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Anke de Bruijn

Anke de Bruijn

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  • First Name Anke
  • Last Name de Bruijn
  • Gender Female

Location

  • Country France

Musical Information

  • Musical Activities Singer, Conductor, Arranger, Voice Teacher
  • Voice Mezzo-soprano

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  • Website www.ankevocal.com
  • About Me Since moving from the Netherlands to the Lot / Dordogne in Southwest France in 2012, Anke has offered Singing Holidays, for groups of up to 24 individual singers or established choirs. Daily rehearsals take place in several of the acoustically-perfect Romanesque churches that dot the area and the holiday ends with a public performance in one of the churches.

    In the Lot Anke conducts two choirs. La Chorale de Cazals is an international mixed choir of 40-plus members of all levels from total beginners to experienced soloists. Performances are now standing room only and audience members regularly rave about the professionalism and pure joy of the ‘wall of sound’. Parisian film maker, François Stuck, made a short documentary about La Chorale de Cazals in 2017. Anke also directs Gaia, a vocal ensemble of fourteen women. Their repertoire consists of three- and four part songs from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical period, with some contemporary pieces. For Gaia, Anke wrote the evocative Canto Amoris. The video clip of this song was shot in the Périgord Noir. Gaia are regularly asked to perform – usually in medieval dresses – in the beautiful medieval churches or châteaux of the region as well as at private ceremonies and functions.

    With her love of different musical styles, she performs with pianist Margaret Griffiths (baroque, classical, opera, musical). With pianist/composer Peter Duiverman, she is Stone&Tara. She is Sweet Jazz with guitarist / singer Angela Christian.
  • 4:06 'In Lucem' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    'In Lucem' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    Tags: Classical, Contemporary
    374 views
  • 4:16 'The Zoos & the Bees' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    'The Zoos & the Bees' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    Tags: A cappella, Contemporary
    486 views
  • 3:31 'The Witches' Dialogue' from The Stone&Tara Songbook
    'The Witches' Dialogue' from The Stone&Tara Songbook
    Tags: Contemporary, Virtual Choir
    600 views
  • 5:21 My Sweetest Lord from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    My Sweetest Lord from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    Tags: Gospel
    676 views
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  • New compositions for choirs - retro-romantic songs from Southwest France

    Added January 25, 2022 - 424 views - 0 comments

    Our songs for your choir - the Stone&Tara Songbook Stone&Tara (Anke de Bruijn - vocals & Peter Duiverman - piano) started out as a blues duo with a passion for a lot of other styles too, like latin-american, jazz, seventies pop, and classical music. When the pandemic came and invitations for live p...

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  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn posted a new video:
    4:06'In Lucem' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    'In Lucem' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    Another work from the Stone&Tara Songbook this week. 'In Lucem' is a song of hope and love. The emotional lyrics are inspired by the biblical book of Job, the man who lost everything he had. We are providing a translation of the Latin lyrics below. In...
    May 16, 2022
  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn posted a new video:
    4:16'The Zoos & the Bees' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    'The Zoos & the Bees' from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    'The Zoos & the Bees' is a Swingle Singers-like work that lends itself perfectly as an encore to a concert by your choir. At the end of the concert, the audience will have been drawn into a whole new universe of sounds and, will leave the concert hall hap...
    May 16, 2022
  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn posted a new video:
    3:31'The Witches' Dialogue' from The Stone&Tara Songbook
    'The Witches' Dialogue' from The Stone&Tara Songbook
    Our music for your choir - sheet music and mp3's available through www.stoneandtara.com/songbook The Witches' Dialogue©2021 Anke de Bruijn & Peter Duiverman For SATB choir a capella. Background notes to 'The Witches' Dialogue' On a rainy Novembe...
    February 24, 2022
  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn commented on Chris Rowbury's blog entry: Dear Chris, thank you for posting your interesting blogs. I'd like to respond from one aspect only (mainly because of lack of time, forgive me :-)) - physical distance. It strikes me that, since I have been teaching singers through Zoom, they become more ...  moreDear Chris, thank you for posting your interesting blogs. I'd like to respond from one aspect only (mainly because of lack of time, forgive me :-)) - physical distance. It strikes me that, since I have been teaching singers through Zoom, they become more independent. They need to rely more on their own counting, pitching, etc. as the lesson (or rehearsal) situation is so much different. I suspect that a big part of their improvement lies in me not being physically present, i.e. there is no one they can give their power to, as you are putting it. Their 'inspiration' is not there, so they need to inspire themselves. I've emphasized this to them since the beginning of the COVID era - and some of my singers can do it, and are blossoming because of it. For others, it is difficult to make that mind-switch. I love what you are writing about responsibility - it is so true. You don't have to be a professional singer, but you can always have a professional attitude! Best wishes from Southwest France, Anke. www.ankevocal.c...    less
    January 26, 2022
  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn posted a new video:
    5:21My Sweetest Lord from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    My Sweetest Lord from the Stone&Tara Songbook for choirs
    A deliciously bluesy swaying gospel in 12/8 rhythm based on Psalm 23, ‘the Lord is my shepherd’. Our music for your choir - sheet music and mp3's available through www.stoneandtara.com/songbook My Sweetest Lord ©2021 Anke de Bruijn & Peter Duiverman ...
    January 25, 2022
  • Anke de Bruijn
    Anke de Bruijn wrote a new blog entry:
    New compositions for choirs - retro-romantic songs from Southwest France
    Our songs for your choir - the Stone&Tara Songbook Stone&Tara (Anke de Bruijn - vocals & Peter Duiverman - piano) started out as a blues duo with a passion for a lot of other styles too, like latin-american, jazz, seventies pop, and classical music. When...
    January 25, 2022
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    January 25, 2022
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