Education

2013 – 2015 New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Musical Theater Writing

Tisch School of the Arts Departmental Fellowship Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, New York University

2009 – 2012 Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum at the University of Augsburg, Germany
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Music Therapy
2011 – 2012 Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Certificate in Music-imaginative Pain Treatment/Entrainment
 2009 University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim, Germany
Guest student in the composition class of Prof. Dr. Sidney Corbett
2007 – 2008 The Academy for New Musiscal Theater, Los Angeles
Composer, Core Curriculum
Teacher: Scott Guy, John Sparks, Elise Dewsberry
2007 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis, Los Angeles
2005 Aspen Music Festival and School, USA
Film Scoring Program
Teacher: Thomas Newman und Jeff Rona
2003 – 2004 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Certificate in Film Scoring
Teacher in Film Scoring: Lee Sanders, Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Robert Drasnin
Teacher in Songwriting: Arthur Hamilton
2000 – 2003 University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Germany
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Composition
1999 – 2000 University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
Guest student in the department for Documentary Film and Television
Reportage Directing
1998 – 2000 Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Musicology