When pianist and renowned Britten expert Kelvin Grout asked me to co-organise and lead a masterclass dedicated to the vocal music of the unsurpassed composer Benjamin Britten ( 22-11-1913/ 04-12-1979) I was immediately enthusiastic. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his passing and the masterclass will take place a week before his date of birth. We will be working on his song-and operarepertoire with 9 professional singers of all voice types, as well as voice-piano duo's. The parcitipants have already been selected, so the course is fully booked. However, we would like to warmly invite you to come and support us during this day and/ or evening. We are very much looking forward to it! Location: Westvest 74 Schiedam Masterclass 10.00-18.00 hrs Final Concert 19.00-20.30 hrs Entrance fee: 15 euro both

On Sunday, April 12, The GOK will host the 8th edition of the Grand Sing-Along concert in Tivoli Vredenburg's beautiful great hall.The program will feature The Requiem by G.Fauré under the baton of Martin Wright. The solo Pie Jesu will be performed by soprano Yun Park, after organised auditions among the sopranos of the GOK. I am very happy for her and proud of her. For tickets go to www.grootomroepkoor.nl

Very happy for my ArtEZ student, soprano Claire McGinn, that she has been admitted to the Netherlands Bach Society after a succesful but also very demanding auditionprocess. Hopefully she will take part in one of their wonderful concertseries soon. It makes me a proud and grateful teacher! Well done, Claire.Brava! www.bachvereniging.nl