Other Works

Since 1991 I have written the music for the musicals of "De Notenbalk" elementary school in my hometown Harmelen.
These musicals, which are meant for children from 6-8 years of age, are distributed by "Het verkeerde beentje". On their website you will find a complete list and you can listen to several audiofragments. https://www.verkeerdebeentje.nl/

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Based upon the music of `Een nacht in het enge bos` Kunstgebouw Rijswijk developed an art project for the first classes of the primary school.
Mariet Lems developed a new storyline and wrote 3 songtexts for newly composed songs.
The music is played by the ensemble Opus I under the direction of Erik Vermaak.

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Boekhappen was commisioned by Kunstgebouw Rijswijk.
For this project I composed the song"Wat eten we vandaag? "
The lyrics were written by Mariet Lems.
The song was sung by Margriet van Duyvenbode en Maurits Draye

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For the "Books for children week 2008" I composed two songs on lyrics by Mariet Lems.
The song "Open-Dichtlied" you can hear on the music preview.
The song "De taaltovenaar" you can hear on my discography.
Both songs were sung by Margriet van Duyvenbode and Maurits Drayer.

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‘Ik en mijn beest’ was commisioned by Kunstgebouw Rijswijk.
For this project,meant for the primary school, I composed two songs.
1. ‘Kras op’ on lyrics by Francisca Stam and myself
2. ‘Het lied van de zwarte k’(song of the black Tom Cat) on lyrics by Hans Andreus

The second song you can hear as a music preview with the composer himself in the role of Tom Cat (Listen and shiver!)

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Vogels (birds) was commissioned by Kunstgebouw Rijswijk. My assignment was to make 3 compositions based upon, inspired by, sounds of birds. The composition process was filmed and put on DVD to inspire primary school children to make their own compositions using all kinds of sound sources. For the Bewicks Wren song I used the song that the Bewick wren sings. Part of it I used melodically (mostly transposed two octaves lower) and part of it I used for soundscapes. I owe many thanks to Mr. Satie for providing the inspiration for a comfortable bird’s nest.

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