___Teaching areas
Composition
Music theater writing
Film Scoring
Music psychology
Music therapy
Sound research
___Research Interests
Creative Process
Problem solving in music creation
Musical theater creation and composition as a tool of diagnosis and therapeutic intervention
___Teaching
Sept. 2010 -2014 |
Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum at the University of Augsburg
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July 2010 – 2014 |
Campus NaturalisLecturer in music theory, sound research, music psychology and music therapy at the department for music therapy |
___Workshops & guest lectures & congress speeches…
July 10 , 2014 | Round Table: Play it again! Symposium on musical composition process in music therapy. World Congress of Music Therapy 2014 |
March 4, 2012 | University of Mageburg 9th Magdeburer day of education: How music moves the brain Conference Lecture: „Thinking musically – interdisciplinary sound work in schools“ |
Dec. 8, 2011 | Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum at the University of Augsburg Presentation of compositions and sound research in the series „Composer and Performer“, panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Tonius Timmermann and Prof. Julius Berger |
Nov. 25, 2011 | Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Department for Theatre Studies, Cultures of Sound – Conference for interdisciplinary research center for „Sound and Movement“, Head of the department: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schläder Lecture: „More than just a sound – effects of sound and modern sound research“, |
June 17, 2011 | Media Academy Stuttgart Guest Lecture: „ Inside the music“ |
April 14, 2011 | Hospital Harlaching Department for Neurological Early Rehabilitation, Munich, Germany Workshop: „Introduction into the music therapy in the neurological early rehabilitation“ |
April 12, 2011 | BMW Group, Research and Innovation Center (FIZ), Munich, Germany, Department for vehicle acoustics development Lecture „What sounds can tell us „Information content and emotion in auditory experience“ |
March 11, 2011 | Hospital Harlaching Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and psychotherapy Lecture „Finding the inner sound of the other“ (Den Klang des anderen finden) |
May 27, 2010 | BMW Group, Research and Innovation Center (FIZ) Munich, Germany, Department for vehicle acoustics development Lecture „Function, effect and use of music in films“ |
July 15, 2010 | University of Augsburg Lecture „How composers think and work“ |
July 9, 2010 | Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Department for Medical Psychology Lecture: „Finding the sound of the other“ |
February 12, 2010 | Conference of research in music therapy Talk „Introduction to Anatomy of Rhythm“ |
Nov. 20, 2009 | University of Oldenburg Department of music: „Composers-Colloquium“ |
June 13, 2009 | Herrenhaus Edenkoben Lecturer as Fellowship of the Herrenhaus „Psychology of a film score“ |
May 30, 2009 | Herrenhaus Edenkoben Public presentation of the development and scenes from the opera „El Canguro“ (Libretto: Cynthia Lewis Ferrell) |
Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 2009 | afk. aus- und fortbildungskanäle für radio und fernsehen Workshop „Film scoring“ |
Aug. 3, 2009 | afk. aus- und fortbildungskanäle für radio und fernsehen, Workshop discussion film scoring |
May 9/10, 2007 | The Film and Television University „Konrad Wolf“ (HFF) Guest lecturer: „Orchestration and composing for films“ |
May 28, 2007 | afk. aus- und fortbildungskanäle für radio und fernsehen, München Workshop: „Function, effect and use of music in films„ |
April 25/27, 2007 | Bayerische Akademie für Fernsehen (BAF), Munich, Germany Guest lecturer: „Psychology of a film score„ |
July 30 – Aug. 7, 2005 | GRAMMY Camp, Los Angeles, Counselor at the Grammy Camp in film scoring & arrangement |
2003 and 2004 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Guest lecture: „Psychology of a film score„ |
Since 2002 | Invitations to workshops and lectures at schools around Germany |
2001 | Music Support Group GmbH, Lecturer in: music theory, composition and film scoring |