Composer
Support for shaping original ideas into clear, playable, expressive music.
JV Music Studios
Composition
Original music, arranging, composition instruction, and creative musicianship.
Creative Study
Develop musical ideas with structure, imagination, and craft.
Johann's work as a composer and arranger informs his teaching. Students can explore melody, harmony, form, notation, arranging, and the relationship between performance and original musical thought.
Composition guidance can stand alone or support piano study when it fits the student's goals.
Arranger
Guidance in adapting musical material with sensitivity to texture, register, and style.
Composition Teacher
Practical instruction in theory, notation, structure, revision, and musical voice.
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