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Recording Day with Youth Orchestra Crescendo Sliedrecht – What a Joy!

Yesterday, I had the honor of spending a fantastic afternoon with the youth orchestra of Music Association Crescendo from Sliedrecht. Under the energetic and inspiring leadership of Paul Langerman, around 40 young musicians performed twelve short pieces from my books First Music Fun 1, 2 and 3. The goal of the day was to record promotional material – both video and audio – to help bring these three books to the attention of other youth orchestras, student ensembles, and beginner groups. First Music Fun 1, 2 and 3 are educational music books, each containing 12 accessible and enjoyable pieces

8 June 2025

New Trombone Concertino – Premiere May 24, 2025

This week, I had the chance to listen to the recording of the first rehearsal of my brand-new Concertino for Trombone and Fanfare Orchestra, written for the Fanfare Orchestra of the Royal Dutch Marechaussee and their brilliant principal trombonist, Paul Langerman. Although I couldn’t be there in person, listening to the recording of the first rehearsal was still a truly special experience. It’s a challenging piece, but the dedication, focus, and musicianship of the orchestra under conductor Ido Gerard Kempenaar, combined with Paul’s powerful and expressive playing, truly moved me. They are working with great intensity and passion to

15 May 2025

Celebrating the Timeless Music of Ruud Bos for Efteling Attractions

Celebrating the Timeless Music of Ruud Bos for Efteling Music has a magical ability to transport us into another world, and when it comes to the enchanting Efteling theme park, the compositions of Ruud Bos are undeniably iconic. Over the years, his music has shaped the atmosphere of various Efteling attractions, and two of his masterpieces, Fata Morgana and Villa Volta, stand out as some of the most memorable. 20 years ago, I reached out to Ruud Bos with a proposal: to create arrangements of his music for wind ensembles and fanfare orchestras. I was thrilled to receive his

15 March 2025

Cirque de Curiosités

In 2023, I was commissioned by the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy in Rotterdam to compose an accessible piece of music for a small ensemble of wind and percussion players. The ensemble consisted of a wind orchestra without saxophones, trumpets, and trombones. The result was a work in five interconnected movements about a circus of curiosities: Cirque de Curiosités. The piece opens with Défilé d’Entrée, a cheerful quick march where something feels off, as if a step is being skipped here and there. This leads into Magicien Ennuyeux, a waltz depicting the dull and clumsy magician performing

8 January 2025

Cooperation with Molenaar Edition

Update 2025: In 2020, I launched my label Dutch Wind Music Publications and opened my own digital webshop. It has been a journey full of fun, hard work, and learning to get to this point. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of providing wind bands from all over the world with sheet music of my compositions and arrangements. I am deeply grateful for the trust that all those orchestras have placed in me by choosing my music. However, things change over time. I decided to stop publishing music by other composers. Why? Organizing, editing, coaching, marketing—these tasks took up

8 December 2024

Download for Free: Trumpet Concerto Solo & Piano Part

In 2022, I composed the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra for Jeroen Schippers, the solo trumpet player of the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is a challenging, virtuosic piece for both the soloist and the orchestra, showcasing the typical concerto style. Jeroen premiered the piece in November 2022 with his Marine Band, and since then, he has performed it several times, including the premiere with a fanfare band version for the Gelders Fanfare Orchestra in 2024. To make this concerto accessible for trumpet players who don’t have an orchestra readily available, I created a piano reduction

12 March 2023

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