Lecturers

Head of the Department

Michiel Braam

Head of Jazz & Pop Arnhem
Dutch jazz pianist, composer and band leader, tours all over te world with his bands and was awarded with the most important Dutch jazz price: the Boy Edgar Prijs

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Lecturers

Bouwe Bruins

Harmony at the Piano
The piano gives him tremendous freedom to express his emotions and musical ideas, collaborated with many artists and wrote the hit "Being Alone at Christmas" together with Miss Montreal

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Aljosja Buijs

Head Classical Music
Coordinator Eduction Arnhem
Studied classical piano and chamber music, pianist in 'Orkest de Ereprijs' with several composers and conductors

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Pieter van Engelen

Entrepreneurship
As teacher and coach in Entrepreneurial skills mainly interested in teaching students how to turn ideas into actions, a path that is often riddled with all kinds of hurdles

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Nico Gerhards

Teacher Music Production and Ensemble
Saxophone player, bigband leader, composer, arranger and producer, his workfield extends from jazz quartet and electronic music to hiphop, writes music for others and for himself

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André Groen

Main Subject Latin Percussion
Percussionist and drummer, specialized in Latin music, works as a drummer/percussionist in jazz and latin formations like Nos Otrobanda and HOP! trio, plays percussion with Orkest de Ereprijs

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Michael Gustorff

Harmony at the Piano / Bands / Mental Training
Former jazz-violin player, now bass player, concerts and festivals all over the world, played with a.o. Michael Gustorff Quartet and The Gust

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Peter Hengst

Teacher Music Theory
Drummer, played with a.o. Archie Shepp, Mulgrew Miller, Lonnie Plexico Michiel Braam, Pieter Douma, Henk Haverhoek, Fred Leeflang, Eef Albers, Hein v.d. Geijn,

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Imke Loeffen

Teacher Marketing & Profile
Specialised in helping artists to find and build up their profile, initiator of Poppunt Gelderland, coach at Popsport, board member at POPnl, experience as a musician in several musical projects

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Rainer Quade

Main Subject Teacher Composing
German Composer for film and radio drama, besides many radio plays he produced the score of Ken Follett's multi part Kingsbridge Saga, which has been recorded with the WDR-radio-orchestra

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Philipp Rüttgers

Harmony at the Piano / Music Theory
Works in the field of improvised and contemporary jazz, composes for his music duo with Oene van Geel and for classical musicians such as Matangi en Stefan Gerritsen

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Reinhard Siegert

Harmony at the Piano, Counterpoint and Voiceleading, Classical Orchestration

Raoul Soentken

Teacher Studio Techniques and Production
Drummer, percussionist, studio engineer and producer, productions vary from Jasper van 't Hof to Blaze Bayley, student of Bruce Swedien (Engineer Michael Jackson)

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Rein Sprong

Live sound engineering

Peter Stoel

Sound Design

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Andries van Rossem

Main Subject Composition
Composer, studied in Rotterdam and Milan, autonomous music is his main interest, worked with musicians like Asko/Schoenberg, Ralph van Raat, Ereprijs, Kronos, Nieuw Ensemble

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Rob Vermeulen

Choir Conductor
Conductor of chamber choirs, oratory choirs, guest conductor at a.o. 'Orkest de Ereprijs', worked as a conductor together with a.o. Gergiev, van Zweden, de Waart, Rozdjestvensky

Natascha Weegels

Research

Frank Windemuller

Music Theory, Classical Music History

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Matthias Wittwer

Trainee/ Coach