What's it like to study Try Out?

‘SLIEB finally gave me the space to really move forward’

An existential crisis on stage

Volkan combines drums with storytelling, visuals and spoken word

Luke Christoffel, project assistant Conservatorium

A first: Megan graduates on the bagpipes

Jazz and Pop students Riny and Julie have launched their own music school: 'We're funding everything ourselves'

Music speaks when words fall short

Student Mariska Veringmeier: “I hadn’t even started this part-time course yet and doors were already opening for me.”

Justus Berger: 'Even Beethoven occasionally wrote stuff because people wanted to hear it'

Hearing your music everywhere on TV? Daan Jansen shows how it can be done

Academy of Pop Music student Kees: “Enschede is simultaneously progressive and full of contradictions”

Martijn Emmen received 2,500 euros for his guitar studio: 'It really helped me move forward'

Jorrick has made his biggest dream come true: making a living through music

Julia Bel: 'As much as I enjoy being in front of the class, I also want to build something for myself'

Kruidkoek: 'Secretly, we believe Japan is a fitting place for our music'

Zwolle through Ainoa's eyes: "Living here feels like being in a movie"

From minor to professional tour: 3 Jazz & Pop students tour with Herman van Veen

By interning at his own business, Joep Luttikhuis met his potential future business partner

Riny Douma interned at his own company

David finds the sound of family caregiving and home health care

"It must always sound perfect" - for bassist Amber, perfect is when she no longer cares if others think it's cool

Working side by side with students from other courses

Meike wants her audience to experience the sublime

An all-female big band as industry commentary: Meike advocates for gender equality in the music industry

Bart, Noortje, and Lucas bring their audience on a musical adventure at Hedon Zwolle

Joë takes her primary school pupils on a field trip to (a digital version of) China

Firiël is organising a world music festival as her final project

From first year to professor: in music therapy, everyone is a researcher

Balancing technique and humanity: Eva seeks emotion in her music productions