

The NYU Steinhardt Summer Jazz Improvisation and Composers Workshop offers daily cutting-edge masterclasses, ensembles and seminars that provide a wide range of opportunities tailored to the needs of intermediate and advanced students. Students will interact and study with many of the top jazz musicians on the music scene today, and they will also have the opportunity to give public performances at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village, the heart of the New York City jazz scene.
The workshops will consist of a daily improvisation class, a daily masterclass with special guest instructors (this will open with group meetings and discussions), daily small ensemble rehearsals with NYU or guest faculty, and a daily jazz composition class.
*Session 1 has very limited availability.
Session 1: June 25 - July 7, 2023 *Limited availability
Session 2: July 9 – July 21, 2023
Session 1: March 31, 2023 *Limited availability
Session 2: April 14, 2023
$55 (Non-Refundable Application Fee)
$2,500 (Tuition)
$100 (Evening/Weekend Activity Fee)
$1,214 (On-Campus Housing $844, Required Meal Plan $370)
Scholarships: Limited, through application
High School (16 years and older)
Undergraduate
Post-College and Graduate Students
Continuing Professionals
Summer Jazz Improv & Composition faculty members will include Professor David Pietro (Director of NYU Jazz Studies), and Dr. David Schroeder (Professor of Jazz Studies) along with other distinguished jazz studies performers and educators.
Past faculty and lecturers have included Jay Anderson, Johnathan Blake, Alan Broadbent, Jeff Coffin, Dave Douglas, Dezron Douglas, Billy Drewes, Billy Drummond, Alan Ferber, Gil Goldstein, Tim Hagans, Marquis Hill, Dave Liebman, Lage Lund, Joe Martin, Peter Mazza, Camila Meza, Tony Moreno, Chris Potter, Bobby Previte, Mike Rodriguez, John Scofield, Kendrick Scott, Tom Scott, Brad Shepik, Janis Siegel, Alex Sipiagin, Helen Sung, Gary Versace, Johannes Weidenmüller, Michael Wolff.
View a complete list of current NYU Jazz faculty.
Submit a video recording with three contrasting jazz standards of your choice that demonstrate the breadth and range of your work and a command of the jazz language. You may either be accompanied by a live rhythm section of piano or guitar, bass, and drums; or perform along to a backing track over which you are clearly audible.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NYU has in place ongoing public health measures and requirements to ensure the safety of all University community members.
Costs, payment procedures, scholarships, cancellation/refund policy, and financial aid details for our summer programs.
All you need to know about NYU summer program housing including rates, meal plans, services, and check-in/out.
An application checklist and information on English proficiency testing, visas, and health insurance for students from outside the United States.
All communications and admission decisions are provided via email (email account used when application was created).
Some admission decisions may be made on a rolling basis, but all applicants should expect a decision soon after the appropriate deadline has passed.
Program Administration
Summer Programs
212-998-5438
mpap.summer@nyu.edu
Academic Content
Dave Pietro
Jazz Studies
Director
212-998-5252
mpap.jazz@nyu.edu