ABOUT

Bart is an ambitious, serene and honest musician, who is always on the look for new projects and opportunities.

 

At the moment Bart participates in various projects such as: Disco Snolly Live, Sultans of Swing and the S.B.R. Horns. In 2021, Bart was asked to substitute in the Meutgeert/Beets New Jazz Orchestra and the Paradox Jazz Orchestra for the recording of their new album “Remembering the Skymasters”.

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Bart was also a musician in the Young Metropole Orchestra for many projects, in which he worked with Jules Buckley, Michael League, Jochen Neuffer, Miho Hazama, Jamison Ross, Lucy Woodward, Becca Stevens, Ansgar Striefens, Michelle David and Kika Sprangers.

 

Next to performing Bart is eagerly preparing new personal projects and compositions.
The sources of Bart’s inspiration differ in many genres, for example: big orchestras and big band: such as the Metropole Orkest and the Jazzorchestra of the Concertgebouw, great trombone players like Carl Fontana, Bart van Lier and Bert Boeren. Bart also takes in interest in Brassbands and Hornsections, such as Youngblood brassband, Gallowstreet, Jerry Hay horns, and more.

 

In 2016, Bart started his studies at Fontys Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Tilburg, as a classical trombone player with Mark Boonstra, but made the switch to Jazz and Light Music in 2018. He then studied with Martijn Sohier. After two years as a jazz student in Fontys, Bart was accepted in the Conservatory of Amsterdam to continue his studies, where he now takes lessons with Ilja Reijngoud, Bert Boeren and Martijn Sohier. Bart’s graduation is planned for June 2022.

 

Bart took masterclasses with varied musicians and ensembles, such as: Wogram, Harmen Fraanje (piano), Shirinta Beddage (baritone sax), Dick de Graaf (tenor sax) and the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio.