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dOeK Festival #8 - Music of the Moment
18 en 19 december 2009, Bimhuis

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Discover the state of affairs in international improvised music with the 8th edition of our festival. This year we cross national and musical borders, with acoustic and electronic music, dance, sound installation, turntablism and a family concert revolving around the songs of Misha Mengelberg. Guests include Peter Evans, Simon Nabatov, dieb13 & Burkhard Stangl, Joëlle Léandre, Guus Janssen, Taku Unami and many, many more.

Het achtste dOeK Festival geeft een overzicht van de stand van zaken in de internationale improvisatiemuziek. dOeK overschrijdt de grenzen tussen landen en genres, met dit jaar zowel akoestische als elektronische muziek, zang, dans, installatiekunst, turntablism en een familiemiddag rond de liedjes van Misha Mengelberg. Met musici en kunstenaars uit Europa, Japan, Rusland, Brazilië en de Verenigde Staten.

Confirmed groups include:
• Wolter Wierbos (trombone),Simon Nabatov (piano), Drew Gress (double bass), Tom Rainey (drums)
• Eric Boeren (cornet), Jason Asadiewicz (vibes), Toby Delius (tenor sax), Peter Evans (trumpet)
• Cor Fuhler (piano), Taku Unami (computer driven machines)

We’ll also be presenting a children’s concert, Oscar Jan Hoogland is putting together a project involving improvised dance and music, and Wilbert is inviting some very special guests.

So keep those dates free........
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dOeK@OT
Overtoom 301 july 9 21.00
Jef Bishop Jorrit Dijkstra Jason Roebke Frank Rosaly Oscar Jan Hoogland Raoul van der Weide, more

eke This superenergetic trio - Oscar Jan Hoogland, piano; Yedo Gibson, tenor sax; and Gerri Jäger, drums - will be recording and performing at the Loft in Cologne on Tuesday 23 June. www.yedogibson.com and www.myspace.com/ekemusic

Boat concerts Trombonist Wolter Wierbos and partner Fieke Broekhuizen have been presenting concerts in their houseboat De Drie Gebroeders (the Three Brothers) on the Amstel river since 2006. Duos and trios in an intimate setting, with world class improvisers. This year Wolter will play with:
July 5 Sean Bergin, Rogério Bicudo,
July 12 Anton Goudsmit, Victor de Boo,
July 19 Boi Akih (Monica Akihari, Niels Brouwer)

CD Launch July 24 in the Bimhuis marks the launch of the CD Deining, featuring live recordings of the first boat concert series. Guests from that series - Han Bennink, Franky Douglas, Wilbert de Joode, Mary Oliver, Ab Baars - will play during the launch. Starts at 20.30.

Dutch Impro Academy: 23 – 30 august How do they do it? Professional musicians and serious music students will find out during the first Dutch Impro Academy when six top improvisers from dOeK, Bik Bent Braam and ICP will give workshops and master classes and play with students from around the world at the World Music and Dance Center (WMDC) in Rotterdam. The week will be rounded off with Academy performances at the ZomerJazzFietsTour (the summer jazz festival by bike in Groningen!) and in the venerable Bimhuis in Amsterdam.
2009 Faculty: Cor Fuhler (keyboards) Peter van Bergen (reeds) Wolter Wierbos (trombone) Wilbert de Joode (double bass) Tristan Honsinger (cello) Han Bennink (drums)
For the more info and application form, check the website: www.dutchimproacademy.nl

ZomerJazzFietsTour: 29 august dOeK will be joining the fun at this year’s festival with Available Jelly (prologue in NNT Machinefabriek Groningen on 28 August) and The 7 Seas Orchestra (Tristan Honsinger’s 13 piece improvising string ensemble). For times and venues, Check out www.myspace.com/zomerjazzfietstour. For times and venues check the ZJFT website closer to the event: www.zjft.nl

My Space & Facebook Our MySpace page has been around for a while, we just launched our Facebook page today! So become a friend, post a comment on our sites: http://www.myspace.com/stichtingdoek and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stichting-dOeK/84324704398

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dOeK Festival #7
December 19 and 20, 2008 in the BIMhuis.

dOeK Festival #7 programme

Kevin Whitehead, writer and lecturer on jazz and impro, has written his impressions of the festival and Stichting dOeK. For an interesting read, click here.

