Course Detail
Small Jazz Combo
Time and Location
Times
Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: TR
Meeting Times: 02:00PM-02:50PM
Location
Campus: Hillsboro
Building: FA
Room: 114
Registration Information
Credit Hours: 1
Subject Code: MSC
Course Number: 241
Section Number: 02
CRN: 35368
Tier: 2
Instruction TypeLecture
Enrollment Numbers
Remaining Seats: 11
Filled Seats: 1
Maximum Seats: 12
Comments:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Proficiency at playing a musical instrument common to the small jazz idiom; an audition may be required
Small Jazz Combo is the study and performance of the small jazz group repertoire. Concurrent enrollment in Jazz Improvisation I or Jazz Improvisation II is encouraged. Small Jazz Combo is open to all students. (F,S)
CORE42 MOTR PERF102B Music Performance-Band
Small Jazz Combo is the study and performance of the small jazz group repertoire. Concurrent enrollment in Jazz Improvisation I or Jazz Improvisation II is encouraged. Small Jazz Combo is open to all students. (F,S)
CORE42 MOTR PERF102B Music Performance-Band
Faculty Information
Name: Joel Vanderheyden
Title: Professor
Classification: Full Time
Credentials: Doctor of Music: University Of Iowa,Master of Music: U Of Maryland:College Park,Bachelor of Arts: University Of Minnesota Morris
Office: FA 112B
E-Mail: jvanderh@jeffco.edu
Phone Extension: 3362
Bio: With degrees in Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy (DMA, University of Iowa), Jazz Studies (MM, University of Maryland), and Music Performance and Education (BA, University of Minnesota, Morris), Joel Vanderheyden is a seasoned performer and educator in both jazz and classical styles. At Jefferson College, he teaches Music Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Appreciation, Applied Woodwinds, and directs the Jefferson College Jazz Ensembles. Vanderheyden has previously served as Director of Jazz at both the University of Minnesota-Morris and Oakton Community College in the Chicago area. He is a member of the Missouri Saxophone Quartet, and performs regularly with the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra. He has performed at the World Saxophone Congress (St. Andrews, Scotland, 2012), at jazz festivals in Switzerland, France, and Holland, and at notable stateside venues including Carnegie Hall, Blues Alley, The Dakota, The Artists` Quarter, The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. Vanderheyden`s debut CD was released in 2009 on the Mize Music label. It was named one of the Top Jazz Albums of 2009 on KCCK 88.3FM in Cedar Rapids, IA and called "One of the best jazz rock records to be released in years!" by Christopher Cooke on KIOS 91.5FM in Omaha, NE.
