currently: studying, performing, teaching, writing new tunes, writing lyrics, exploring the universe of jazz...

2004 (-2008) studying jazz at the prins claus conservatory in groningen,
netherlands

studies, workshops and masterclasses in singing, improvising, ensemble playing, arrangement, jazz theory, ear training, composition, jazz history, piano, language of jazz with: 

ekkehard jost, andrew t. bryan, roger cicero, julia brockmann, floor van zutphen, francien van tuinen, sanna van vliet, dena derose, ingrid voermans, sheila jordan, roseanna vitro, kevin mahogany, josee koning, kurt weiss, david berkman, brian lynch, ralph peterson, don braden, joris teepe, alex sipiagin, mark gross, sam burtis, steve davis, freddie bryant, tilmar junius, cajan wittmer, dave liebman, ron jackson.

2003 freelance author for the jazz department of the north german radio (ndr),
hamburg

2003 M.A. degree in systematic musicology at the university of hamburg.
master theses: early polyphonic music | acoustics / room acoustics |
mind: perception and memory |
written master thesis: "the jazz workshops of the north german radio in context of jazz in the 1960s in western germany"

university study in musicology (both historical and systematical), sociology and
psychology in gießen, berlin and hamburg. studies in composition and musictheory
(classical).

experiments with sounds, sound synthesis, samples, analog and digital. film music for student projects, excessive songwriting, electro-acoustic projects.

while in school/highschool: 8 years of training in classical piano, 3 years in
church organ, flute and clarinet, singing in choirs, first compositions.

additional skills in: sound forge, finale, pro tools, cubase, photoshop, go live,
freehand, photography, layout, design, sewing, german, english, french, dutch.

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