Coming soon, festival photo’s from Francesca Patella.

For this seventh edition of the festival the dOeKers - Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Cor Fuhler, Wilbert de Joode, Wolter Wierbos and Oscar Jan Hoogland- have once again put together special ensembles. They’ve tapped into the rich vein of improvisation and come up with all sorts of goodies. Eric Boeren has assembled a Super Seven with the likes of Han Bennink and Paul Lovens, and the addition of young Australian bassist Mike Majkowski.
Mike’s not the only Aussie on the programme - Clayton Thomas makes up the intense D/L/T trio with Tobias Delius and Hyperactive Kid Christian Lillinger; and festival regular Tony Buck joins Cor Fuhler, Christian Pruvost and John Edwards for micro and macro sound explorations in The Ed Prubufu Four.
eke plays free improvisations with a rock attitude – fresh, energetic and dynamic. Wollo’s World mixes up sultry Molukkan vocals and West African rhythms and melodies in a delicious world-impro stew and new music diva Frances Marie Uitti takes a close look at sound with fellow ScrutinizerS Wilbert de Joode and Fuhler.
And if that’s not enough to make you feel good, come along on Saturday afternoon to the ultimate feelgood family concert with BBC award winners Kidsamonium.

PROGRAMME see Festival

>> On Thursday 27 november dOeK musicians Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Wilbert de Joode (double bass) and Marcos Baggiani (drums) joined forces with action painter Tali Farchi for an evening of improvised music and painting at OT301 in Amsterdam. Take a look on YouTube:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7NJBs_5Ok
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GCgKUvuPRWg
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7er6Nnlm9r8

Oscar Jan Hoogland joins dOeK
For the last seven years the core of dOeK – the artistic commission (or AC) - has consisted of Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Cor Fuhler, Wilbert de Joode and Wolter Wierbos. Toby moved to Berlin a while back, immersed himself in the scene there and felt it was time to take a less prominent role in dOeK affairs. So we cast around for a new ACer and are please to welcome composer and pianist Oscar Jan Hoogland to the fold. Here’s a mini bio:
Oscar Jan Hoogland - Amsterdam 1983 composition piano - is active in the fields of music and dance improvisation in Amsterdam, working in fixed bands and groups as well as in ad hoc collaborative settings. Besides improvising he has composed for several theatre and dance pieces and has been writing for his own groups as well as for other ensembles and soloists. Every month he and Harald Austbø organise improvisation concerts at BOOG 29 Amsterdam.

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2007
New: Sunday afternoon concerts in Zaandam!
Stichting 't Lab and the venue Serah Artisan are joining forces to present a new concert series in Zaandam. The series gives groups the opportunity to play four times in a row, allowing the music to really 'grow'. And you can follow that development in a relaxed Sunday afternoon atmosphere......

The series kicks off on September 16 at 4 o'clock with a new quintet from Eric Boeren - HOI (Hot en Improvised) - with Eric Boeren, cornet; Franky Douglas, guitar; Paul Pallesen, guitar; Glenn Gaddum jr, electric bass; en Artis Orubs, drums.
Dates: 16 September (Mini HOI), 14 en 28 October.

And then it's Available Jelly new style!
Dates: 11, 25 November - 9, 23 December.

Serah Artisan: Dam 2, Zaandam (2nd floor) - www.serahartisan.nl

Upcoming concerts/tours

Eric Boeren 4tet - Eric Boeren: cornet - Michael Moore: sax, clarinet - Arjen Gorter: double bass (17 - 19 Oct) - Wilbert de Joode: double bass (12 - 16 dec) - Paul Lovens: drums

17 October Alkmaar Provadja
18 October Edam Mahogany Hall
19 October Zaandam Serah Artisan
12 December Amsterdam Bimhuis
14 December Wels Alte Schlachthof
15 December Nickelsdorf Jazzgalerie
16 December Zurich Rote Fabrik

Eric Boeren & Cor Fuhler team up with Chicago musicians Nate McBride and Mike Reed to play at the Umbrella Music Festival and the Euro Jazz Meets Chicago event. There are a few other concerts planned in the area - keep an eye on the concert list.

Volunteers

In the run-up to the festival there's a lot to do - actually there's always a lot to do! If you would like to help out in the office, whether regularly, or on a one-off basis, let us know. At the moment Carolyn could especially use some help with organizing and archiving publicity material. In return we can offer a 'gezellige' atmosphere, a modest financial reimbursement and ..........free tickets for the dOeK festival!

