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Dr. Tom Arthurs

Profile

Dr. Tom Arthurs Leiter Studienbereich Jazz

Contact

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Bern Academy of the Arts
    Musik
    Eigerplatz 5a
    3007 Bern

Activities

  • Künstlerischer Leiter, Studienbereich Jazz

Teaching

  • BA Music Jazz, MA Music Performance Jazz

  • Music and Society (BA1), Master Orientation Performance (BA3), Decoding Practice - Music, Sound, Theory (BA3), Discussions Forum (MA Performance), Bandcoaching and Ensembles

Research

  • Performance Practice, Improvisation, Music Psychology, Music Sociology, Identity, Authenticity

CV

  • Dr. Tom Arthurs is a trumpeter, composer and academic with an international reputation who has been leading the HKB Jazz and Contemporary Music department since 2018. Arthurs' PhD thesis "Secret Gardeners: an ethnography of Improvised Music in Berlin (2012-13)" was an in-depth sociological study of cutting edge music-making in Berlin, and as a performer, Tom has recorded for Clean Feed, ECM, Ozella, Act, Intakt, Jazzwerkstatt, Babel and Not Applicable.

    Tom has performed at Jazzfest Berlin, North Sea Jazz, London Jazz Festival, Ruhrtriennale, Cheltenham, Moers, Victoriaville, Jonquieres, Bath and Jazzdor festivals, and has been broadcast by the BBC, Radio France, SWR, WDR, RBB, ARD, P2 (Denmark) and Ö1 (Austria).

    Tom has been described as “a world-class improviser” by UK’s Jazzwise, “une révélation” by France’s Citizenjazz, and “der Glasbläser” (the glass-blower) by Germany’s SWR2, and has has given lessons, lectures and workshops at Jazz Institut Berlin, University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, Hochschulübergreifende Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT/UdK), Universität Potsdam and International Jazz Platform (Lodz).
  • 2011-2015 PhD University of Edinburgh
  • 1998-2001 BMus City University, London
  • For current artistic activities please see www.tomarthurs.co.uk.

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