Youth choir festival Sing Along
Wednesday 20 May / 15:00- 16:30
Young Voices Xplore & Young Voices Fast Forward Led by Aimée Hautvast / Youth Singing Theatre Led by Madelief Twilt / Utrecht children's choir led by Thea Bakker / Sjoerd Brouwer, pianist / Lea Zantinge, singing teacher
Stroll through Zeist city centre and enjoy vibrant performances by children of all ages who have discovered the joy of singing together. From the library, stroll through the green heart of Zeist to the Walkartpark and the Town Hall. As icing on the cake, the choirs and the audience there will close this vibrant concert with the themelied If only I were a centipede. This lied was commissioned by the festival and composed for the schools project. Singing teacher Lea Zantinge will be your conductor and Sjoerd Brouwer will take place behind the piano.
You will listen to, among others:
Outside, the North Wind blows
The Wellerman
My paddles
My Bonnie
Waterfall
If only I were a centipede
Start:
KunstenHuis Idea
Markt 3, 3701 JZ Zeist
Walkart Park
between Slotlaan and Kerkweg, 3701 HA Zeist
Town hall
Het Rond 1, 3701 HS Zeist
Thea Bakker / choral conductor
Thea Bakker studied church music, choral conducting and singing at the Utrecht Conservatoire, with piano and organ as subsidiary subjects. During and after her studies, she specialised in children's choral singing, solo singing and choral conducting during master classes at home and abroad. She is currently taking voice lessons according to the Lichtenberger® Method, the Klankwerk course and a choral conducting course. As a conductor and specialist in voice training, she is associated with various choirs. She also teaches in her own vocal practice and at the Vocal School Utrecht, which she founded, where she offers children the opportunity to make high-level vocal music.
Sjoerd Brouwer / pianist
Sjoerd Brouwer developed into a versatile and broadly oriented pianist. In the 1990s, he started accompanying choirs and singers with whom he performs a versatile repertoire. He is also a choir rehearsal pianist with the Klein Operakoor in Utrecht, women's choir Vocal Fun in Maarssen and the Amsterdams Gouwe Ouwe Koor. Since last year, he has also been one of the pianists of the Elderly Song Festival. Furthermore, he arranges and composes works for singers and choirs, translates lyrics into Dutch and regularly accompanies the Open Vocalistenpodium in Buurtsalon Jeltje in Amsterdam.
Aimée Hautvast / choral conductor
Soprano Aimée Hautvast obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in classical singing with flying colours at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she was taught by Maria Acda-Maas, Frans Fiselier and Catrin Wyn-Davis, among others. She took master classes with renowned musicians such as Nelly Miricioiu, Barbrø Marklund, Jane Irwin, Rosemary Joshua and Eva-Maria Westbroek. Hautvast performed at home and abroad as a soloist and choir member in several opera productions and performed as a choir member with the Groot Omroepkoor accompanied by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In doing so, she worked with renowned conductors such as Bernard Haitink and Giancarlo Andretta.
Hautvast also teaches classical singing and choral conducting at KunstenHuis Idea and has her own singing lessons practice. She also likes to dedicate herself to the elderly with dementia, for whom she organises projects.
Daisy Twilt / choral conductor
Madelief Twilt graduated from the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen. She coaches professional singers for auditions, musicals and television performances, as well as with Kinderen voor Kinderen. Her greatest motivation is sharing her knowledge and passion. Since 2020, she has had her own practice: Stem Shop. There, she helps singers face their vocal challenges, push boundaries and feel safe in and with their voices. She also works as a vocal coach at the Theatervooropleiding Amersfoort and as a choir and voice coach at the Academy for Theatre Performance where she guides young actors and performers in developing their voice, vocal technique and ensemble work.
Lea Zantinge / singing teacher