Educator
Corey is a cofounder of the International School of Contemporary Music at the National University, Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU) in the Dominican Republic and serves as its Academic Director.
He taught at the Berklee College of Music and has given master classes in music theory and arranging at the Frost School of Music (University of Miami,) the University of Oregon, Milligan College, the University of Maine, O Conservatório Musical Souza Lima in São Paulo, Brazil, the Conservatoire de Lausanne, Switzerland and the Hochschule für Musik in Aachen, Hannover and Hamburg, Germany.
In 2010 Corey was a US cultural envoy to the Dominican Republic. There, he taught courses in vocal arranging and music theory. He also participated in a program spearheaded by the first lady of the Dominican Republic to bring music to at-risk children.
In that same year he began his long association with the Jazzaar Festival in Aargau, Switzerland as a guest artist playing and mentoring young musicians with Buster Williams, Danny Gottlieb, Mark Gross and Vincent Gardner. He continues his association with Jazzaar and the Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra as an arranger.
I am deeply grateful to Chuck Mangione and Johnny Mandel for their heartfelt endorsements of my first book, “Arranging In The Digital World” (Berklee Press)
The founders of UNPHU Music, the Chancellor or the university and Juan Luis Guerra, one of the Godfathers of UNPHU Music.
With UNPHU Music students at a master class in composition by Prof. Wolf Kerschek.
Juan Luis and I reminiscing about our days in Boston.
Conducting a vocal clinic in São Paulo
With a proud member of the chorus in the D.R.
With the kids from the arts program led by the first lady of the D.R.
Celebrating my birthday with a few friends.
The after-party for a concert in Hamburg of my compositions and arrangements beautifully played by these students from UNPHU Music the Hochschule.
Dinner with two very talented friends - Wolf Kerschek and Manuel Tejada.
Enjoying a spectacular lunch with NDR saxophonist/flautist Fiete Felsch in Hamburg.
FAMA Soundclass Series
Recently, UNPHU Music and FAMA Studios joined forces to offer UNPHU Music students the opportunity to work in a world-class recording facility mentored by outstanding musicians, engineers, and producers. Students audition and are chosen based on merit. They compose/arrange, rehearse, perform and prepare their music (and themselves) for an audio and video recording.