Recent compositions:

2005

24, Not Any More, a song for Big Band featuring flugelhorn and tenor saxophone. Instead of the usual song form based on 32 (4x8) bars or based on the blues (12 bars), this song is written in 3 times 8 bars = 24, not any more...

2004

Disegisb, My Little Squirrel, a jazz piece for chamberorchestra written for the Ricciotti Ensemble. Commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst

2003

I Know This Song, a Big Band piece composed for the Seabreeze Big Band Festival.
Jarence, a Balkan coloured song for the Ricciotti Ensemble

2002

Sea Mineur Blues, a Big Band piece composed for the Seabreeze Big Band Festival.

2001

Twilight, No Disegisb, tune based on an tonerow exclusive d#(germ.:dis), e, g# (germ.:gis) and b for jazz big band.
Werbungsmarsch, ironic soldiers song for wind and brass ensemble.

2000

Cyclevia, symphonic cycle of the seasons, for chamber orchestra, performed by the Ricciotti ensemble.

1999

Daddy's Birthday And The Nightmare Of His Son, for chamber orchestra, performed by the Ricciotti ensemble.
Two Days In One, for solotrombone with orchestra & jazz big band, performed by the Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Vince Mendoza during the Euroring Arrangers Workshop '99. Soloist: Bart van Lier.

1998

B.B.B.(Buster Brown Blues), for tapdacer and jazz ensemble.
In Deze Stad (text / co-composer: Iwan Dam), for singer and piano, oboe, french-horn, basson and cello.

(some of my) Arrangements:

Big Band

All Of You (Cole Porter), for the CvA Big Band
C-Jam Blues (Duke Ellington), for the Seabreeze Big Band
Happy Birthday, for the Seabreeze Big Band
Jingle Bells, for the Seabreeze Big Band
Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)
Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim), for the CvA Big Band

Big Band & vocals

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Jacob Jacobs / Sholom Secunda), for the Seabreeze Big Band & Choir
Don't Get Arround Much Anymore (Duke Ellington) for the Seabreeze Big Band & Choir
Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuß Auf Liebe Eingestellt
Lilli Marlene
She´s the one (Robbie Williams) but this time in Sinatra style
Spining Wheel (D. C. Thomas), for singer and the Hilversums Conservatorium Big Band
We All Living In America (Rammstein)
When I Fall In Love (Victor Young), for singer and the Hilversums Conservatorium Big Band
Unbeschreiblich Weiblich (Nina Hagen)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter)
99 Luftballons (Nena)

Chamber orchestra

Blue Rondo A La Turk (Dave Bruebeck), for the Ricciotti ensemble
But Not For Me (G./I. Gershwin)
De Mooiste Todo (Orlando Emanuels / Henry Muldrow), childrens song for soprano and the Ricciotti ensemble
Fantasie (Eddie Vervuurt), impressionistic piano piece orcestrated for the Ricciotti ensemble
Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez)
Trilogie Suite with mezzosopran, based on the following melodies: L'home Arme, Mahl', Mühle, Mahl', Geh Aus Mein Herz Und Suche Freud

Symphonic band

It's Swingtime, medley for the Crescendo Harmonie Bussum / The Netherlands

From Disney To Starwars, medley of filmmusic for youth symphonic band

I was asked by the IJmuider Harmonie to arrange and conduct a filmmusic play in for young musicians of different levels. On Sundaymorning, the16th of september 2001, 40 young people from the region of Velsen, the Netherlands started rehearsing for the first time together. With the help of four instructors we worked hard on a medley including The Pink Panther Theme, some music of Titanic, 007 and other scores. At the end of the day we presented this project in a concert to the public with an enthosiastic resonance.

Brassband

Just You, Just Me
Mambo Nr. 5 (Perez Prado) a la Lou Bega
Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez)
Star Wars Theme (John Williams)

Vocals with strings, brass and rhythm section

Nice Work If You Can Get It (G. & I. Gershwin)
You Are There (D. Frishberg / J. Mandel)
I'm Hip (D. Frishberg / B. Dorough)
Tausend Und Eine Nacht (Klaus Lage)

In this setting singers are featured with a 19-piece orchestra witch is creating a very flexible sound from symphonic to bigband, classical to even acoustic jungle. The idea is to condence the sound of great bands like the orchestra of Nelson Riddle (the backing of Frank Sinatra in the '50th) or the Metropole Orchestra into an economic size. In february 2001 I worked with this kind of orchestra to feature Ronald Douglas.