Management and organisation Education Institution, Research Centre, Concert Promoter

The Lucerne School of Music is active in the university’s four areas of mandated activity that are Education, Continuing and Executive Education, Research and Development, and Services.

Senior management of the school

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    Michael Arbenz
    Head of the Institute of Jazz and Folk Music

    Michael Arbenz
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    Antonio Baldassarre
    Head of Research and Development

    Antonio Baldassarre
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    Matthjas Bieri
    Head of the Institute of Music Pedagogy

    Matthjas Bieri
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    Valentin Gloor
    Dean of the Lucerne School of Music

    Valentin Gloor
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    Alexandra van Gastel-Jud
    Head of the Institute of Classical and Church Music

    Alexandra van Gastel-Jud
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    Christian Kipper
    Head of Bachelor's and Master's Programmes

    Christian Kipper
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    Andrea Kumpe
    Head of Continuing and Executive Education

    Andrea Kumpe
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    Michael Zink
    Head of the Institute of New Music, Composition and Theory

    Michael Zink

Co-Determination Committee

The Co-determination Committee promotes proactive interaction between the School's Senior Management and the administrative staff and lecturers.

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Lecturers
Peter Mutter (Lecturer Theory, Deputy President), Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher (President), Mats Spillmann (Lecturer Jazz)

Administration 
Nicole Bucher

Research and Development 
Yannick Wey

Library
Andreas Niederberger

Administrative staff and lecturers are encouraged to email the committee members with their questions, requests and suggestions.

Student Representative Body

The Student Representative Body represents the interests of the students.

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Student Representative Body
The Student Representative Body promotes the concerns and desires of the student body and represents its interests to the heads of studies and departments or the senior management of the School.
One of its core tasks consists of inducting new students joining the School. As the first point of contact for students, the Student Representative Body is in a position to help shape and improve study conditions.
It has one seat on SOHSLU, the umbrella organisation that represents each of the Schools' Student Representative Bodies in the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

General contact:
studierendenvertretung@hslu.ch

The contact persons are:

David Zehnder, Präsident
Bachelor Conducting/School Music, major piano 

Jon Flurin Buchli
Master Solo Performance Classical, trumpet

Sophie Knöchelmann
Master Performance Classical, violin

Leander Schöpfer
Bachelor Jazz, double bass

Ines Vita Amstad
Master Pedagogy Jazz, minor band identity, vocal

Linus Meier
Master Performance Jazz, e-bass

 
The Student Representative Body is always ready with help and advice on matters of concern to new as well as long-standing students, including studies and suggestions for improvements. The contact persons can be approached at any time.

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