Thomas Mora

Thomas Mora is a Lecturer for Bass, Theory, Arrangement, and Composition at the Faculty of Music of JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music, and also teaches at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music. His affiliations include the Vienna Conservatory (2013-2015), where he taught electric bass, ensemble lessons, and studio internship.

Artistic education includes:

• 2 years at Konservatorium der Stadt Wien with Prof Rudolf Hansen (Jazz Bass)
• 2 years of private lessons with Prof Harald Putz (Jazz Bass)
• 5 years of accordion training at music school Csery

Mora's research interests center on bass performance, composition, and music theory/arrangement, with extensions into jazz, popular music production, and film scoring. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary innovation across performance, studio engineering, and creative composition.

His publication output shows consistent productivity in music and film, with recent works emphasizing popular music production (2020-2021) and film scoring (2016). Trends include genre fusion, technical audio engineering, and collaborative compositions. Earlier works reveal foundational focus on acoustic arrangements and vocal productions.

Mora collaborates extensively with bands and artists including:

• Grooveyard
• Ramon
• Tha Family
• Andreas Gabalier
• Brunner und Brunner
• Georg Danzer