Marc van Roon
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Marc van Roon is a Dutch
jazz pianist. He combines music performance with his work as a creative facilitator for leaders, groups and organizations in change and learning
processes applying the art of improvisation as the main source of inspiration. He has composed songs and orchestra pieces for dance companies and various music ensembles and produced several CDs for other artists and his own ensembles.
Van Roon has collaborated with Dave Liebman
, Clark Terry
, Art Farmer
, Charlie Mariano
, Billy Hart
, Santi Di Briano, Tony Lakatos, Michael Moore, The Netherlands Dans Theatre and Dutch jazz
artists Ernst Reijseger, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel, Jesse van Ruller, Susanne Abbuehl
, Fay Claassen, Eric Vloeimans
and Tineke Postma.
Van Roon began classical piano
lessons at the age of ten. His interest in jazz and improvisation was sparked at a young age by his father Wouter van Roon, a professional jazz pianist. He studied music privately until the age of sixteen when he enrolled in the music program at the Royal Music Conservatory in The Hague
. He studied with pianists Frans Elsen, Rob van Kreeveld
, Geoffrey Douglas Madge and Lanny Kho. He graduated in 1991 and left for a post conservatorial study to New York City
. There he studied with jazz
pianists Barry Harris
and Richie Beirach
. He returned to the Netherlands
in 1993 started his own trio and continued to collaborate with other musicians. At the same time he co-founded the creative artistic consultancy group Art in Rhythm with drummer/percussionist Joshua Samson. Thereafter he started to give lecture based learning experiences for audiences around the world.
Conference, Vienna
2003, Art in Business conferences, Slovenia
2002 & 2003, European Music Council conference, The Hague
, 2004 and the ISCT Conference, Vienna, 2005, the International Consortium for Experiential learning
conference (ICEL) in 2006 at the Brathay Academy in Lancaster, the International Conference of Quality Managers (7th ICQM) in Tehran, Iran, the 5th IFTDO World Conference & Exhibition 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Conference "passion and compassion at work" organized by the Zin in Werk organization in 2008.
Van Roon has taught at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music and has been a guest teacher at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 he has been teaching jazz piano at the Prins Claus Conservatorium
of the Hanzehogeschool Groningen
. Since 2008 Van Roon is member of the LifeLong Learning Research Group connected with the Music Conservatories in Groningen and The Hague.
Van Roon is a member of the European Jazz Trio. The two other founding members are bass player Frans van der Hoeven
and drummer Roy Dackus. The European Jazz Trio crosses the boundaries between jazz, classical and pop music with surprising results. Three CDs have been awarded with the Swing Journal Gold Disc award in Japan. The EJT have recorded several albums and perform regularly in Japan and around the globe. Their collaboration with the Japanese label M&I dates from the beginning of 2000 and they have since toured Japan annually. Their tours have brought them to various famous concert halls including the Sapporo Concert Hall
, Suntory Hall
and Bunkyo Civic Concert Hall in Tokyo, The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Seoul Arts Center
in South Korea.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
jazz pianist. He combines music performance with his work as a creative facilitator for leaders, groups and organizations in change and learning
Learning
Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
processes applying the art of improvisation as the main source of inspiration. He has composed songs and orchestra pieces for dance companies and various music ensembles and produced several CDs for other artists and his own ensembles.
Van Roon has collaborated with Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
, Clark Terry
Clark Terry
Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
, Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
, Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
Carmine Ugo Mariano was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cologne, Germany.-Biography:Mariano was the son of Italian immigrants....
, Billy Hart
Billy Hart
William "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.-Biography:Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C...
, Santi Di Briano, Tony Lakatos, Michael Moore, The Netherlands Dans Theatre and Dutch jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
artists Ernst Reijseger, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel, Jesse van Ruller, Susanne Abbuehl
Susanne Abbuehl
Susanne Abbuehl is a Swiss jazz singer who performs in various jazz mediums like Progressive jazz, avant-garde jazz, Continental jazz, and post bop....
