Board Members
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John Koslovsky
Chair
John Koslovsky is faculty member and co-chair of Music Theory and History department at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and is an affiliate researcher in the Humanities at Utrecht University. He teaches courses in the core curriculum of harmony, analysis, and solfege, as well as more advanced courses in the history of music theory, music aesthetics, and Schenkerian analysis. He has been on the board of the Dutch-Flemish Society for Music Theory since 2011, and has served as its president since 2015. As a researcher, his interests are in the history of music theory in the nineteenth and twentieth-century centuries, as well as in the analysis of Romantic and early Modern repertoires. Karst de Jong
Board Member
Karst de Jong is a pianist and music theorist. He is a teacher at both the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona (ESMUC). His specialization is in improvisation, for which he regularly gives masterclasses at diverse international institutions and festivals. Karst has recorded two CDs of solo piano improvisations, Improdisiac I and II. He is also one of the founding board members of the VvM. Giannis Montesantos
Student Board Member
Giannis is currently in his third Bachelor year studying the main subjects of Composition and Music Theory in Maastricht Conservatorium. He also holds a Bachelor degree in IT from his previous studies. He is responsible for the website of the society. |
David Lodewyckx
Vice-Chair
David Lodewyckx is the vice president and treasurer of the VvM. He supports John in all daily activities and responsibilities and maintains the bookkeeping. David studied music theory at the Lemmes Instituut (Belgium) and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Switzerland), and musicology at KU Leuven (Belgium). Since 2015 he has been on the music theory and history faculty of the Conservatorium Maastricht. Currently he is completing a Ph.D. thesis at KU Leuven dealing with the historical and theoretical context of Wilhelm Marpurg’s “Galant Cadence.” Jan Ezendam
Board Member
Jan Ezendam has a career as a composer, conductor, and pianist. He works 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. |
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. 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. |