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• The "Haagse School" and Clarinet (2016) author(s): Vincent Martig Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Vincent Martig Main Subject: Classical Clarinet Research supervisor: Herman Jeurissen Title of Research: The "Haagse School" and Clarinet Research Question: “How did the Haagse School develop, and which compositions for clarinet did it bring forth?” Summary of Results After the second World War, something was growing in the Dutch compositional landscape: a reaction to Schoenberg and the romantic music on the one hand, and the American minimalism on the other. This reaction obtained its clearest form at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, with first Kees van Baaren and his students, and later Louis Andriessen with his fellow composers and his ensembles (Hoketus, for example). Because of the string characteristics of this reaction, the composition department in The Hague was labelled the “Haagse School”, but in my paper, I investigate how these characteristics are merely superficial, and there is a much broader view to the Haagse School than you would expect. Afterwards, I look at the list of clarinet compositions from The Hague, just to see that there are not many, and the ones we have, are very difficult to obtain (both recordings and sheet music). Making these pieces more well known might also give a stimulus to new composers from The Hague, to write for clarinet. For this paper I had e-mail contact and interviews with several composers and musicologists who were (remotely) connected to The Hague and its composition department. Biography: Vincent Martig started playing the clarinet when he was eight years old. Since August 2012, Vincent has been studying at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, now in 2nd year Master, with Pierre Woudenberg. In conservatory and student orchestras, Vincent played under Jac van Steen, Susanna Mälkki, and Valery Gergiev. He received masterclasses from Chen Halevi, Ralph Manno, and Olivier Patey. In recent years, Vincent has also taken up composing, arranging, and conducting.
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• Baritone saxophone in jazz quartet (2016) author(s): Emilio Nunzio Tritto Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Emilio Nunzio Tritto Main subject: Jazz Saxophone Title of the research: Baritone saxophone in jazz quartet Research question: what are the aspects involved in creating and performing a repertoire with baritone saxophone as solists in jazz quartet? Summary of results: through a historical overview and the analysis of the most relevant releases of the great baritone players of jazz history, I've been able to recover different solutions and ideas to create a repertoire of original pieces suitable for quartet, concerning composing, arranging, selection of the instrumentation, theme exposition, solo contents, and eventual issues. I finalized my work displaying my works and my choices about technical and artistic aspects concerning my own quartet.
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• Master Research (2016) author(s): Vera Schippers Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Vera Schippers Main subject: Music education according to the Kodály concept Research supervisor: Renee Jonker Title of research: Collaboration and creativity in Kodály inspired music lessons Research question: How can I create more space for collaboration and creativity in music lessons inspired by the Kodály concept when applied to group 6/7. Summary of results: During the action part of the research, I tried different ways of using collaboration and creativity in Kodály inspired music lessons, and looked at the influence of both aspects on the groups dynamic and involvement of the pupils. Because there are lots of different activities in my music lessons which are Kodály inspired, I incorporated more activities which are focusing on collaboration and creativity. By giving more assignments in smaller groups I tried to focus on both aspects. That is one way how I can create more space for collaboration and creativity. Next to that there are other ways to encourage collaboration and creativity. By making conscious decisions about the focus of the role of the teacher (leader). The focus can be teaching or coaching. Both focusses are needed during lessons but when you act like a coach the responsibility is with the pupils. This creates ownership which has a positive effect on the involvement of the pupils and the quality of the music making. By encouraging the collaborative aspect in music lessons, the formation of the pupils plays an important part. There should always be enough variety in formations but by playing an activity in a circle they automatically make a natural connection and it has a positive influence on the group dynamics and the involvement of the pupils. This way all individuals are taking care of the group needs next to their individual needs. By using different activities, being aware of the role of the teacher, creating ownership by the pupils and by choosing formations which help them connect to each other, I used collaboration and creativity in my music lessons. They are Kodály inspired and contribute to making a unity during the musical lessons but also take care of the individual needs. This, above all, in a playful way. Biography: My name is Vera Schippers, I am 23 years old and live in Tilburg. Before starting my Master at the Royal conservatory, I studied for becoming a music teacher at the Fontys school of arts in Tilburg. There, I taught music lessons to a lot of different target groups. Primary school and special needs educations turn out to be my favorites. Nowadays, I work at several primary schools in Best, where I teach music children aged 10 tot 12. Next to that I give singing lessons to several musical groups from different ages.
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• Between West and East, classical and traditional music. How should a modern percussionist approach early percussion playing? (2016) author(s): Marianna Soroka Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Marianna Soroka Main subject: percussion Research supervisor: Peppie Wiersma Research title: Between West and East, classical and traditional music. How should a modern percussionist approach early percussion playing? Research question: How should a modern percussionist approach early percussion playing? Summary: Interested in historical performance, I decided to try to answer some questions I have been dealing with since I started playing early music on percussion. Instruments and techniques, improvisation and lack of music scores, finally – occasions and places where percussion was used: the analysis of all these elements brought me straight to traditional music of Spain. Biography: Marianna Soroka (born in Poznań, Poland) started her musical education playing piano and singing in a choir. Currently living in The Netherlands, she is finishing her studies at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague, focusing on contemporary, Latin and baroque percussion. Marianna is a member of Mitomani multistyle folk group, the winner of the Simcha Prize for the most promising band at the International Jewish Music Fesival in Amsterdam (2014). She also collaborates with groups such as Slagwerk Den Haag and LUDWIG.
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• Finding the proper musical character in the case of Allegro in Germany, 1717-1750 (2016) author(s): Fumiko Morie Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Fumiko Morie Main subject: Baroque Violin Research supervisor: Bart van Oort Title: Finding the proper musical character in the case of Allegro in Germany, 1717-1750 Research question: To find the correct character is one of the biggest problem for us, musicians. In this paper I suggest how to find them.
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• Tierkreis-The music of the stars (2016) author(s): Nerea Vera Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  How to play Tierkreis convincing Stockhausen
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