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The JAZZ department

Find your own music, study Jazz 

We challenge you.
Get out of your comfort zone.
Spark your imagination and develop your own sound.
Become a creative, professional and versatile musician in an international environment.

jazz lecturers

Top Notch education by the best

Ruud Jacobs

BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING

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Ron van Stratum

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

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Paul Frick

EMP (guest teacher)

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

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Alexander Boerner

Jazz Electric Bass / Band Coaching

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

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Hugo Fredrix

Music and Technology and IT

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

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Sven Heinze

Aural Skills / Theoretical Analysis / Applied Theory Combo

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

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Sam Newbould

Jazz Saxophone Guest teacher

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Richard Didden

Jazz trumpet junior jazz

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

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Piotr Torunski

Clarinet for Saxophonists

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

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Kika Sprangers

JAZZ SAXOPHONE GUEST TEACHER

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Sam David Wamper

Jazz aural skills

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Wolfgang Braun

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

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

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Markus Wienstroer

Jazz / Pop Guitar

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

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Maartje Meijer

Choir - Guest teacher

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

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Jo Didderen

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

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Susanne Schneider

Jazz Vocals

Vocalist Susanne Schneider has been teaching at Conservatorium Maastricht sin

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Romain Pilon

Regular Masterclass Jazz Guitar Lecturer

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Alex Lesage

EMP (GUEST TEACHER)

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

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Laurent Peckels

EMP (guest teacher)

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Levon Harutiunyan

Lecturer Basic teaching skills and Advanced teaching skills piano

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

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Louise van den Heuvel

Electric Bass (Guest Teacher)

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Sabine Kühlich

Jazz Vocals / Vocal Skills / Methodology / Master Research Coach

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

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Lander Gyselinck

Jazz Drums (Guest Teacher)

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Greg Torunski

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

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

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Lage Lund

Regular Masterclass Jazz Guitar Lecturer

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Billy Test

Jazz Main Subject Lecturer Piano

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Frank Giebels

Jazz Piano / Applied Piano Jazz

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

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Mike Roelofs

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

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Reiner Witzel

Jazz Saxophone / Big Band Sax section

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

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Jesse Passenier

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

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

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Leon Lhoëst

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

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

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Joachim Schönecker

Jazz Guitar

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

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Irja Zeper

Head of programme Jazz

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Frederik Tings

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

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

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Luke Mitchell

Project Leader Jazz and Music in Education

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Maja Jasinska

Flute for saxophonists

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

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Alex Sipiagin

Trumpet (Guest Teacher)

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Esmée Bor Stotijn

Jazz Vocals / Backing Vocals

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

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Vadim Neselovskyi

Jazz Guest lecturer Piano

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Bart Verhagen

LECTURER BASIC TEACHING SKILLS AND ADVANCED TEACHING and lecturer Performance

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

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Nadine Nix

Jazz Vocals

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

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Rob Bruynen

Jazz Trumpet (& Lead Trumpet)

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

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Roderik Povel

Junior Jazz Vocals / Coordinator Junior Jazz / Band Coaching

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

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Daniel Jonkers

Lecturer Jazz Drums

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I had an inspiring week here at Conservatorium Maastricht. Very talented students. If looking to study abroad with a very international student body, this is a place you might want to consider. Great teachers, great staff and Maastricht is a beautiful city. - John Beasley - After leading the Big Band at Jazz Night 2024 and a artist in residency.

Jazz news

Jazz Department Conservatorium Maastricht at the Laren Jazz Final 2024

29 October 2024

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24 June 2024

Meet the classical composition students of Conservatorium Maastricht. What drives the young composers who create the music of tomorrow? On this page, you will discover their biographies, stories, projects and musical inspirations.

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