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Venrooy, Esther (b. 1974, Rosmalen). Dutch composer, now resident in Belgium, of stage and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Europe; she is also active as a music researcher and saxophonist.
Ms. Venrooy studied saxophone at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem and later studied composition with James Fulkerson as part of a composer-in-residence program at the European Dance Development Center in 1998-99.
She has researched digital sound processing techniques at the Institute of Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM) at the University of Ghent since 2000. As a saxophonist, she has primarily played her own works, as well as those by John Cage.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: esther@odradek.net or esther_venrooy@hotmail.com
Street address: Ms. Esther Venrooy, Nieuwland 37B, B - 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Telephone: + 329 233 0885
Website: http://www.esthervenrooy.com/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Untitled (music theatre piece), 2 dancers, 2 alto saxophones, piano, percussion, tape, film (by Isolde Venrooy), 1998; fl[ô]: 1 : –[ean], koudijs, fl[ô]:, H(æ) (choreography by the composer), 3 dancers, tape, 1998-99; Three Movements for a Figure (choreography by Ashley Russell), 4 dancers, soprano saxophone, tape, 1999; For Hilary (dance music, choreography by the composer), trombone, tape, 2000
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Blackwater, tape, 1998; 11 Movements for Trombone, trombone (with mutes), tape, 2000; Untitled #, 6 tapes, 2000; 4 red objects, tape, 2000; Modules 1 and 2, tape, 2001; Morty, tape, 2001; Non-executable floor plans hallway 'They said it was here, they told me this morning', living-room, sauna, bathroom, kitchen, tape, 2001-02; modular home furnishing – mounting instructions for aligned objects, bass flute, 2 Nintendo Gameboys (1 operator), tape, live electronics, 2002; Tombs of the Blind Dead, tape, 2002; vasomotorisch, tape, 2002; to shape volumes, repeat, 2 Nintendo Gameboys (1 operator), live electronics, 2003
DISCOGRAPHY (as composer)
Non-executable floor plans hallway 'They said it was here, they told me this morning', living-room, sauna, bathroom, kitchen; vasomotorisch; Morty; Tombs of the Blind Dead. (roborecords, 2003)
DISCOGRAPHY (as performer)
Five4 (John Cage). Esther Venrooy, saxophones; Tobias Liebezeit, Gustavo Gimeno Martínez, percussion (Megadisc: MDC 7815, 2002)
(Last updated on September 28, 2004)
