Professional Summary
Orchestra Conductor, Composer and Music school Director with strengths in Leadership, Educational planning, Orchestra management, and young musician guidance. Highly effective at promoting positive relationships and supporting capable teams. Collaborate with teachers, administrators and the Ministries of Culture and Education to improve student understanding of material and provide better teaching methods. Expert in Orchestra conducting, Music theory, low brass instruments and Composition. Focused education professional with masters degrees in performing arts and experience helping students achieve education goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Accomplishments
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING
- Principal Conductor - Il Forum Musicale (European Mandolin and Guitar orchestra) (Esch-sur-Alzette) (2023)
- Principal guest Conductor - Leopoldinum Orchestra (Wroclaw/Poland) (2015 - Current)
- Management of 2 European Tours with the Leolpoldinum Orchestra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg (2016 - 2019)
- Guest Conductor - Pleven Symphony Orchestra (Pleven/Bulgaria) - 2012
- Guest Conductor - Orquestra de cambra de l'Emporda (Figueres/Spain) - 2011
- Management of 2 European Tour with the Orquestra de cambra de l'Emporda, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg (2012 - 2013)
- Guest Conductor - Westsächsischer Symphony Orchestra (Leipzig/Germany) 2011
- Guest Conductor - Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra (Mascate/Oman) 2009
- Principal Conductor, Executive and Artistic Director - Orchestre d'harmonie de Schuttrange (2011 - 2020)
- Principal Conductor and Artistic Director - Orchestre d'harmonie de Folschette (1999 - 2011)
- Principal Conductor - Royal Harmonie l'Emulation (Habay/Belgium) 1989 - 2000
- Founder, Conductor, Manager and Artistic Director - Gaume Jazz Band Orchestra (1995 - 1998)
COMPOSITIONS
- Equinox (for piano and string orchestra) - 2022 (World premiere in Wroclaw - Leopoldinum orchestra) Poland, March 2022
- Gienah (for plucked string orchestra) - 2021 (World premiere in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), awarded prize to the Esch-sur-Alzette International Composition Contest for plucked String Orchestra
- Two colors (for piano and 2 celli) - 2021
- Tzigane (for solo violin) - 2021
- Notturno (for solo piano) - 2016
- Episodes (Piano Quartet) - 2016 (world premiere in Wroclaw, NFM Leopoldinum String Trio and Lynn Orazi, piano)Poland, November 2017
- Equanimity (Upekkha) - String Quartet - 2015
- Fukushima - for 13 soloists - 2012
- Serenidad del Infinito - String Orchestra - 2011
- Study in the style of Belá Bartok - piano solo - 2009
Work History
September 2016 - Current - Executive and Artistic Director, Regional school of music, Differdange, Luxembourg
· Board of Director, Youth European Music Festival REMIX22, 2500 Youth musiciens, - Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), Capital of culture 2022
· Board of Director - AEM (Music schools Association Luxembourg, 5500 pupils, 420 teachers) - Luxembourg
· Delegate for the Regional group Onda Latina EMU, European Music schools Union, 6000 Music schools, 150.000 Teaching Staff, 4 Million Pupils/students,1,5 billion euro turnover. - Köln - Germany
· Artistic Director - Drummer Days - International Competition and Festival 2020 Differdange (Luxembourg)
· Artistic Director - Cello Days - International Competition and Festival 2019 - Differdange
· Founder of "Musek fir Jiddereen" (Music for all), inclusion model in Music pedagogy - 2019
September 2009 - August 2011 - Orchestra Conducting Teacher, UGDA (Union Grand-Duc Adolphe), Clervaux, Luxembourg
September 1996 - August 2016 - Music Theory, Euphonium and Tuba Teacher, Conservatory of Music, Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)
September 1998 - August 2006 - Music Theory and Low Brass Teacher, Regional Music School, Dudelange, Luxembourg
September 1995 - August 1998 - Music Theory and Low Brass Instrument Teacher, Music School Arlon, Arlon, Belgium
May 1995 - August 1998 - President and CEO, Jeunesses musicales du Luxembourg belge, Rossignol, Belgium
· Founder and conductor of the Gaume Jazz Orchestra
· President of the Gaume Jazz Festival
Education
Master Degree in Orchestral Conducting - Conservatoire De Musique, Esch-sur-Alzette
Master Degree in Pedagogy And Sociology - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
Master Degree in Tuba And Euphonium - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
Master Degree in Music Theory - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
Diploma of Pedagogical Aptitude For Teaching Music - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
Bachelor in Chamber Music - Royal Conservatory of Music , Liège, Belgium
Bachelor in Music History - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
Final Certificate of Reading And Transposition - Royal Conservatory of Music, Liège, Belgium
CONFERENCE
· ODE Seminar, February 2022, Paris - France
- Music repertoire in youth orchestras: artistic and pedagogical criteria, and awareness-building regarding citizenship
- Teaching methods and special needs / Collective versus individual practice
· Musictherapyday.eu, GML November 2022, Luxembourg
- Pédagogie musicale et/ou musicothérapie / Le "plus" de la musicothérapie dans un enseignement musical ouvert à tous
· Musek fir Jiddereen (Music for all), January 2022, Differdange - Luxembourg
- L'intégration et l'inclusion des enfants à besoins spécifiques dans l'enseignement musical
· Capacity building seminar, Onda Latina, EMU Regional Group
- Group Pedagogy and Collaboration with schools, February 2020, Barcelona - Spain
· European Music School Symposium, October 2019. Vienna - Austria
- Nationwide music education research - Keynote and Panel - Music Schools - Creating Interfaces in Music Education Systems
· Orchestra Conducting Masterclasses, October 2015 Saint-Dié - France - November 2016, Luxembourg - August 2017, Luxembourg
Volunteering
· Volunteer and CEO of the AEMD (Amis de l'Ecole de Musique de Differdange) 2016 - current
- Search for financial donors for the purchase of musical instruments
- Search for financial donors to finance the studies of pupils without financial resources
· Volunteer for the international adoption association "sourires d'enfants" (Ethiopia/Belgium) 2002-2018
- Support for adoptive families in Belgium and Africa
· Rescuer certificate and participation as a rescuer in music festivals (Belgian Red Cross) 1990 - 1992
· Volunteer and Donor Member for Amnesty International Luxembourg - current
· Member of the Lions Club International, Esch-sur-Alzette, district 113 - Luxembourg
· Volunteer member of the programming committee for the Royal Saint-Hubert Music Festival (Belgium) 1996 - 2003
- Search of financial donors
- Organization of the Festival (12 annual meetings)