, Fay Claassen, Eric Vloeimans
Eric Vloeimans
Eric Vloeimans is a Dutch jazz trumpeter.Vloeimans initially studied classical music at the Rotterdam Academy of Music...
and Tineke Postma.
Van Roon began classical piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
lessons at the age of ten. His interest in jazz and improvisation was sparked at a young age by his father Wouter van Roon, a professional jazz pianist. He studied music privately until the age of sixteen when he enrolled in the music program at the Royal Music Conservatory in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
. He studied with pianists Frans Elsen, Rob van Kreeveld
Rob van Kreeveld
Rob van Kreeveld is a Dutch pianist.-Career:Rob van Kreeveld started playing the piano when he was nine years old. American jazz pianist Oscar Peterson had been a great influence on him early on. April 1960 Rob van Kreeveld went to Germany with the now legendary Dutch Indorock group the Black...
, Geoffrey Douglas Madge and Lanny Kho. He graduated in 1991 and left for a post conservatorial study to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. There he studied with jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianists Barry Harris
Barry Harris
Barry Doyle Harris is an American bebop jazz pianist and educator.-Biography:Harris left Detroit for New York City in 1960...
and Richie Beirach
Richie Beirach
Richard "Richie" Beirach is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music....
. He returned to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1993 started his own trio and continued to collaborate with other musicians. At the same time he co-founded the creative artistic consultancy group Art in Rhythm with drummer/percussionist Joshua Samson. Thereafter he started to give lecture based learning experiences for audiences around the world.
Ensembles and Orchestras
Van Roon has recorded many CDs as a leader for the record label Apple on the Moon. His work includes solo albums, collaborative work with other musicians and work with orchestras such as Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra's offshoot 'Ebony Band'. As a composer, Van Roon has written original material for choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa ballets 'Before After' and 'Symbiosis'. Since 2007 Van Roon is a member of the Tineke Postma Quartet and the Michael Moore Quintet.Teaching & Facilitation
Van Roon has presented at various conferences including ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) Washington '97 & Dallas 2000, IAL (International Accelerated Learning Conferences) 2000, DGSL (Deutsche Gesellshaft for Superlearning) 2002 & 2004, International CyberneticsCybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
Conference, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
2003, Art in Business conferences, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
2002 & 2003, European Music Council conference, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, 2004 and the ISCT Conference, Vienna, 2005, the International Consortium for Experiential learning
Experiential learning
Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience. Simply put, Experiential Learning is learning from experience. The experience can be staged or left open. Aristotle once said, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." David A...
conference (ICEL) in 2006 at the Brathay Academy in Lancaster, the International Conference of Quality Managers (7th ICQM) in Tehran, Iran, the 5th IFTDO World Conference & Exhibition 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Conference "passion and compassion at work" organized by the Zin in Werk organization in 2008.
Van Roon has taught at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music and has been a guest teacher at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 he has been teaching jazz piano at the Prins Claus Conservatorium
Prins Claus Conservatorium
The Prins Claus Conservatorium is one of the nine conservatoires in the Netherlands. It is one of the schools of the Hanze University Groningen located in the city of Groningen....
of the Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Hanze University of Applied Sciences , Groningen is the largest university of applied sciences in the northern Netherlands and is located in Groningen....
. Since 2008 Van Roon is member of the LifeLong Learning Research Group connected with the Music Conservatories in Groningen and The Hague.
European Jazz Trio
Frans van der Hoeven
Frans Jan van der Hoeven is a Dutch jazz bassist, composer, arranger, solo performer and multi-instrumentalist.-Biography:...
and drummer Roy Dackus. The European Jazz Trio crosses the boundaries between jazz, classical and pop music with surprising results. Three CDs have been awarded with the Swing Journal Gold Disc award in Japan. The EJT have recorded several albums and perform regularly in Japan and around the globe. Their collaboration with the Japanese label M&I dates from the beginning of 2000 and they have since toured Japan annually. Their tours have brought them to various famous concert halls including the Sapporo Concert Hall
Sapporo Concert Hall
, also known as its nickname , is a municipal musical venue located in Nakajima Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Japan. Established in 1997, the building is owned by Sapporo City, known for having a huge organ built by Alfred Kern & Fils Manufacture D'Orgues in the main music hall.- Overview :The building...