Impro residency

An opportunity for groups to work intensively with dOeK musicians to hone their improvisational skills - a weeklong residency in Amsterdam! The first residency is planned for 25 - 29 February 2008. Deadline for enrolments is 21 December 2007.
For more information and enrolment form, read on.

dOeK musicians have been playing and practising for years, working to develop their own unique voice. And they have succeeded - no two dOeK groups sound alike! Still they have something in common - a particular attitude to improvising. In their improvisations 'known' situations (composed pieces, a simple musical starting point, shared experiences) are developed into new forms. Striking feature is the blurred division between compositions and improvisations. The improvised elements thus take on the form of new, spontaneous compositions. New musical terrain is explored, musical risks are welcomed. This intensive form of music making requires constant alertness and is based on the assumption that every musician is busy with mastery of his/her instrument and the development of new musical ideas.

It's important to dOeK that this hard-won knowledge and experience is shared with others. That's why we are offering an intensive rehearsal week - an impro residency - twice per year. 'Led' by dOeK musicians, groups work intensively for a week to deepen their improvisational experience and develop their repertoire. The rehearsal weeks are organised together with the Bimhuis, who not only make their well-equipped rehearsal rooms available but also provide each guest musician with a free pass to the evening concerts in the Bimhuis!

The residency is aimed at existing ensembles with the drive and the daring to further develop their shared musical language. The groups work from Monday until Friday in 10 sessions (10 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 17.00) in the Bimhuis rehearsal rooms. The group's own repertoire will form the improvisational basis. The session leaders can also help with repertoire, from suggestions to compositions. If desired a performance can be organized at the end of the week. dOeK musicians - Eric Boeren, Wilbert de Joode or Wolter Wierbos for example - will lead the sessions.

Practical details
Dates: February and July 2008.
Applications: for February - 21 December, for July - 21 May
Travel participants organize travel themselves
Accommodation: participants can organize their own accommodation or dOeK can do that for them. There are various possibilities, from camping to apartments to hotels.
Fee: € 750 per week per group

Want to enrol? Fill out the enrolment form (click below) and send it to Stichting dOeK before 21 December 2007.

enrolment form Impro Residency

More information?

Artistic content: contact Eric Boeren - eb@xs4all.nl
Practical details: contact Carolyn Munz at Stichting dOeK

dOeK newsletter: February 2007

What's going on in the first half of 2007? Read on........

doeK@OT

Together with the wonderful people at Overtoom 301, Stichting dOeK will be presenting a new concert series - dOeK @OT. The concerts will take place every two or three months and will be a showcase for music that we feel ought to be heard - old favourites, new developments, visiting musicians......The first two concerts are:

Thursday 22 february: apa ini

Tobias Delius - tenor saxophone and clarinet
Hilary Jeffery - trombone
Wilbert de Joode - contrabas
Serigne C.M. Gueye - bugarabu, calabas, djembe and sawrouba

+ special guest: Ralf Meinz - electronics

Thursday 8 March: Wollo's World

Wolter Wierbos - trombone
Jodi Gilbert - voice
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Tristan Honsinger - cello
Wilbert de Joode - double bass

Watch out for more concerts through the year! Check the dOek website or http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/home.html

New CD Cor Fuhler - Stengam

Cor Fuhler has released a new solo CD, Stengam. Stengam was recorded in Cor's very own Conundrum studio in August 2006 and features 8 tracks played on an acoustic grand piano, using ebows and super magnets. The CD is released through the French label Potlatch. For distribution see their website: www.potlatch.fr.

Review by Brian Olewnich - read more >>

Eric Boeren forms new group

Eric Boeren (cornet) has formed new group with Franky Douglas (guitar), Paul Pallesen (guitar), Glen Gaddum jr. (electric bass) and Artis Orubs (drums).
Last March Eric presented a guitar band project with local and North American musicians for whom he wrote a string of compositions and musical fragments as basis for improvisations. The differing improvising styles of local versus overseas musicians made for some interesting listening, and everyone was agreed on the quality of the compositions. Time to dust them off and try them out in a band that combines musicians of different generations, backgrounds and styles, who are all tuned in to the 'Dutch' style of improvising. Rehearsals begin in August, concerts to be announced.........

