Classical Music - Conservatorium van Amsterdam - Amsterdam University of the Arts

Classical Faculty

Composition, Conducting and Music Theory

Michiel Schuijer head of composition and music theory
Pierre Volders head of conducting
Erik van Lith coordinator of conducting

National Master in Orchestral Conducting
Ed Spanjaard principal subject
Jac van Steen principal subject
Kenneth Montgomery principal subject

orchestral conducting
Ed Spanjaard principal subject
Karel Deseure group lessons
Antony Hermus regular guest teacher

choral conducting
Jos Vermunt section representative & principal subject
Daniel Reuss principal subject
Jos van Veldhoven performance practice
Geert Berghs voice as a subsidiary subject

conducting concert and brass bands
Danny Oosterman section representative & principal subject

theory of music (principal subject)
John Koslovsky section representative
Menno Dekker
Martijn Hooning
Job IJzerman
Paul Scheepers
Michiel Schuijer
Jaap Zwart

composition
Jorrit Tamminga section representative & electronic composition
Meriç Artaç principal subject
Richard Ayres principal subject
Wim Henderickx principal subject
Willem Jeths principal subject
Maya Verlaak principal subject
Jacob Slagter ensemble conducting
Rafael Reina contemporary music through non-western techniques
Jos Zwaanenburg live-electronics, contemporary music through non-western techniques
Davo van Peursen entrepreneurship
Anna Korsun regular guest teacher

Harp

Erika Waardenburg section representative & principal subject
Sandrine Chatron orchestra & audition training
Miriam Overlach chamber music
Gwyneth Wentink regular guest teacher

Guitar & Flamenco

Gabriel Bianco principal subject
Eric Vaarzon Morel flamenco
Hans Kunneman electric guitar as a subsidiary subject
Marion Schaap methodology

Woodwinds

Pierre Volders head of winds

recorder
Jorge Isaac section representative & principal subject
Erik Bosgraaf regular guest teacher

panpipes
Matthijs Koene principal subject

flute
Kersten McCall section representative & principal subject
Vincent Cortvrint principal subject
Marieke Schneemann principal subject
Raymond Honing methodology

oboe
Ernest Rombout section representative & principal subject
Miriam Pastor Burgos principal subject
Aisling Casey methodology, preliminary training, oboe as a subsidiary subject

clarinet/bass clarinet
Hans Colbers section representative & principal subject
Harmen de Boer principal subject
Erik van Deuren principal subject
Arno Piters principal subject
Davide Lattuada regular guest teacher of bass clarinet as a subsidiary subject

bassoon
Simon Van Holen section representative & principal subject & double bassoon
Jos de Lange principal subject
Ronald Karten principal subject
Gustavo Nuñez regular guest teacher

saxophone
Arno Bornkamp section representative & principal subject
Willem van Merwijk methodology, preliminary training

Bas Pollard woodwinds score study
Yaniv Nachum improvisation for wind players

Brass

Pierre Volders head of winds

horn
Jasper de Waal principal subject
Laurens Woudenberg regular guest teacher

trumpet
Ad Welleman section representative & principal subject
Theo Wolters principal subject
Miroslav Petkov principal subject
Omar Tomasoni principal subject

trombone
Pierre Volders section representative & principal subject
Ben van Dijk principal subject bass trombone
Remko de Jager principal subject
Raymond Munnecom principal subject bass trombone
Jörgen van Rijen principal subject
Bart van Lier guest teacher
Daniel Lassalle regular guest teacher Baroque trombone

tuba
Perry Hoogendijk principal subject
Rodin Rosenthal euphonium

Percussion

Richard Jansen head of percussion, section representative, mallets, orchestra percussion, set-up, percussion ensembles
Nick Woud timpani
Tomohiro Ando assistant timpani
Mark Braafhart orchestra percussion
Bence Major orchestra percussion
Peter Prommel marimba
Rachel Zhang marimba, chamber music
Ramon Lormans marimba, percussion ensembles
Laurent Warnier vibraphone
Arnold Marinissen set-up, chamber music, percussion ensembles
Marijn Korff de Gidts African percussion & methodology
Nancy Zeltsman guest teacher of marimba

Strings

Kees Koelmans head of strings

violin
Kees Koelmans section representative & principal subject
Vera Beths principal subject
Peter Brunt principal subject
Ilya Grubert principal subject
Lex Korff de Gidts principal subject
Eliot Lawson principal subject
Johannes Leertouwer principal subject
Liviu Prunaru principal subject
Maria Milstein principal subject
David Peralta Alegre orchestra training for master students
Marc Danel string quartet
Wiesje Miedema methodology
Tim Kliphuis improvisation
Emma Breedveld violin as a subsidiary subject

viola
Francien Schatborn section representative & principal subject
Marjolein Dispa principal subject
Nobuko Imai principal subject
Sven Arne Tepl principal subject
Jürgen Kussmaul regular guest teacher
Wiesje Miedema methodology

cello
Maarten Mostert section representative & principal subject
Dmitry Ferschtman principal subject
Gideon den Herder principal subject
Jeroen den Herder principal subject
Jelena Očić principal subject
Michael Stirling principal subject
Pieter Wispelwey principal subject
Monique Heidema methodology

double bass
Olivier Thiery section representative & principal subject
Ying Lai Green orchestra training
Felix Lashmar assistant teacher
Rick Stotijn guest teacher

Keyboard Instruments

David Kuyken head of keyboard instruments

piano
Naum Grubert principal subject
David Kuyken principal subject
Frank van de Laar section representative & principal subject
Frank Peters principal subject
Jan Wijn principal subject
Ralph van Raat contemporary music
Olga Pashchenko period keyboard instruments
Marc Pauwels methodology
Marianne Boer Sweelinck Academy
Nino Gvetadze Sweelinck Academy

organ
Pieter van Dijk section representative, principal subject, methodology
Matthias Havinga principal subject
Louis Robilliard guest teacher
Miklós Spányi improvisation and basso continuo
Gerben Gritter organ building
Henny Heikens hymnology, community singing
Piet van der Heijden liturgy

modern harpsichord
Goska Isphording principal subject

accordion
Marieke Hopman principal subject
Marko Kassl principal subject

Voice

Don Marrazzo head of voice, principal subject
Pierre Mak principal subject
Sasja Hunnego principal subject

Claron McFadden coaching modern repertoire & artist in residence
Alexander Oliver opera literature
Flavio Aulino Italian
Valentina di Taranto Italian
Sára Gutvill German
Nathalie Doucet French
Saskia Mees Christeller drama
Marc Krone drama
Fajo Jansen movement
Virag Deszö physical acting
Jean-Baptiste Milon Lied class
Michael Tweed-Kent Feldenkrais

Subsidiary Subjects

piano as a subsidiary subject
Marian Schutjens-Bouwhuis coordinator
Wouter Bergenhuizen
Peter Besseling
Wim Leising
Marta Liébana
Gert Jan Vermeulen
Matthijs Verschoor

voice as a subsidiary subject
Roswitha Bergmann instrumentalists
Geert Berghs choral conducting

Educational Subjects and Entrepreneurship Programme

Marieke Oremus coordinator
Lolke van Diggelen
Aart-Jan van der Pol master elective 'Building a successful professional practice'

Music and Health

Debby Korfmacher coordinator
Annemarie Broekhuizen Alexander technique
t.b.a. posture & movement, Feldenkrais
Doris Hochscheid Alexander technique, Body & mind
Hans Kunneman Flow on stage
Marja Mosk Body & mind