Jazz
In addition to the regular curriculum, the Jazz Department organises a wide range of workshops and masterclasses, in which the course content is explored in greater depth and supplemented with further topics. Each workshop is generally open to all jazz students. Here is a selection of the guest lecturers:
Vocals
Sheila Jordan | Sabine Kühlich | Darmon Meader | Viviane de Farias | Norma Winstone
Saxophone
Jerry Bergonzi | Seamus Blake | Bob Mintzer | Gary Smulyan | Mark Turner | Pete Yellin | Ernie Watts | Michael Lutzeier | Florian Trübsbach | Philipp Gerschlauer | Tobias Meinhart | Ingrid Laubrock | Brian Levy | Peter Weniger | Angelika Nescier
Trumpet/flugelhorn
Markus Stockhausen | Ack Van Rooyen | Martin Auer | Frederik Köster
Trombone
John Fedchock | Andy Hunter | Günter Bollmann
Piano
Kenny Werner | Rainer Böhm | Alan Broadbent | Klaus Mueller | Don Friedman | Jean-Yves Jung | Jarry Singla | Gerald Clayton | Lars Duppler | Kit Downes | Michael Wollny | Barry Harris
Guitar
Susan Weinert | Howard Alden | Peter O’Mara | Jens Gebel | John Schröder | Lage Lund | Romain Pilon | Helmut Nieberle | Sebastian Noelle | Christina Zurhausen | Paul Brändle
Double bass/electric bass
Chuck Israels | Ron McClure | Martin Wind | Matt Brewer | David Friesen | Ratzo Harris | Kip Reed | Joris Teepe | Christian Ramond | Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Penz | Andreas Kurz | Giampaolo Laurentaci | Tomeka Reid
Drums/Percussion
John Riley | Jimmy Cobb | Portinho | Justin Faulkner | Rick Hollander | Tom Rainey | Jean-Marc Robin | Ramesh Shotham | Mauro Martins | Billy Drummond | Eric Schaefer | Gerry Hemmingway | Paul Höchstädter | Omar Plasencia | Philo Tsoungui | Michael "Scotty" Gottwald | Jens Düppe | Eliza Salem | Adam Nussbaum | Angela Frontera | Claus Hessler
Further workshops
In addition, the Jazz Section invites guest lecturers to speak on topics relevant to the profession that go beyond the instrumental/vocal focus, such as
- Peter Weihe (studio production)
- Constanze Pfeiffer (public relations)
- Eberhard Weber (history of jazz/a life in jazz)
- Karl Schuller (PA and live sound)
- Till Kollenda (video workshop)
- Flo König (Creative Live Electronics)
- Flo Mega (songwriting)
- Florian H. Oestreicher (Mixing)
- Udo Masshoff (drum tuning)
- Werner Nied (GEMA, GVL, copyright)
- Manuel Hilleke (Self-management)
- Matthias Schwengler (Band coaching/booking)
- Lars Kuck (video production)
In addition to the programme offered by the Jazz Section, the HfM Würzburg offers a wide range of other workshops, for example on the topics of gender and diversity, musicians’ health, performance anxiety and music education.
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