, Suntory Hall
Suntory Hall
The Suntory Hall is a concert hall complex consisting of the "Main Hall" and the "Small Hall" located in the Ark Hills complex, near the U.S. Embassy and TV Asahi in the Akasaka district of northern Minato, a ward in Tokyo, Japan...
and Bunkyo Civic Concert Hall in Tokyo, The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Seoul Arts Center
Seoul Arts Center
The Seoul Arts Center, literally the Hall of Arts, is a cultural center in Seocho-gu, the southern area of Seoul, South Korea.Measuring in 12,0350 m², it consists of many different halls and centers for many diverse art forms. It began construction in 1984, and opened all its doors in 1993...
in South Korea.
As a soloist
- Marc van Roon - I Still See You; Solo Ballad Project [Japan/Korea CD release 2011], label: Pony CanyonPony Canyonis a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...
, catalog: MYCJ-30584 (JPN), PCKD-00220 (KOR) - Creatie in Actie: 10 piano solo improvisations: CD in the book "Het Mysterie van de Creativiteit" (Asoka: ISBN 978 90 5670 176 5)
- en blanc et noir 10 label: Daybreak DBCHR75248 with: Eric VloeimansEric VloeimansEric Vloeimans is a Dutch jazz trumpeter.Vloeimans initially studied classical music at the Rotterdam Academy of Music...
, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel - falling stones label: Apple on the Moon AotM 2004-07 with: David Liebman, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel, Joshua Samson
- centre of the song label: Apple on the Moon AotM 2000-01 with: duet with Joshua Samson
- among birds and beasts label Apple on the Moon AotM 2000-02 with: duet with David Liebman
- music for piano and string quartet label: Apple on the Moon AotM 2000-05 with: String Quartet
- We Won't Forget Art in Jazz 1992
With European Jazz Trio
- Vienna Forrest (2010) label: M&I Pony Canyon MYCJ30565 with European Jazz Trio
- Afternoon in Amsterdam label: M&I MYBJ-10005 with: DVD European Jazz Trio
- Japanesque" label: M&I MYCJ 30540
- Saudade label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Bolero label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio and Thijs van LeerThijs van LeerThijs Van Leer is a Dutch musician, singer and composer, best known for heading the Dutch progressive rock band, Focus, as primary vocalist, Hammond organ player, and flautist. He also yodels and whistles...
- Sonata (2004) label: M&I MYCJ 30253
- Symphony-Classics label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Tango Notturno label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Jewels of the Madonna (2002) label: M&I MYCJ 30162
- Europa (2000) label: M&I MYCJ 30065
- Libertango (1999) label: M&I MYCJ 30029
- Angie label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio with Jesse van Ruller
- Memories of Liverpool label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Immortal Beloved label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Adagio label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Europe label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Mona Lisa label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio with strings
- Fantasista label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- Jewels of the Madonna label: M&I with: European Jazz Trio
- The Windmills of Your Mind label: Baybridge Records TECW-25629 with: Art Farmer and EJT
- The Ballad of the Sad Young Man label: Pony Canyon with: Art Farmer and EJT
- Libertango label: M&I with: Charlie Mariano and EJT
In other ensembles
- A Journey that Matters as guest with Tineke Postma. Foreign Media 2007
- Lieb plays Wilder as guest with Dave Liebman trio. Daybreak/Challenge 2005
- With a Song in my Heart label: JazzImpuls with: Fay Claassen
- New York Straight Ahead Dick de Graaf / Tony Lakatos Quintet. Challenge 2004
- Growing Up Jess Abrams
- Cuban Fishes Make Good Dishes Mark Lotz & Shango's Dance. Random Chance 2004
- Pum'kin Diaries Lotz of Music. Loplop Records 2002
- Kikker Swingt (frog swings) as guest with Tony Overwater Kwintet & Max Velthuijs. label: Jazz in Motion JIM 75144
- Kikker heeft de Blues (frog got the blues) as guest with Tony Overwater Kwintet. label: Jazz in Motion JIM 75366
- Osiris sideman with Michael Moore Quintet label: Ramboy Recordings - Ramboy22 (2006)
- Live At The Paradiso Ebony Band Amsterdam performing the music of Robert F. Graettinger
- Relaxin as sideman for Bob and Chuck Findley recording 1989
- I am Rose Susanne AbbuehlSusanne AbbuehlSusanne Abbuehl is a Swiss jazz singer who performs in various jazz mediums like Progressive jazz, avant-garde jazz, Continental jazz, and post bop....
