needs of students, the professional field and society are evolving rapidly. To achieve financial health and adapt more quickly to these changes, a flexible and future-oriented approach is required. Codarts [...] David Lauwen, President of the Executive Board, explains: “To strengthen our education and create space for innovation, educational expertise and collaboration, it’s essential that we organise Codarts [...] dialogue with labour unions, and has informed its staff. The final reorganisation plan is expected to be announced in early February, once the formal process has been completed. Codarts is fully aware
for the future and the jury has high expectations of things to come. Main sponsor Nedspice provided €3.000 for the winner, which is meant to give young jazz talent a push in the direction of the international [...] the 25 th time by Codarts Rotterdam, the Friends of Codarts Foundation and Nedspice. The award proved to be a great stepping stone for a number of successful jazz musicians, including Jan van Duikeren, Bart [...] music: a combination of groovy jazz and traditional Ghanaian music. The Ghanaian trumpet player managed to win over the professional jury (Susanne Abbuehl, Benjamin Herman and Yanick Hiwat) by showing the joy
the same thing, was it) the ability to play with dynamics and the ability to differentiate between straight and shuffled feel having a creative mindset that is able to do research and develop rather than [...] playing, be it in a band situation or with a backing track (band is the standard) an open mind in regard to electronics, sequencing, hybrid playing (acoustic drums in combination with samples) a sense of genre [...] piano, bass, guitar or others, thus having an interest in the harmonic side of music a basic ability to read music a prima vista and experience with reading drum charts an open mind for developments in pop
unique ways of responding to these. An initial question for 2023 concerns what it means to be an artist, or an artistic researcher, in a time of climate crisis. How would we like to re-imagine our practices [...] Beckles Willson, is a space for exploring how intercultural artistic practices can respond creatively to the social and environmental challenges that humanity faces today. Intercultural Performing Arts I [...] reflection. The professorship falls within the programme line of Performance Practice. It is committed to furthering artistic research in the Codarts community of teachers, and within bachelor, master and
ies Intrinsic motivation for further research on the instrument in relation to your work and practice Trumpet The ability to play the major/minor melodic/minor harmonic scales in all keys Play one classical [...] Alternate different rhythms with short solos and breaks The committee will ask you to sightread a chart during the audition, and to improvise by ear on some chord progressions [...] classical trumpet etude (for example from Duhem, Arban, Charlier). It does not have to be a very demanding etude in terms of speed or range, but play it musically with good sound and intonation and with a
important to demonstrate your creativity so half an hour before your exam you’ll be given a songwriting assignment, which consists of a chord scheme and a lyrical subject. You’ll have 30 minutes to create [...] command of the Dutch language (only applies to Dutch speaking students & the English language A clear vision on music and your music within the field Being able to work at a basic level with a DAW (Digital [...] student who can operate on her/his own and has endurance. Having a vision on who you are, where you want to go, how you will get there and a good motivation for choosing this study programme is something that’s
In order to be able to assess your technical compositional skills and your artistic approach towards composition and/or arranging, the Jazz Composition Assessment Committee requests you to hand in: The [...] Google Drive (material sent via other systems will be refused) to: asc@codarts.nl | Subject: Application BMus Jazz Composition *Be sure to put your name on all full scores, the motivation letter, and on [...] versions) in .MP3 Format. A motivation letter in .PDF format of Max 2 A4 pages explaining why you want to study at Codarts Jazz Composition department. A short biography (max 1 A4 page) and cv. Optional review
experience minimal challenges in progressing to the second year and graduate on time. We would like to thank our teachers and staff for their dedication and commitment to our students' success. Their passion and [...] strong emphasis on ‘healthy teaching’. Students not only learn how to dance and teach dance but do so in a responsible way, with attention to nutrition and physiology. A higher-than-average number of students [...] sought-after Keuzegids quality seal. This seal recognises the high standard of education we provide to our students. The Dance Education and Music Education programmes achieved outstanding scores of 95
Stichting Ondernemersbelangen Rotterdam (SOR), on 6 March. With this award, SOR aims to provide a financial boost to young, enterprising artists. The award is named after Henri Winkelman (1937-2010), who [...] presented by SOR every year to alumni of the Willem de Kooning Academie, and in 2021 an HWA was established for former students of Codarts (graduated in or after 2012). Candidates have to submit a detailed project [...] his project Soaked to the Ears . Using a special audio-visual sound installation of oil drums, Ege will study sounds in the harbour of Rotterdam. With this research process he aims to create archival i
enthusiastic plan,” according to the committee. “With a line-up of various guest artists, he shows himself to be a connector of Rotterdam’s top talent.” Guus Bok will use his prize to realize De Euromast Live [...] awarding the HWA annually to alumni of the Willem de Kooning Academy since 2013. This year, for the first time, former Codarts students (graduated in or after 2012) were able to compete for the award. Candidates [...] Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and director of Stichting Ondernemersbelangen Rotterdam (SOR). SOR wants to give young enterprising artists a boost through the award. The namesake of the award, Henri Winkelman
