Board

Board Members

Suzanne Konings

Chair
Suzanne Konings studied Theory of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (bachelor), the Royal Conservatory (master) and Musicology at Utrecht University. Since 2004 she has been head of the Music Theory department of the Royal Conservatoire, where she organizes the courses “Muziek als Vak” and the master program “Music Education according to the Kodàly Concept”. In addition to her teaching activity in the conservatory, she also works with singers of the National Youth Choir. Together with some colleagues, Suzanne has started a research group on the development of musicianship skills in the context of an integrated curriculum in higher music education.

Jan Ezendam

Board Member
Jan Ezendam has a career as a composer, conductor, and pianist. He previously worked at the Conservatorium Maastricht as a teacher of harmony, counterpoint, analysis, and contemporary music, and is head of the theory department. As board member of the VvM, Jan handles the membership with Hans Maas and is co-treasurer.

Edwin Paarlberg

Board Member
Edwin Paarlberg studied music theory, composition, and arranging at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Next to his full-time teaching activities at the CvA, Edwin works as a freelance conductor, composer, and arranger. He is also co-treasurer.

Andre Douw

Board Member
André Douw is a composer, and in 1996 completed his Ph.D. thesis (University of Amsterdam) on the late music of Igor Stravinsky. Since Summer 2016 he has been retired from his career as a teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and has focused his professional energies on the relationship between time and harmony in the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries. As a member of the VvM board, André is responsible for the newsletter and for making contact with the various member conservatories and universities. He is also one of the founding board members of the VvM.

Ralf Pisters

Board Member
Ralf Pisters is music theorist and pianist. He works as a teacher of theoretical subjects and main subject Theory of Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He also teaches theory at the Academie Muzikaal Talent. He is coordinator and vice-chairman of the Theory and History department of the CvA. As a theorist, he is interested in the analysis and writings of music belonging to the eighteenth and (long) nineteenth century. After his training as a computer scientist, he also worked for some time as a software developer in the corporate world.

Román Santos

Board Member
Román studied violin and music theory at Codarts (Rotterdam), obtaining his Master in Music Theory in 2019. He teaches solfege and violin at various schools in the Netherlands and, from September 2020, he will start studying Musicology at the KU Leuven in Belgium. Román is responsible for the maintenance of the association's website and also helps with the accounting.