1992-1995 - The Royal Danish Conservatory (Copenhagen)

• Main subject trumpet Jazz

1993 - 1996 - Alternative Conservatory (Copenhagen)

• Harmony, solfège, combo and main subject trumpet Jazz

1996 - 2002 - The Royal Danish Conservatory (Aarhus/Aalborg)

• Main subject trumpet Jazz and improvisation for other instruments and singers

1998 - 2006 - The Danish Radio Big Band conducted by Jim McNeely

2006 - 2016 - Assistent Professor at RMC (Copenhagen)

• Main subject trumpet Jazz and responsible for the brass department

2010 - 2020 - Head of Jazz/Pop Department at MGK Zealand

• Developing, administrating and executing educational courses

Present: The Royal Danish Conservatory (Aarhus/Aalborg)

• Classical and Jazz Harmony, combo, main subject trumpet Jazz at the bachelor, master and postgraduate programs.

Throughout the years:

• Workshops and masterclasses in trumpet methods, improvisation, Harmony and Solfege at conservatories and other educational music institutions in e.g. Berlin, Riga, The Hague, Amsterdam, Malmö, Tromsö, Trondhjem, Stockholm, Aalborg, Odense, Beijing and Shanghai
• Continuing education of professional classical, Jazz and Pop artists and educators, including all instrumentalists, singers and composers, within a wide range of subjects e.g. improvisation, Harmony, Solfège, composition and performance
• Freelance band and career coaching, arranging, composing and producing assignments

1993

First album release followed by several albums with many groups as leader, sideman soloist and composer. These include an album with arrangements of working class songs commissioned by the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions. In this period and for the next 10-year period I was teaching alternately at 5 different conservatories in Denmark, conducting single workshops and masterclasses in trumpet playing, harmony and improvisation, recording and touring.

1995

The album “Playing in the Breeze” was elected “Jazz album of the year” and awarded by the Ben Webster and the Simon Spies Foundations.

1998

Became a regular member of the DR Big Band conducted by Jim McNeely resigning in 2006 to concentrate on solo work and teaching.

Through the years he has played and toured with e.g. Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Benny Golson, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, Eric Alexander, Renee Rosnes, Sam Yahel, Joe Lovano, David Hazeltine, Kenny Drew, Bob Mintzer, Mike Stern, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Tim Hagans, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Dick Oatts, Duke Jordan, Jim McNeely, Toots Thielemans, Ivan Lins, Fay Claassen, Bob Brookmeyer, Ed Thigpen, David Sanborn, John Ruocco, Jacob Karlsson, Lars Jansson, Rigmor Gustafsson, Ferdinand Povel, Rob van Bavel, Frans Elsen, Ack Van Rooyen, Rik van den Berg, Marco Kegel, Simon Rigter.

2006

As responsible of the conservatory brass department at RMC in Copenhagen he educated more than 40 trumpet and trombone students in a 9 year period, resigning in 2016 after redesigning new Bachelor programmes at the RMC conservatory and to concentrate on developing educational courses at MGK Zealand.

2010

Responsible for the education of more than 300 soloists, songwriters and producers in a 10-year period as Head of Jazz/Pop departement at MGK Zealand, developing educational courses, executing workshops and conducting masterclasses.

Present:

Engagements with the Danish Radio Big Band, AJO Big Band, Nordkraft Big Band and a variety of small groups. Teaching Classical and Jazz harmony, combo and main subject trumpet Jazz bachelor, master and postgraduate the Royal Danish Conservatory Processing a method book on trumpet playing, performance skills, harmony, solfege and improvisation.

8-10 pending releases in 2022-23 with small groups and big band as a soloist, arranger and composer.