research Papers.
https://aeon.co/videos/as-technologies-mine-our-attention-we-must-look-to-artists
"Jazz Education after 2017: The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and the Pedagogical Lineage" (2021):
(802) 272-3824
This course requires registration with Jazz in the Mountains first. Please click on the Register Now! link below.