Jazz and Pop

Dear friends of the Neuburg Summer Academy,


The course category Jazz/Pop will cover a range from Jazz to related music areas like Rock, Funk, Blues, Gospel, Latin, Singer-Songwriter etc. This variety will have an influence on individual instrumental coaching and ensemble work. This course will show you creative ways to approach all genres with joy of playing and expertise.
This course category is intended for all people whose passion for music is an important part of life: young musicians preparing for a professional career or studies, semi-professionals performing on stages for years with the wish to expand their horizon or amateurs not wanting to play alone at home anymore. These courses are not suitable for beginners, prior knowledge of the instrument is required.
In the morning, there will be solo and group lessons with the respective instrumental lecturer. In the afternoon, we will work together on a band program for a concert which will take place in the town theatre at the end of the week. There will be space for own compositions, collective improvisations and creative arrangements of already known materials.

Warm regards,


Sven Faller
Artistic director of Jazz/Pop

Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
Markus Harm was born in Stuttgart in 1987. Being a multiple Jazz award winner, he is a frequently called sideman for various bands, inter alia, Rebecca Trescher Tentett, Vienna Supersax, Dusko Goykovich Bigband, Charly Antolini Quartet, Jazz Bigband Association Munich. In 2017 he released his debut album “Dig it” at the Label “Rosenau Records” in Nuremberg. In the following year he, being the leader, released his second album “As it is”. In 2021, the duo-album (together with pianist Andreas Feith) called “Whats New” became album of the week at the “Play Jazz! Magazin” on NDR Kultur and it was nominated for the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2021“. Markus Harm also shared the stage with musicians like Sheila Jordan, JimMcNeely, Paquito D’Rivera, Scott Robinson, Tony Laktos, Bob Mintzer, Ack Van Rooyen and many more. Until now, he has taken part in more than 30 CD productions and since 2018 he has been a lecturer at the Academy for Music in Nuremberg. 
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
The pianist and composer Andreas Feith (*1987) is currently one of the most sought-after jazz musicians of his generation in Germany.
After studying jazz piano at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, he completed a Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, which he graduated with distinction in 2014. Since then he has realized his musical visions in various artistic projects, in his own quartet (finalist at the New German Jazz Prize 2020), in a duo with his longtime companion Markus Harm or in further collaborations with Lutz Häfner, Doug Weiss, Adrian Mears u. Above all, he is a sought-after sideman, among others in the award-winning Rebecca Trescher Tentett. In recent years he has played concerts and toured in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Kyrgyzstan.
Since 2020 he has been teaching jazz piano and jazz theory at the Nuremberg University of Music.
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
There is hardly any other German bassist like Sven Faller who has accompanied such a stylistically wide field of artists like Larry Coryell, Pippo Pollina, Philip Catherine, Charlie Mariano, Konstantin Wecker, Georg Ringsgwandl or Arlo Guthrie. Sven Faller started his studies at the “Bruckner Conservatory” in Linz and in 1997 he completed his studies at the “Mannes College of Music” in New York. For six years, he deeply dove into New York’s music scene accompanying the salsa group from Bobby Sanabria and great jazz musicians like Chico Freeman or Bobby Watson. He worked as bass guitarist and double bass player in recording studios accompanying musicians like the Paul Simon band, Jane Monheit, the Rolling Stones Horns and members of the New York Philharmonic. Back in Germany, he has focused on his own projects, like the electro jazz trio “ELF”. He has been on concert tours in Scandinavia, France, Suisse, Italy, Rumania, Singapore, USA, Mexico and Brazil.
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
The press hails Lisa Wahlandt as “one of the most fascinating voices in Europe”. Their cross-style projects combine jazz, pop and world music and numerous languages from Bavarian dialect to Portuguese.
The singer studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and received a scholarship from the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Workshops with Andy Bey, Sheila Jordan and Rhiannon followed, as well as performances at the Visiones Jazzclub and the Bryant Park Jazzfestival. She released six albums on Enja Records with the Lisa Wahlandt Band and her group Die drei Damen and reached No. 1 on the jazz charts in Singapore with "The Music of Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto". In the studio she has worked with numerous artists such as Claudio Roditi, Martin Kälberer, Quadro Nuevo, Roberto di Gioia and Till Brönner. In addition, her voice can be heard in countless film and television productions.
She was a lecturer at the Vocational School for Jazz and Popular Music in Regensburg and at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
Due to his wide-ranging musical direction, Martin Kursawe has worked as a guitarist in live and studio productions of diverse genres e.g. accompanying Claudia Koreck, Al di Meola, Till Brönner, Cory Henry (Snarky Puppy), Nik Kershaw, Helene Fischer, Midge Ure (Ultravox), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), David Garett and Klaus Doldinger. Further recordings can be heard in cinema and TV productions like “Fünf Freunde”, “Elementarteilchen”, “Die wilden Kerle”, “SOKO Kitzbühel”, “Alarm für Cobra 11” or “Dahoam is Dahoam”. 
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
Guido May is one of the most popular drummers in Europe. Since 1996 he has been an established band member from Funk icon and James Brown’s saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis. Due to his funky beats, Guido May has already worked for Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Carleen Anderson. Performances with Jazz greats like Benny Golson, Chico Freeman, Paul Kuhn and Diana Krall reflect his deep connection with the tradition of Jazz. Since he played with European Jazz’ shooting star Antonio Faraò, Guido May has very confidently proven his capacity to deal with all intricacies of the tricky Modern Jazz. Concerning his own formation “Groove Extravaganza” the name reflects the aim. The list of artists whom he accompanied at concerts, concert tours and CD productions reads like a “who is who” of the scene: The New York Voices, Lynne Arriale, Don Grusin, Klaus Doldinger, Barbara Dennerlein, Peter O’Mara, Wolfgang Schmid, Johannes Enders, Claudio Roditi, Kenny Wheeler, Mose Allison and many more.
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Sun 7/30/23 - 8/4/23
Volkshochschule Neuburg
Jazz / Pop
Wolfgang Mayer is a professor for practical school piano playing and the former vice chancellor of the University of Music Saar. He studied school music and piano at the University of Music in Karlsruhe. Besides, he studied Jazz in Boston and New York. He performs at many concerts and records numerous CDs with his trio and quartet “Wolf Mayer Dialects”. Furthermore, he works as a pianist, composer and arranger.
The art of creating songs of all kinds, pop songs, Jazz standards etc. when singing is combined with piano.
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