Fredrik Carl Størmer

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Not to be confused with Carl Størmer.

Fredrik Carl Størmer (born 12 July 1957) is a

Oslo, Norway and is named after his great grandfather the Norwegian mathematician. Based on his music and business experience, he has developed the JazzCode – a term describing the guiding principles used by jazz musicians in particular and professional teams in general to create a successful performance. The JazzCode applies to small teams having to manage complexity and rapid change. It is also relevant to organizations change cultures in order to adapt to rapidly changing contexts. Størmer has also developed a method to improve how small teams manage complex problems in thinking, reading and writing and his class is used by consultants, analysts, project managers and top teams in several Norwegian companies.[1]

Background

After 11 years in the United States, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music in jazz performance from

The Real Thing in collaboration with guitarist Staffan William-Olsson (b. 1959). They were later joined by Sigurd Køhn (1959–2004) and Paul “Palle” Wagnberg (born 1961). The band soon became one of Norway's most popular and bestselling jazz bands, releasing three albums – The Real Thing (1991), The Real Thing in New York (1992 feat. Lew Soloff
), and A Perfect Match (1994).

Musical training

Størmer's first drum teacher was the Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen with whom he studied from 1971 to 1976. While at New England Conservatory he studied with Alan Dawson, Gary Chaffee, Miroslav Vitouš, and George Russell. While at Manhattan School of Music he studied with Justin DiCioccio and Gary Chester.

Music and business

In 1992 the city of Oslo wanted to adopt the French music festival “Fête de la Musique”. Carl Størmer established the festival and was managing director for the first two years. Even in its first year, “Musikkens Dag” gathered thousands of people and artists in the streets of Oslo.

In 1995 Størmer left music to pursue a business career with

StudentUniverse
, an online travel business which in 2008 became a global company.

In 2003 Størmer was recruited to become the head of marketing (CMO) at

Bruno Raberg, Jørn Øien, and Sidiki Camara

Discography

In his own name:

With The Real Thing:

References

  1. ^ "Jazzcode training". 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  2. ^ a b Wicklund, Erling (2011-02-24). "JazzCode – Being Here - Review" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-31.

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