Woodwinds

Professors

Leon Berendse
Edith Van Dyck

Professor

Oliver Boekhoorn
Herman Vincken
John Groeneveld (methodology & coördinator YMA)

Professors

Geert Baeckelandt
Henri Bok (bass clarinet)
Eddy Vanoosthuyse
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer

On Saturday the 26th of March, Fontys Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) organizes a clarinet day: CLARINETonSTAGE.nl. An instructive day on which you, as an individual clarinetist or as an ensemble, can actively participate in rehearsals, attend an open rehearsal of the clarinet choirs of the conservatory of Ghent/Tilburg and Versailles and take part in masterclasses. The day will be concluded with a closing concert   

More information via the website of Clairinet on Stage

Professor

Marceau Lefèvre

Professors

Ties Mellema
Andreas van Zoelen

About the saxophone class

The Fontys Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) 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 AMPA, 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. 

Andreas van Zoelen and Ties Mellema.