Spartan Youth Jazz

CMSD Ensembles

The Spartan Youth Jazz program provides opportunities for Detroit middle and high school students to study jazz with some of Detroit’s top music educators! With artist direction from MSU College of Music’s Distinguished Professor Rodney Whitaker, students receive weekly lessons learning jazz improvisation, composition, arranging, history, and ensemble playing.

Spartan Youth Jazz is generously funded by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation.

Register

Click the links on each ensemble listed below to learn more and register!

Instructors

Meet our Spartan Youth Jazz Faculty!