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Graduated May 2022! Since September 2020, Jochem was studying at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, the Musical Theater program. A 2-year degree program for a select group of students. He is still in the history of the NYCDA the only Dutch person admitted to this program after audition.
The #NYCDA Musical Theater program distinguishes itself with a very individual and practice-oriented approach.
The students work in small sub-classes on all facets of musical, such as private singing lessons, voice technique, tap and jazz dance, classical ballet, actors lab and Meisner Technique.
After his high school, Jochem studied a 1 year Musical Theater program in Belgium at #7MUS.
A year in which Jochem could work on his passion every day.
A year where, at the age of 17, he went to live independently in a studio in Antwerp South.
An experience that made him decide to audition at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in New York City.
During his 6-year training at #Fontys Dance Academy, Jochem participated in the award winning project
#Siri Loves Me during the Dutch Dance Days in 2018.
"Siri Loves Me" was a unique project of the talented choreographer Katja Heitmann.
In his final year of his 9-year training at #Musical`sCool, Jochem played the lead in the musical “Vincent Light” (2018). A musical about the life of the famous Dutch painter. This was a high-quality musical, in which emotion, atmosphere and humor found each other flawlessly.