Youth choir festival Sing Along
Wednesday 20 May / 16:00 - 17:00
Young Voices Xplore & Young Voices Fast Forward Led by Aimée Hautvast / Utrecht children's choir led by Thea Bakker / Joelle Ocheng, singing teacher Sjoerd Brouwer, pianist / Natalia Rossiter Borg, pianist
Stroll through the town centre of Zeist and enjoy vibrant performances by children of all ages who have discovered the joy of singing together. From the library, you can walk through the green heart of Zeist to the Walkartpark. To cap it all off, the choirs and the audience will conclude this vibrant concert there with themelied If only I were a centipede. This lied was commissioned by the festival for the schools project. Vocal coach Joelle Ocheng will be your conductor, and Sjoerd Brouwer will take his place at the piano.
Taking part in the Sing Along
Did you learn this lied at school and would you like to sing along with the concert? Then send a email Tyche Jacobs and state your name and the school you go to. Then you will perform in the festival children's choir under the direction of singing teacher Joelle Ocheng!
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
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.
Joelle Ocheng / singing teacher
Joelle Ocheng is a teacher at the National Choirs. She grew up in a musical family. She has been singing in the National Girls' Choir for several years. Alongside her conservatory studies, she coaches and conducts (children's) choirs, and provides music education in primary schools and music workshops for adults. She thoroughly enjoys working with children and loves experiencing the power of music together.
Natalia Rossiter Berg / piano
Natalia Rossiter Borg took piano lessons at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música Joaquín Villatoro in Jerez. She developed a love for modern music and began playing in local jazz clubs. Rossiter Borg is currently studying at the HKU Utrecht Conservatoire, where she is studying jazz and pop piano. From a young age, she sang in choirs and was soon accompanying them on the piano. As a result, she has a close connection with choral music.