Teachers

The team of teachers of the Sound Community consists of driven, professional pop musicians with a lot of stage experience. For our team, it is important that the student enjoys making music.

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Alexander Bergmann

Alexander Bergmann

Drums
Amsterdam & Rotterdam

Founder of Sound Community.
Band: HHB international
Education: Rockacademie, Tilburg

Alexander is a tight drummer and a team player. He finds it important that his band is sociable, because that way you can make better music. He gives his drum lessons with this in mind.

Teun Dillisse

Teun Dillisse

Piano
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2019

Bands: Rondé & Naaz

Education: CODARTS Popacademie, Rotterdam


Teun Dillisse (24), studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. As a keyboard player, he plays with various artists such as Rondé & Naaz. Teun also writes songs together with other musicians in his own studio.

Mark Snijders

Mark Snijders

Keyboards, DJ and Producing
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2012.

Bands/acts: Play me a memory, Bikini Blues Band, etc.

In addition to being a keyboardist, Mark is also a producer and has a number of hits to his name nationally and internationally. He is creative, very musical and loves to convey that to his students.

Floris Bosma

Floris Bosma

Guitar, piano
Amsterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2021

Floris is a versatile guitarist with a great passion for the electric guitar. He has played in bands for years and is now active in the studio. Because he likes many genres, he can handle any student. He is friendly, flexible and patient.

Nicole van Hulst

Nicole van Hulst

Vocal
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at Vocal Center since 2016

Bands/acts: a.o. dinner shows and backing vocals with various artists in the Netherlands.
Education: Dutch Academy of Performing Arts and training as a vocal coach at Vocal Center
Genre: pop, rock, jazz and musical.

Nicole is an all-round singer/artist and loves to share her experiences to help her students with their singing. It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or a professional. Coaching students, making them enthusiastic and helping them further, is what she likes doing most. For more information, please visit www.vocalcenter.nl

Jasper Courtens

Jasper Courtens

Drums
Amsterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2015.

Bands/acts: Latoya London, Rita Zipora, Michelle Courtens, and many others. Drummania.com

Education: Musicians Institute, Los Angeles (USA)

Jasper is creative and always very positive. He has studied with the best drummers in the world at the famous Musicians Institute in Los Angeles (USA). All his knowledge and experience has made him what he is today. A top drummer who can inspire students.

Teun Beurskens

Teun Beurskens

Guitar
Amsterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2022

Teun played a lot in theater, on the radio and on pop stages. He mainly wrote his own material, so besides learning to play the guitar he can also help you write your own songs. He is a patient teacher, who thinks it is important to have fun playing your instrument, while he also makes sure you get better at it.

Noah North Sea

Noah North Sea

Piano
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2022

Noah studies songwriting at Rotterdam Conservatory where he writes all his songs on piano and sings himself. From a young age, his passion was the combination of playing and singing, so he found traditional piano lessons difficult to sustain. By writing his own songs and accompanying himself on the piano, Noah really figured out how the piano works. In lessons, he likes to look for the connection the student has with the piano and respond accordingly.

Sebastiaan de Waard

Sebastiaan de Waard

Drums
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at Sound Community since 2023.

Bands: Hermes House Band

Sebastiaan is a young drummer who plays in the Hermes House Band with which he has many gigs at home and abroad such as Dubai and Bangkok. He actively teaches where the students then actively and joyfully participate to tackle new challenges.

Adriaan Koster

Adriaan Koster

Drums
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2023

Education: Codarts jazz department

Adriaan is a young enthusiastic drummer who has been playing drums since he was eight years old. He studies at the Codarts conservatory in Rotterdam.
Engaged in both rock, pop and jazz, he performs with both his jazz quintet and his rock band. He is in front of the class with as much energy as he is behind the drum kit, takes all the time he needs for the student and teaches in a versatile way.

Jaco Oskam

Jaco Oskam

Guitar
Rotterdam

Has been teaching at the Sound Community since 2022

Jaco Oskam is a guitarist and singer-songwriter. He studies at the conservatory of Rotterdam and plays guitar in the band of JOLENE, among others. He also makes music as Jaco Falcon and performs a lot with his own band.

Eline Vaarzon Morel

Eline Vaarzon Morel

Vocal
Rotterdam

Eline Vaarzon Morel is a singing and songwriting teacher who helps others find their own creative path. In singing lessons the focus is on technique and expression, while in songwriting lessons there is room to transform stories and ideas into music. What Eline likes best is when someone discovers his or her unique sound and can be completely themselves in it.

Rodolfo Stornfelt

Rodolfo Stornfelt

Vocals, guitar, piano
Rotterdam

Rodolfo Stornfelt (born 1996) is a Peruvian musician, composer and dedicated teacher with a broad musical background. He studied Jazz Composition at Codarts School of the Arts under renowned composer Paul M. van Brugge and currently teaches voice, guitar and piano at Sound Community Rotterdam. His love of music spans a variety of genres, from classic rock and indie to pop, metal and jazz, making him a versatile and engaging instructor.