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When strings sing: composing for the Matangi Quartet

...a was to create a piece that transmits fun, easiness and lightness, without sounding cheap or primitive.' Natalie, whose favourite composers rank among the musical legends of J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, said 'the piece I wrote for Matangi differs from all the music I’ve written before'. But writing ...

Music Theatre students honor Michael Matthews during the Nijmeegse Kunstnacht

...in Nijmegen." Film and edit: Jovan Smilda Bachelor Music Theatre "What I find most fascinating about the combination of music and theater is when a musician becomes an actor, and vice versa. You acquire a craft, in my case focused on piano and singing, while simultan ...

How post-capitalist mushrooms brought together three students in the Honours Lab

...together, you learn several valuable, small ways to find mutual understanding in an interdisciplinary environment. This can even be in practical ways, like how long it takes someone to set up a mixer.” Advice for students interested in the Honours Lab When asked if they had any advice for stu ...

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

...position for Film and Theatre course, Justus especially praises his lecturers. 'Take Andries van Rossem and Rainer Quade', he cites as examples. 'Great lecturers as well as musicians with a lot of valuable knowledge.' The projects, too, are still clear in his mind. Justus marks getting to compose for the Matang ...

The power of one trombone

...ssical music. Román explains: “During this master’s, I wanted to explore the possibilities of playing the trombone. Not only in the classical field, but also what the possibilities are if I’d mix it with dance or other disciplines, arranging music myself, and experimenting with the ...

Entrepeneur of the month: Karlijn van Kruchten

...describe me as an entrepreneurial type. But the word 'entrepreneur' somehow seems a bit unsexy to me. In our field of work, that is. On paper, and in theory, I guess I am an entrepreneur, but I don't feel like one in practice. So maybe for the rest of this blog, I'd rather write about simply being ent ...

The Pressure Cooker experiment: a new recipe for creation

...nt a week together in that hangar at set times. That was quite intense and meant adapting every day. How do you approach the day with each other? The answer was actually very simple: with no expectations. For example, I didn't know if we would have a final performance." Pressure Cooker was one big exp ...

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

...ic myself, and that was the kindling for me. Further on in my studies, I met some more musicians who I now play with in the bands Droom Dit and Beter Leven. Of course you never know what would have happened if I had gone to another music school, but my gut feeling during the Open Day turned out to be rig ...

Entrepreneur of the month: Tim Kampman

...k as an entrepreneur in the music industry. When I started studying at ArtEZ in 2016, I was driven by my ambition to simply become a better guitar player, but I soon became interested in the Music Management course. When I decided to pursue a career in music after high school, I was already intrigued by the ...

Ana makes classical piano education accessible for everyone

...ic, But I find the most direct way to share it is by teaching it, ” Ana explains. Providing context to the pieces she teaches is crucial to her approach. She explains, "During my research, one of my main goals was to make music, especially music education, more accessible and reachable for everyone ...

'Music is a profession, a job, and fortunately, people from Zwolle are increasingly recognising that'

When he does something, he does it well. He has always been a controller, Bouke says. Combining this with his love for music, the student soon found out that he could earn money from this. "With friends, I founded the ArtEZ Poporkest during my student days. That was a big hit, and it sti ...

Sietse Hulst graduated as a music therapist: “Music evokes memories and emotions hard to experience through spoken words alone”

...bined music therapist and musician What does his daily routine look like now? Anything but monotonous. Sietse works three days a week as a music therapist at STEVIG, an institution for people with mild intellectual disabilities and forensic psychiatric and/or behavioural issues. Besides that, he plays ...

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