Programme
Master Jazz

Shape your own musical identity in a creative and collaborative environment where composing, arranging and performing come together. Explore your artistic direction, collaborate with fellow musicians, gain experience through performances and productions, and become an independent artist.

Build on your previous studies, develop your artistic identity and refine your musical direction as a composer, arranger and performer. Work closely with mentors to shape personal projects, explore creative concepts, and bring your ideas to life through performance and recording. Tailor your own artistic path.

Electronic musicians explore live performance while jazz musicians explore electronic sound. EMP brings these worlds together, teaching you to translate the music in your head into professional productions and creative live performances with talented musicians.

Listen, play and learn in our inspiring Bass department. Get regular private lessons, group sessions and studio recordings, build improvisation and groove across jazz, funk, Latin, pop and world music, plus masterclasses from renowned bassists.

Rhythm is the heartbeat of music, and drums is where you find your own voice. Play through jazz, funk, Latin, rock and Big Band while developing technique, sound and improvisation on stage, together.

Listen, play and learn in our inspiring Bass department. Enjoy regular private lessons, group sessions and studio recordings, developing improvisation and groove across jazz, funk, Latin, pop and world music, with masterclasses from renowned bassists.

Build your improvisation skills, technique, sound and personal approach to jazz. Master arpeggios, scales, rhythm and repertoire, then shift focus toward your own musical vision, writing music and leading your own band.

Become the pianist you want to be and explore the full potential of jazz piano at Conservatorium Maastricht. Strengthen your technique, improvisation, harmony and ensemble skills through personalised coaching, inspiring collaborations and exceptional Steinway instruments.

Build systematic improvisation skills, from chord and scale based playing to bebop and motivic phrasing. Apply them across standards, pop and world music, refine your technique, and develop your own personal sound and style.

Become a first class brass player in vibrant Maastricht. Train as a section player and soloist across jazz combo, big band and world music ensembles, building strong instrumental skills alongside improvisation, composition and arranging basics.

Whatever your goal, whether all round jazz trumpet, playing lead in a big band, or sounding like yourself, build modern technique and harmonic knowledge through weekly big band, combo rehearsals and masterclasses from renowned musicians.

Expand your artistic sound as an ud player. Deepen your technique, improvisation and mastery of maqam traditions while exploring the rich meeting point of jazz, Arabic and Middle Eastern music, developing a distinctive musical identity through personalised guidance and creative performance.

Develop your individual talent as a jazz vocalist, collaborating in bands, combos and choirs. Build range, dynamics and interpretation while writing your own songs, performing live in exams, jam sessions and concerts across four years.