Jazz 32 - Voice and Piano

Sebastian Sternal, professor of jazz piano, and Alexander Gelhausen, professor of jazz and popular vocals at the Mainz University of Music, are offering a joint duo workshop for piano and vocals.

The offer is aimed at existing duos of all levels, from ambitious amateur musicians, students and young (and old) professionals, to musicians with a classical background who would like to get to grips with jazz and popular music for the first time. Individual registrations are also welcome, as long as they can be assigned to a duo partner in terms of numbers. Among other things, the workshop will focus on the musical interaction of the partners with regard to dynamics, rhythm and style, but above all, the joy of making music together will be conveyed and strengthened.

Teaching team:	Alexander Gelhausen studied music education and jazz singing in Cologne. He is head of the jazz and popular singing department at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. He works as a freelance jazz singer, speaker and vocal coach, gives workshops, vocal teacher trainings and lectures on topics of vocal technique, vocal pedagogy, jazz improvisation and jazz research. Sebastian Sternal (*1983) is professor for jazz piano at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz and teaches jazz theory at the Musikhochschule Köln. He is a multiple ECHO award winner (2018,2016,2013) and has been awarded other major jazz prizes. He was a long-time member of the Bundesjugendjazzorchester and later also a lecturer there. Sternal has collaborated with musicians such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, John Ruocco and John Riley; concert tours have taken him throughout Europe, to the USA and to Namibia and South Africa. His debut album "Eins" was released in 2009.
Number of participants:	approx.15
Course start:	Sunday, 22.02.2026, 16:00
Course end:	Wednesday, 25.02.2026,10:00
Final concert:	Tuesday, 24.02.2026, 19:30
Fees:	incl. meals and accommodation in single room 360 €, in double room 330 €.
Notes on registration:	The registration takes place via the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz

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This course is recognised by the Pädagogisches Landesinstitut Rheinland-Pfalz under Az. MA.2612 as serving official interests.