'If you have an open vision and try to absorb all that inspires you from all the different styles that will come by during the curriculum you will never become a one-trick-pony.'
About the teacher
My name is Aron Raams and I have been working at ArtEZ since 2023. I really enjoy teaching major guitar and working as a band coach for various Electives.
Alongside teaching, I am an active musician. I tour nationally and internationally with my band Gare du Nord and work as a session musician with various artists. As a composer and producer, I also spend many hours in the studio. In addition, I help programme and organise the Leiden living room festival Jazz In De Kamer.
I am also responsible for the jazz programme at Theater De Bussel in Oosterhout (Liever In De KluiZ Dan ThuiZ). I am a permanent member of the Victorie Sunday Sessions Band, led by drummer Marc Schenk. Every month, we perform at pop venue Victorie in Alkmaar, joined by a different well-known guest artist.
After graduating from Fontys School of Music in Tilburg in 2003, where I studied Improvised Music, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of artists from both the pop and jazz scenes, including Candy Dulfer, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Jules Deelder, Paul de Leeuw, Guus Meeuwis, Benjamin Herman, Eric Vloeimans, Alain Clark, Edsilia Rombley, Berget Lewis, Shirma Rouse and Leona Philippo, among many others.
I see it as my goal to keep building bridges between jazz and pop.
