NOW

This is a now page - here you´ll find a brief overview of what I´m currently up to -
besides trying to be the best husband and dad I can be …. (updated: Dec 6, 2024, Berlin)

BOOk(s)

I am proud that after years of work my book “VOICE MOTION” is finally out on Mel Bay! It is physically available in stores worldwide, and as an ebook directly through Mel Bay. I may offer a few copies directly via this site at some point, please check the BOOK page for updates. I am very thankful for the great feedback from readers and colleagues so far!

The new material on harmonic cycles within three-part harmony has become a bigger project and will be more likely a sort of sequel or vol.2 of “VOICE MOTION”. As opposed to the active individual voice movement withing tree-part harmony in the first book, it explores all possible ways to take the different three-part chord voicing types through all practical harmonic cycles, and shows the voice movement created by the cyclic motion of the chord structures, within a diatonic/heptatonic tonalities, as well as in octatonic scales, and symmetrically, within the chromatic space. It has been very revealing for myself practicing with it and working on presenting this in a conclusive and clear way - I hope to share it very soon as a physical book or digitally.

NEW ALBUm(s)

During the pandemic, I recorded two new albums with my Trio DRIFT (feat. Matthias Pichler & Joe Smith)
The second one, “Cycles” is finally available now!

From the liner notes of “Cycles”:
“On our previous albums we featured our own compositions exclusively. This one showcases something else we have always been doing since we started working together as a trio 10 years ago: playing standard tunes and improvising freely. The tracks named “cycle” are not so much original compositions but rather conceptual sketches in which mostly constant, three-part chord structures are taken through specific, symmetrical harmonic cycles (indicated in the respective track name). They serve as loose frameworks for spontaneous, improvisational interpretation of the material. “

The first one, “Wings” was supported by Initiative Musik and is also available on LP/CD/DL etc !

DOCTORATE

I have been on a deep dive into the artistic/scientific research project called Moving Shapes, on motivic improvisation and melodic sequence patterns as a doctoral student (Dr. sc. mus.) at the HfMT Hamburg.
I am very thankful and honored for the continued support via the genereous scholarship by the Evangelische Studienwerk Villigst for the project and excited to continue the deep dive into the melodic possibilities of various pitch spaces and tonic universes….
The first testable version of the online application I have been working on with Dr. Klaus Frieler will be available soon! It lets you generate and explore melodic shapes and their movement …. more on this soon!

TEACHING

I am happy to be teaching at the music departments of the Universität Osnabrück and the Hochschule Hanns Eisler, I learn a lot...