Education:
Codarts Conservatoire Rotterdam:
- Composition in  Jazz, Pop en Wereldmuziek (2003), teachers: Paul van Brugge & Klaas de Vries
Royal Conservatoire The Hague:
- Music teaching (1999)
- Theatre musician (2001, master-degree)
- Contemporary Composition (2009), teachers: Diederik Wagenaar & Gilius van Bergeijk
privat lessons: Vince Mendoza, John Clayton & Martin Fondse

Prizes
2005, EBU Arrangers Workshop, Metropole Orchestra
2004, Jazz Hoeilaart Intern l’Contest, Brussels Jazz Orchestra
2001, VSB-Poëzieprijs, composition contest, poem of Martin Reits
2000, VSB-Poëzieprijs, composition contest, poem of K. Michel

Worked with
Orchestras (jazz/pop):
Metropole Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Tetzepi, Royal Airforce Orchestra

Orchestras (classical, contemporary):
Ricciotti Ensemble, Combustion Chamber, Symfonic Orchestra Royal Conservatoire, Collegium Musicum Leiden, Saxophone Orchestra of Arno Bornkamp, Magogo String Orchestra, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

choirs:
Residentie Bachkoor (Jos Vermunt), NSK (Maria van Nieukerken)

Ensembles:
The Brownies, Clazz Ensemble,

Artists:
Trijntje Oosterhuis, Paul van der Feen, Mark van der Feen, Wouter Hamel, Bob Fosko, Marcel Worms, Martin Fondse, Hans Leeuw, Geert Chatrou

Conducting Associations
2009
George Benson and strings
NSJF, Rotterdam

2001-present
The Hague Youth Symfony Orchestra
The Hague, Netherlands

Teaching
2005-present
Royal Conservatoire, arranging & composition
The Hague, Netherlands