Markus Geiselhart & David Panzl

Markus Geiselhart (left) has been teaching at the Department of Popular Music (ipop) since 2013 and conducts the Big Band of the mdw.

David Panzl (right) is currently a senior lecturer at the Leonard Bernstein Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments.

Posts by Markus Geiselhart & David Panzl

mdw in Brazil: Markus Geiselhart and David Panzl

In April 2026, trombonist, composer, and conductor Markus Geiselhart, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Popular Music at the mdw and drummer and conductor David Panzl, Senior Lecturer at the Leonard Bernstein Department for Wind and Percussion Instruments at the mdw, travelled to Brazil for a ten-day artistic and pedagogical exchange. The trip combined concerts, […]

The mdw’s Markus Geiselhart and David Panzl visited the Music Department of Witwatersrand University

This five-day series of workshops, masterclasses, and music clinics was hosted by the Wits Music Department (University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg) as well as two associated and prominent South African music academies: the CAFCA School (The University of Pretoria, Mamelodi) and the Music Academy of Gauteng, founded by Dr Johnny Mekoa (Benoni). Clinics were hosted […]