Marc van Roon

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Marc van Roon
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Marc van Roon

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[edit] Biography

Dutch jazz pianist Marc van Roon (born in The Hague, The Netherlands 2 November 1967) is an improvising musician who combines music performance with his work as a creative coach for groups in change and learning processes. His composed songs and orchestra pieces for dance companies and various music ensembles. He has produced several CD's for other artists. Marc enjoys creating harmonious alliances with gifted musicians and art ensembles. On his path he collaborated with Dave Liebman, Clark Terry, Art Farmer, Charlie Mariano, Billy Hart and bassist Santi Di Briano, singer Fay Claassen, Tony Lakatos, cellist Ernst Reijseger, Dutch Guitarist Jesse van Ruller, Michael Moore, The Netherlands Dans Theatre and his own European Jazz Trio.

A bit of history: Marc began classical piano lessons at the age of ten. His interest in jazz and improvisation was sparkled at a young age by Marc's 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 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 and started his own trio. At that time he co-founded the creative artistic consultancy group Art in Rhythm with drummer/percussionist Joshua Samson. From 2001 onward he started to give lecture based learning experiences for audiences around the world.

[edit] Ensembles and Orchestras

European Jazz Trio
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European Jazz Trio

Marc co-leads the European Jazz Trio - a trio that crosses the boundaries between jazz, classical and pop music with surprising results. Three Cd's have been awarded in Japan with the swing Journal Gold Disc award. With bass player Frans van der Hoeven and drummer Roy Dackus he records and performs with the trio for many years. Their collaboration with the Japanese label M&I dates from the beginning of 2000. The tours brought them to various concert classical music halls as Suntory Hall and Bunkyo Civic Concert Hall in Tokyo. Van Roon has recorded many CD's as a leader for the record label Apple on the Moon.

[edit] Teaching

Marc van Roon founded the organization 'Art in Rhythm' together with percussionist Joshua Samson in 1996. 'Art in Rhythm' is now a multinational training organization designing and running creative learning and performance programs through the utilization of the art of music and improvisation for groups and organizations in organizational change and development processes. Marc & 'Art in Rhythm' have been invited to contribute to the wellbeing, growth and development of large corporations, governments, management training centers, learning communities, and think-tank centers world-wide by using the art of interactive performance, listening, creativity and improvisation.

Workshop with Art in Rhythm
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Workshop with Art in Rhythm

For many years Marc van Roon, has studied the universal and timeless holistic morphological principle of successful flow in action. Being an improvising musician as well as a facilitator in the organizational development field, he could see over and over again how a playful insight giving activity such as performing music with a group of non-musicians connects people, and brings people in touch with their creative potential.

His work with Art in Rhythm has brought him to many companies and organizations world-wide. He has set up alliances and has build up creative relationships with companies world wide. He 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 Cybernetics Conference, Vienna 2003, Art in Business conferences, Slovenia 2002, 2003, European Music Council conference, The Hague, 2004 and the ISCT Conference, Vienna, 2005.

Marc has been a teacher at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and has been a guest teacher at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 Marc is jazz piano teacher at the Jazz Conservatory in Groningen, the Netherlands.


[edit] Works

  • en blanc et noir 10 label: Daybreak DBCHR75248 with: Eric Vloeimans, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel
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  • 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
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  • Afternoon in Amsterdam label: M&I MYBJ-10005 with: DVD European Jazz Trio
  • Tango Notturno label: M&I MYCJ-30352 with: European Jazz Trio
  • Mona Lisa label: M&I MYCJ-30308 with: European Jazz Trio
  • Sonata label: M&I MYCJ-30253 with: European Jazz Trio
  • Jewels of the MAdonna label: M&I MYCJ-30162 with: European Jazz Trio
  • The Windmills of your Mind label: Baybridge Records TECW-25629 with: Art Farmer and EJT
  • Libertango label: M&I MYCJ-30029 with: Charlie Mariano and EJT
  • With a Song in my Heart label: JAzzImpuls with: Fay Claassen

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published material

  • University Teknology MARA (2006). Education & Training Harmonized, 35th IFTDO. Malaysia: UPENA. ISBN 983-3643-64-7
  • Proceedings of 7th Int. Conference of Quality Managers (2006). Change Management & Sustainable Improvement Strategy. Tehran: ISBN 964-7834-04-2

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