Classical

Woodwinds

Music and Performing Arts offers five woodwind majors: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone.

Professors

Audition

Candidates living in the Netherlands, Belgium or Western Germany will have a live audition. Candidates living in other countries will have an online audition.
Duration of the audition is more or less 15 minutes. The audition programme should include:
- 2 etudes
- 3 concert pieces form different eras

Professors

Herman Vincken

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Professors

Geert Baeckelandt
Eddy Vanoosthuyse
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer

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Professors

Koen Coppé

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Fontys Music and Performing Arts in Tilburg, hosts one of the largest international saxophone classes in Europe. It focusses on: finding the individual voice of the student; working on a solid basis in technique and music for performances; learning how to act in professional environment; playing lots of chamber music (including a 25 piece saxophone orchestra!); looking for different influences through international masterclasses by saxophone players and other instrumentalists.

The saxophone teachers at Music and Performing Arts, both operating from different perspectives, but unified in their love for the instrument, consider the saxophone world to be the fore-runner in classical music and convey this in every way to their students. A large number of successful and active alumni from the saxophone class, all operating from their own vision, underline the strength of this concept.

Teachers

Ties Mellema

“I don’t do styles; I play music. Not classical, not jazz, not pop, but any music that speaks to me and is a true expression of something. I am particularly curious about the music that lies between the styles.” - Ties Mellema

Although Ties Mellema is undisputedly a virtuoso on the saxophone, he sees himself first and foremost as a musician. His craft is expressed in his continuous exploration of the outer limits of music.

From classical and minimal to improv, funk and jazz – Mellema has inhabited the space between the established styles and disciplines for over 20 years. He plays all saxes, but the baritone sax in particular, suits him down to a tee; a large instrument that demands the player goes to the extreme, in every aspect.

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Andreas van Zoelen

Andreas van Zoelen is professor of classical saxophone. His class is a vibrant group of international students, who are developing their craft successfully and gaining their merits on international podia. Furthermore Andreas is coordinator of the wind department and of the chamber music program. He received his tuition at the Brabants Conservatorium in Tilburg with Jean Pennings, after which he continued his studies with Carina Raschèr in Germany. In 2014 he was invited to join the famous Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, where he succeeded founding member Bruce Weinberger on tenor saxophone. With this highly successful ensemble he performs concerts and teaches masterclasses across the globe.

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Audition

Candidates living in the Netherlands, Belgium or Western Germany will have a live audition. Candidates living in other countries will have an online audition.
Duration of the audition is more or less 15 minutes. The audition programme should include:
- 1 melodic and 2 technical studies of e.g. Klosé, Terschack, or a comparable level.
- 2 recital pieces, of which at least 1 with piano accompaniment, such as Jolivet, Fantasie-Impromptu; Maurice, Tableaux de Provence; Demersseman, Fantaisie; Noda, Improvisation I, II or II; Ibert, Histoires; or a comparable level. Major and Minor scales (melodic and harmonic) up to 4 sharps, staccato, legato, in thirds, and with broken triads in the quickest tempo in which it is possible to play as 'clean' as possible.