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Jazz and Pop

Dear friends of the Neuburg Summer Academy,


the course section Jazz & Pop spans an arc from jazz to related fields such as pop, rock, funk, blues and latin. The focus here is on making music together. In addition to lessons on the respective instrument, a band program will be developed, which will be presented at the end of the week in the Neuburger Stadttheater.

In 2025, the range of “minor subjects” (e. g. groove/rhythmics, harmony teaching or jazz phrasing) will be further expanded to give participants more choice, choice of content and lecturers. We have also expanded the offer to play music in small groups or in public sessions after the course.


Our courses are aimed at all those who are passionate about music, but are not suitable for beginners.

We are looking forward to an intensive week, which should pick everyone up where they are right now and hopefully will take many steps forward.

 


Sven Faller
Artistic director of Jazz/Pop

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03 Aug

Lisa Wahlandt - voice (jazz-pop)

€460.00
6 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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".
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03 Aug

Guido May - drums (jazz-pop)

€460.00
5 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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.
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03 Aug

Martin Kursawe - guitar (jazz-pop)

€460.00
7 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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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03 Aug

Wolfgang Mayer - "the art of the duo"

€460.00
7 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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.
03 Aug

Florian Riedl – Saxophon

€460.00
No free place
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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Jazz / Pop
Florian Riedl, a saxophonist and composer based in Munich, is known for his versatile and successful career in the field of music. With a portfolio covering a wide range of styles, he has released records with his own projects (Hi-Fly Orchestra, Sonic Drei, Liquid Loop) nationally and internationally, as well as working with numerous bands of different genres. He is a permanent member of the band Dreiviertelblut, which tours successfully in German-speaking countries. A live album has been released as a cooperation with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Florian's talent on a wide range of instruments, including saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet and flute, underlines his versatility both as a soloist and as a sought-after sideman.
As a composer, Florian Riedl has worked on numerous cinema, film and television productions and has created numerous audio logos and show openers for national and international television stations.
andreas-feith
03 Aug

Andreas Feith - piano (jazz-pop)

€460.00
5 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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.
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03 Aug

Sven Faller - bass (jazz-pop)

€460.00
4 free spaces
Sun 8/3/25 - 8/9/25
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.