Siena Jazz - University and Summer Workshop

Established in 1977 as a Summer jazz workshops and its outlook has been decidedly international since the 1990s. After doubling the workshop with a Winter edition, it opened regular courses and organized the pilot experiment International Jazz Master Program in Improvisation Techniques (2008/2011) that had a major impact on the Italian scene. The courses are officially acknowledged by the State since 2011, the first in Italy. Now a relevant portion of the Siena Jazz University faculty is international, as 50% of the teachers in the Summer Workshop, where also about 25% of the students come from abroad. Siena Jazz also has a research branch, the Centro Nazionale Studi sul Jazz Arrigo Polillo, holding the most relevant specialized collection of books, magazines, dissertations, sound and video recordings, and promotional materials in the country.

Private schools with full (3+2 years) curriculum, regular diploma at the end.