| jazzzmom- My son is a Hartt grad (BM viola performance '07), and while he confirms the strength of Hartt's Jackie Maclean Institute of Jazz he looked fairly quizzical when I mentioned contemporary/rock guitar.
Now, having said that, the classical performance and jazz performance majors are in effect 2 seperate programs, there's not alot (if any) performance faculty crossover, the instrumental performing requirements differ for the two programs as do the instrumental audition requirements. Classroom interaction is basically limited to the required music courses (history, theory, music business courses, etc.) similar to both programs.
Based on my knowledge of Hartt's programs, I'd suggest confirming the existence of a contemporary/rock component to Hartt's jazz guitar program.
There may well be one, but it was not apparent during my son's time there. |