Hi, my name is Jelske Hoogervorst. I am a jazz saxophonist and improvisation coach based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
In addition to playing music for more than 25 years, I teach music improvisation. I can teach you how to improvise in a way that is creative, auditive, motivational and very personal.
It’s no mystery at all to play along spontaneously with other musicians, create your own music and play the music you imagine.
I can teach you how music works and help you breakthrough the inhibitions that keep you from creating your music.
I adopt a very practical approach in teaching you how to improvise. I offer a detailed practice curriculum with clear video examples and great jam tracks. The method I use (called Improvise for Real) is based on a tonal orientation in harmony that helps you understand the sounds in the music around you the way our ear naturally perceives them. Which eventually enables you to play the music you imagine. This applies to all musical styles based on Western harmonies and is studied worldwide by music students of all levels.
Since improvising is the most personal way of expressing yourself, it’s a rule rather than an exception to experience obstacles in your music practice. This is why my personal guidance, during workshops and the 1-on-1 coaching, focuses on overcoming your creative battles to enable you to get to the core of improvising: expressing yourself through the language of music.
Do you want to understand the sounds in the music around you and be able to play the music you imagine? Start with my Introduction to Melodic Improvising for all instruments, all levels of playing.
Need help and personal guidance? View my 1-on-1 coaching options.
