Marcos Merino
Specialty
piano and composition
Training
PhD in Education from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
Master in Jazz Performance from the University of North Texas
Graduated in Jazz from the Liceu Higher Music Center in Barcelona
Career path
Music teacher with international experience in several countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe. Pianist, composer and arranger. He has performed at jazz festivals around the world as a sideman or leading his own trio.
Among the most outstanding projects in which he participates, it is worth mentioning the World Citizen Band (jazz fusion), with which he has published the album View of Tomorrow, Hipsteria (electronic) or Trivial (fusion rock).
He has been a member of the Piano Chair at the University of the Americas and a professor at the Superior Conservatory of Malaga.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Piano Harmony III
Ear Training III
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION
Digital editing of notation and scores
DEGREE IN PERFORMING ARTS AND AUDIOVISUAL INTERPRETATION
Music and Singing I
DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
sound and musical expression
DIPLOMA IN MUSIC CREATION AND PRODUCTION
Musical Performance I: Rhythm Section
Digital Editing of Notation and Scores
Research lines
Jazz and other contemporary popular genres. Composition with electronic media. Integration of different contemporary genres and electronic instruments. Musical education. Popular/contemporary music and its integration in the academy.
Awards, mentions and recognitions
DownBeat Student Music Awards for Best Original Arrangement and Best Latin Group