Group - Rhythms & Rhymes Fay Claassen (creative post production)
- Restless Skies Olaf Tarenskeen & Release 88 (1988)
Composition
- Beyond Category - The Dawn of Light (CD) Tineke Postma Quartet, 2011
- Before After - for dance choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa] for Dutch National Ballet, 2002
- Symbiosis - for dance choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa]
- Melantid - for ballet performance Melantid by choreographer Johan Inger for Netherlands Dance Theatre, 1995
- Ichnaton's daughters - I Am Rose (CD), Susanne AbbuehlSusanne AbbuehlSusanne Abbuehl is a Swiss jazz singer who performs in various jazz mediums like Progressive jazz, avant-garde jazz, Continental jazz, and post bop....
Group, 1997 - December - New York Straight Ahead (CD), Dick de Graaf / Tony Lakatos Quintet, 1996
- In the Air - New York Straight Ahead (CD), Dick de Graaf / Tony Lakatos Quintet, 1996
- In the Air - Pum'kin Diaries (CD), Lotz of Music, 2003
- Blan Lives - En Blanc Et Noir 10 (CD), Marc van Roon Trio with Eric Vloeimans, 2007
- Radio-A-Haman - En Blanc Et Noir 10 (CD), Marc van Roon Trio with Eric Vloeimans, 2007
- Meeting Sylvia At Gate D7 - En Blanc Et Noir 10 (CD), Marc van Roon Trio with Eric Vloeimans, 2007
- Red Larks - Saudade (CD), European Jazz Trio, 2007
- a.h. radioman - Tango Notturno (CD), European Jazz Trio, 2006
- Dream People - An Afternoon in Amsterdam (DVD), Mona Lisa (CD) European Jazz Trio, 2004, 2005
- Fantasista - Fantasista (CD), European Jazz Trio, 2003
- Sho-Time - Angie (CD), European Jazz Trio, 2001
- Simple Song - Libertango (CD), European Jazz Trio, 1999
- Sweet Sweep - Ballad of the Sad Young Man (CD), European Jazz Trio, 1998
- Snow Angels" - The Windmills of your Mind (CD), European Jazz Trio, 1997
- A Long Distance - Immortal Beloved (CD), European Jazz Trio, 1996
- Mangalacharan - Falling Stones (CD), Marc van Roon Trio with David Liebman. [Apple on the Moon Records], 2004
- Newland - Falling Stones (CD), Marc van Roon Trio with David Liebman. Apple on the Moon Records], 2004
- passionara - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- first push, then turn (clockwise) - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- bailadas - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- meeting sylvia at gate D7 - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- simbelmynë - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- khazad-dûm - Centre of the Song (CD), Marc van Roon / Joshua Samson Duo. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- Waltz - Music for piano and String Quartet (CD), Marc van Roon. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- # jazz - Music for piano and String Quartet (CD), Marc van Roon. Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- Opening - Music for piano and String Quartet (CD), Marc van Roon. [Apple on the Moon Records], 2000
- African Queen - Restless Skies (CD), Olaf Tarenskeen & Release 88, 1988