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Thomas Markusson

Senior Lecturer

Music
Telephone
+46 31-786 41 18
+46 766-18 41 18
Mail
thomas.markusson@hsm.gu.se
Visiting address
Eklandagatan 86
41259 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 210
Göteborg

About Thomas Markusson

Thomas Markusson, double bass and composer. Since graduating in 2001 from the University of Music in Gothenburg, Thomas has worked as a musician and composer in several contexts, both in Sweden and internationally.

At the Academy of Music and Drama, Thomas teaches double bass and electric bass as well as interplay in improvisation, supervision of artistic and independent projects, both on Bachelor and Master level.

Positions within the Academy;

2024 - Board member, The Artistic Faculty Board

2017-2023 Program Director for the bachelor's program in improvisation, the master's program for improvisation and world music and NoCoM. NoCoM is a joint master's program together with the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen DK and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo NO.

2015-2017 Head of unit for church music, composition, music and sound production as well as the individual bachelor's program.

2015-2017 Associate head of institution with responsibility for development. Responsible for the institution's reorganization.

2015-2017 Member of the program council

2013-2015 Director of studies for the music teacher training

2010-2013 Course manager for the music teacher training

External assignments;

Feb 2025 - Instructor at RAMA Symposium, Denmark

Aug 2024 - Specialist Expert for master exams at Jazz Campus Musik Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

June 2024 - Guest teacher Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Germany

April 2024 - Guest teacher Hochschule für Musik Karl Maria von Weber Dresden Germany

Oct 2023 - Guest teacher Kunst Uni Graz Austria

Aug 2023 - General Expert for master exams at Jazz Campus Musik Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

May 2023 Guest teacher Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Germany

Feb 2023 - Guest teacher Jazz Campus Musik Akademie Basel, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

Dec 2022 - Member of the defense council of the PhD thesis "Transformations of jazz Double Bass In the Context of Innovation and Experimentation" author PhD student Vytis Nivinskas, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

June 2022 Guest teacher Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Germany

2022 - 2024 Chair for the reference group for phonogram support, Swedish Arts Council

Completed higher education courses;

2020 Professional Teaching Skills: Supervision of writing assignments and degree projects, 5 credits, HPE304

2020 Supervision in Postgraduate Programmes, 5 higher education credits, HPE201

2019 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 1: Basic Course, 5 higher education credits, HPE101

2019 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 3: Applied Analysis, 5 credits, HPE103

2017 Teaching and learning in Higher Education 2: Discipline Specific Pedagogic, 5 credits, HPE102

2012 Coaching Course

Artistic projects;

2022 - Mire3. Joona Toivanen - piano, TM - double bass och Johan Björklund - drums

2022 - New project together with Arve Henriksen - trumpet and electronics, TM - double bass and electronics, Helge Andreas Norbakken - percussion and Åke Linton - sound engineer.

2017 - 2020 OPEN Staffan Svensson- trumpet, Naoko Sakata – piano, Cornelia Nilsson – drums och TM -double bass.

2009 - 2021 Member of the Walter Lang Trio. Tours in Japan and Europe. Walter Lang – piano, Magnus Öström – drums och TM – double bass

2000 - 2023 Corpo. Mikael Godee - sop sax, Ebba Westerberg - percussion, TM - double bass och Lars-Erik Norrström - piano.

In addition to the above projects, Thomas has played with, among others, Lee Konitz, Nils Landgren, Rigmor Gustafsson, Chris Cheek, Anders Persson, Terje Sundby, Göran Klinghagen and Daniel Fredar, as well as working regularly in the Göteborg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Website and social media;

www.thomasmarkusson.com

Youtube

Spotify

Instagram @tmarkusson

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