爵士乐 and Commercial 音乐 at PCC offers training in a wide variety of musical styles 和技能. While strongly rooted in the traditions of jazz, classes in this area are designed to equip the 21st century musician with relevant abilities for a career 在音乐中. Key areas include individual performance skills and work with large and small ensembles, improvisation, composition and arranging, as well as hands-on training in studio production. With a dedicated faculty of industry professionals, cutting edge facilities including an on-campus SSL-equipped recording studio, and a multitude of classes ranging from jazz improvisation to mixing popular music, 爵士乐 and Commercial 音乐 at PCC has something for everyone.  

Courses Offered

  • 音乐 144 - Introduction to Improvisation (1 unit)
  • 音乐 45A and 45B - Instrumental Improvisation (1 unit)
  • MUSC 094 Intro to 音乐 Technology for 音乐ians
  • MUSC 096a Introduction to 音乐 Recording and Production
  • MUSC 096b 音乐 Recording & Production Applications
  • MUSC 096c 音乐 Recording & Production Workshop
  • MUSC 129a 音乐 in Multimedia
  • MUSC 093 The 音乐 业务
  • MUSC 056 Vocal 爵士乐 Ensemble
  • MUSC 057A 爵士乐 Combo
  • MUSC 057B Lancer 爵士乐 Big Band
  • MUSC 057C Studio 爵士乐 Ensemble
  • MUSC 057E 爵士乐 Guitar Ensemble
  • MUSC 057F Latin 爵士乐 Ensemble
  • MUSC 057I Vocal 爵士乐 Combo
  • MUSC 133d Performance Ensemble-爵士乐
  • MUSC 036a Pop-爵士乐 Theory
  • MUSC 036b 爵士乐-Commercial Theory
  • MUSC 105 Popular Songwriting

Additional Course Info


Learn more about our courses in 爵士乐 and commercial music! Use the links below to see full course descriptions and see our current semester offerings.