Eric Boeren

The Zaanstad Suite – All Ellington

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts

December 23 De Vermanig, Zaandam.
Reservations (+ coronacheck + ID) mandatory via +31(0)614993320 of mailto:

December 30 Bimhuis, Amsterdam.
14:30. Maximum audience of 75. Tickets

January 09 PlusEtage, Baarle Nassau.
14:00. Maximum audience of 20. Tickets via +31(0)13 507 76 52 of

All Ellington will premier the new large scale work, the Zaanstad Suite, on December 23 in Zaandam.

Zaanstad Suite in four parts:
Overture – inspired by a spectacular thunderstorm over the city
Koogerpark Blues – an ode to a park around the corner, known for its summer blues concerts
Zoom – an ode to the flower beds in Zaanstad that were built to attract bees
Broken Windows – an ode to the large industrial halls in Zaanstad that could be renovated and used for new projects

The Suite was written on behalf of NFPK and the municipality of Zaanstad.…

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Doek Composes – Timbrical Reflections by Ada Rave

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Media

Doek composes for solo improvisers, a new and ongoing series on Doek RAW featuring original artwork by Lena Czerniawska.

TIMBRAL REFLECTION is a sound poem, a little excuse to arouse the reflection of the movement inside one sound.

Doek Composes
One of the main pillars of Doek is how improvising musicians deal with composed musical elements. When the world was struck by the corona virus and all of us were asked to isolate ourselves as much as possible, we thought: what can we do to perpetuate our music and still share it with our audience and each other?…

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Doek Workshop – Eric Boeren

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, News, Video

May 15
Splendor
Workshop 11.00 -13.30 and 14.30 – 17.00

Doek has been offering a series of workshops at the wonderful Amsterdam venue, Splendor. The past few months we’ve had to cancel workshops because of corona regulations so we’re very excited that Eric will be able present this workshop Saturday. If you’ve been missing opportunities to work with other musicians, here’s your chance!

“In my workshop I would like to work with you on solo playing within a group context also known as collective improvisation.…

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Doek Composes – A Bunch of Little Gestures by Jasper Stadhouders

ByJohn Dikeman Audio, Media

Doek composes for solo improvisers, a new and ongoing series on Doek RAW featuring original artwork by Lena Czerniawska.

“I wrote a series of little musical phrases and gestures with space for improvisation in between, around, underneath, above, throughout. A way to approach the piece is seeing it as a dialogue between the improviser and the composed elements in the score, which ideally trigger a certain way of improvising.…

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Musicians Talk: Full Playlist

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

The first five episodes of Eric Boeren’s Musicians talk can be seen on the YouTube playlist above.
We hope to find funding to continue this series; in the meantime here’s plenty to stimulate your curiosity.

MUSICIANS TALK On tour, over dinner, in the car, in the train, at airports, during and after rehearsals, musicians don’t tend to talk much about music, but when they do you get to hear ins and outs that somehow never seem to surface in articles.

In several round table discussions, Eric Boeren spoke with musicians he has played with over the years.…

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Musicians Talk: Drums

ByJohn Dikeman Media, News, Video

DRUMS

Han Bennink, John Engels, Michael Vatcher and Frank Rosaly talk about playing along with records on newspapers and kitchen chairs, about lefthanded set ups and about tuning a snare drum. “Jo Jones always played with the snares off!”

MUSICIANS TALK
On tour, over dinner, in the car, in the train, at airports, during and after rehearsals musicians don’t tend to talk much about music, but when they do you get to hear ins and outs that somehow never seem to surface in articles.…