Welcome to the Jazz
Department

Project Leader Jazz and Music in Education

Critical listening

Jazz Double Bass

Lecturer Jazz Drums

Jazz Basic and Advanced Teaching Skills - (Double) Bass - Jazz Study Coach

Bassist Jo Didderen is first known for his work with the Mijke Loeven Band an

Electric Bass (Guest Teacher)

Music Production / Live Sound & Effects / Electronic Music Performance / Producing your own music

Frederik Tings is a musician, producer & composer from Germany, currently

Jazz Trumpet (& Lead Trumpet)

Rob Bruynen (born 1961) has played with countless world-renowned musicians, i

Junior Jazz Vocals / Coordinator Junior Jazz / Band Coaching

Roderik Povel (1976) is a lecturer in Jazz Vocals, Ensemble and Master resear

Band Coaching / Jazz Saxophone, Junior Jazz / Applied theory combo

Greg Torunski, has been already noticed with the huge success on the dutch/ge

Regular Masterclass Jazz Guitar Lecturer

Artistic Research

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills piano

Levon Leonard (1978), who has a degree in Piano and Composition, teaches Pian

Music and Technology and IT

Hugo Fredrix (born 1970) has been a lecturer in Music and Information Technol

Jazz Saxophone / Big Band Sax section

Reiner Witzel , born 1967, studied saxophone at the "Musikhochschule Köln" an

Jazz Composing, Arranging and Performing / CAP Modules / "Find Your Own Music" coaching

Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Pianist, Keyboardist and Music Educator Wolfg

Head of programme Jazz

Jazz Guitar

EMP (guest teacher)

BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING

Jazz trumpet junior jazz

Richard is a much sought-after trumpeter with national and international band

EMP (guest teacher)

Jazz Electric Bass / Band Coaching

Bass guitarist Alexander Boerner (born 1963) has taught Jazz/Pop Bass Guitar

JAZZ SAXOPHONE GUEST TEACHER

Jazz Saxophone Guest teacher

Jazz Drums / Latin Band Coaching / Percussion & Pulse / Module Advanced Rhythm

Jazz Vocals

Belgian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and creator of imaginary and 

Jazz Vocals

Vocalist Susanne Schneider has been teaching at Conservatorium Maastricht sin

Trumpet (Guest Teacher)

Jazz Piano at Junior Jazz Department / Side subject Piano / Workshops Keyboard

Jazz Vocals / Vocal Skills / Methodology / Master Research Coach

'I love teaching, I love developing each student's individual strong points a

Jazz Trumpet / Band Coaching / Big Band Trumpet section / Big Band

Carlo Nardozza studied music in Maastricht with Rob Bruynen, Claudius Valk an

Composing & Arranging / Master Coordinator / Master Research Coach / Fringe Orchestra / Wanted! Composition Lab

Jesse Passenier is a Dutch composer, unifying principles of jazz and classica

EMP (guest teacher)

Paul Frick teaches the Electronic Music Performance (EMP) students in Extende

LECTURER BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING and lecturer Performance

Bart Verhagen (1983) studeerde Docent Muziek en Klassieke Zang aan het Conser

Jazz Drums (Guest Teacher)

Jazz Trombone

Clarinet for Saxophonists

Piotr Torunski is steadily gaining attention as a talented bass clarinet /cla

Jazz Vocals / Backing Vocals

Esmee Bor (born 1976) teaches Vocals as a main subject in the Jazz department

Aural Skills / Theoretical Analysis / Applied Theory Combo

Sven Heinze (*1983) studied Composing/Arranging Jazz with Wolfgang Braun, Mic

Jazz Cello

Jazz Guest lecturer Piano

Flute for saxophonists

Maja Jasinska is a flute player from Poland and gives concerts in the classic

Jazz / Pop Guitar

Markus Wienstroer (born June 24, 1959 in Dusseldorf) is a German musician, wh

EMP (GUEST TEACHER)

Alex Lesage is an electronic musician from Brussels who primarily works with

Arranging / Composing for Film / World Music Composing / Theoretical Analysis

Leon Lhoëst started teaching at the Conservatorium Maastricht in 2005: initia

Regular Masterclass Jazz Guitar Lecturer

Jazz Main Subject Lecturer Piano

Choir - Guest teacher

Maartje has studied Jazz Vocals and later on Jazz Piano at the Amsterdam Cons

Jazz Piano / Applied Piano Jazz

“My greatest teachers were honest, critical and not afraid to make choices.

Jazz aural skills

Jazz Guitar

As a leader or as sideman, guitarist Joachim Schönecker has worked with many