workshops, clinics, college education

EDUCATION

New Book out!

Interested in Jazz Composition? Please have a look at my book “Jazz Composer's Companion”.

It’s the essential guide for aspiring and experienced composers wishing to refine their creative process in composition.
This guide goes beyond examining harmonization, scales, modes, and voicings; instead, it dives into the unexplored regions of imagination, structured thinking, and creative application, making it a companion in composing resonant and expressive contemporary jazz music. Whether you're new to the basics or an experienced composer, this book offers a journey that will illuminate the unexplored corridors of musical composition in the contemporary jazz world.

Get it here

Currently teaching at 

HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK & TANZ, KÖLN

https://www.hfmt-koeln.de/

WDR BIG BAND COMPOSERS' FELLOWSHIP

https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/bigband/bigbandakademie/index.html

SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC

https://sydney.edu.au/music/

formerly at  

JAZZ INSTITUTE BERLIN

http://www.jazz-institut-berlin.de

CONSERVATORIUM VAN AMSTERDAM

https://www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl/en/study/jazz/

 

Clinics and workshops at 

Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar
https://www.hfm-weimar.de/start.html

Hochschule für Musik Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Leipzig
https://www.hmt-leipzig.de

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, Hannover
https://www.hmtm-hannover.de/de/start/

Hochschule für Musik, Mainz
http://www.musik.uni-mainz.de/index.php

Hochschule für Künste, Bremen
http://www.hfk-bremen.de

Conservatorium van Amsterdam
https://www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl/studie/jazz/

University of Auckland
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/creative/study-with-us/music.html

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
https://www.rcs.ac.uk

I also offer private lessons in person or via zoom