Upcoming concerts/tours
>> Available Jelly:
   23 February - Leeuwarden | de Harmonie
   24 February - Amsterdam |Bimhuis
   2 March - Tilburg |Paradox
   3 March - Baarle Nassau | Plusetage
>> Wilbert de Joode:
tour US, including concerts in Boston, Ann Arbor, New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago and Rochester. From 6 - 22 april.
>> Corkestra:
four concerts in Canada - 15 May, Toronto; 16 May, Halifax; 17 May, Victoriaville (Festival International de Musique Actuelle) and 18 May, Jonquière (Festival des Musique de Création)

dOeK visits Bremen

Bremen plays host to a jazz fair from 8 until 11 March. There will be a big Dutch presence under the auspices of the Dutch Jazz Connection. dOek (in the form of Carolyn Munz) will be there to talk the talk, so if you're in the neighbourhood, come by and say hello.

dOeK # 5 1/2 - a fantastic minifestival!

We can't let a year go by without at least one dOeK event, and here it is - an evening with four sets of improvised music, ranging from Cor's curiosity cabinet to Eric Boeren's first ever solo performance! click >>> here <<< to see more

Stichting dOeK! newsletter: June 2006

dOeK Festival #6: Unfortunately the festival will not take place as planned in December 2006. Watch this space for new dates.

Boat concerts in July: Trombonist Wolter Wierbos lives with Fieke in a converted barge on the Amstel river. To celebrate the boat's hundredth birthday and to make sure jazz lovers don't get withdrawal symptoms over the summer, Wolter has decided to give a series of boat concerts on four Sundays in July. The programme is as follows:

Sunday 2: Wolter Wierbos & Ab Baars
Sunday 9: Wolter Wierbos & Wilbert de Joode
Sunday 16: Wolter Wierbos, Mary Oliver & Han Bennink
Sunday 23: Wolter Wierbos & Franky Douglas

Time: 15.00
Tickets: 10 euro
Drinks and snacks available - a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
For more information contact Wolter: 020 6269324

New CDs: Available Jelly released a new CD, Bilbao Song late last year. Glowing reviews are appearing all over: for an overview go to reviews.
o Wilbert de Joode will be releasing a new solo CD
o Cor Fuhler will be recording a solo piano CD this summer.

Up-coming performances
o While overwintering in Australia Cor Fuhler wrote a whole new programme for Corkestra, so watch out for their performances in December at the Bimhuis (Amsterdam) and Café Wilhelmina in Eindhoven.

o Corkestra: Jazz Em Agosto (Lisbon): Sunday 6 August
o Tobias Delius, Cor Fuhler & Paul Lytton Saturday 26 August
ZomerJazzFietsTour (Groningen)
o Trio San Francisco will be giving concerts in North Holland in November:
- 18 nov: Provadja, Alkmaar
- 19 nov: Mahogany Hall, Edam
- 20 nov: de Kade, Zaandam
- 21 nov: Hoorn
- 22 nov: Bimhuis, Amsterdam

Exchange project
dOeK is currently working on an exciting exchange project with improvisers in other European cities. The idea is that dOeK musicians will travel to the partner city for collaborations, concerts and workshops, with a return visit to Amsterdam from the partner city musicians. Plans are already underway for collaborations with improvisers from Glasgow, Stockholm and Palermo.

dOeK Down Under
As part of the Dutch Dare cultural programme celebrating 400 years of relations between the Netherlands and Australia, a large contingent of musicians is travelling to Australia and Asia in October/November this year. Eric Boeren, Wilbert de Joode and Michael Vatcher will give concerts and workshops at the De La Salle College in Singapore, before travelling to New Zealand for concerts and workshops in Auckland and Wellington, including an appearance a t the Wellington Jazz Festival. Then they will go onto Melbourne to meet up with the ICPOrchestra. The whole group - now 15 strong - will then go to Wangaratta Jazz Festival where they will form the main focus of the festival, with concerts by ICP, Available Jelly, Eric Boeren 4tet, Tobias Delius 4tet (with Australian bassist Lloyd Swanton), and a sextet combining Boeren, De Joode and Vatcher with the trio of Australian saxophonist Tim O'Dwyer (a guest at dOeK Festival #3!). Double concerts featuring Available Jelly and ICP will follow in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney.