Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance: Portfolio and Framing Statement

This document is the public repository version of the portfolio and framing statement originally submitted in July 2025 for the Doctor of Music in Contemporary Performance by Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience at European-American University.

The portfolio presents a practice-led account of contemporary music performance, pedagogy, curriculum design, ensemble direction, assessment, and public-facing artistic contribution. It documents a body of professional practice across drum set, percussion, electric bass, contemporary piano accompaniment, arranging, teaching, supervision, and examination work. Its central concerns include aural fluency, musical judgement, rhythm-section pedagogy, ensemble cognition, genre-inclusive curriculum design, and the formal recognition of contemporary musicianship.

This revised public repository version was prepared in May 2026 for citation, archival, and bibliographic clarity. It preserves the portfolio’s original evidentiary purpose while clarifying its ongoing relevance to higher music education, practice-led research, curriculum design, and assessment validity.