Recording – Between Paris and Leiden
(Dutch Blog) Recording sketches & ambient ideas between Paris and Leiden—capturing travel sounds, voice experiments, and spontaneous musical impulses.
(Dutch Blog) Recording sketches & ambient ideas between Paris and Leiden—capturing travel sounds, voice experiments, and spontaneous musical impulses.
Vivienne Aerts awarded a scholarship by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds to help finish her studies at Berklee.
Met Lee Ritenour in Paris: jammed by the Seine, then watched his concert at New Morning—packed audience, artistry & showmanship.
Berklee hosted a Gagaku workshop and performance by the Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble—rare instruments, spiritual sounds, and bridging Japanese court music with modern trumpet.
On a roadtrip through the White Mountains, I absorbed landscapes, ambient sound, leaf whispers, and geographies to inspire musical ideas.
At Berklee’s concert honoring Art Blakey, students and alumni reunited to perform Jazz Messenger repertoire—celebrating legacy, improvisation, and group energy.
At the Berklee Global Jazz Forum, Jim Garzone and John Patitucci led masterclasses & performances, sharing deep musical insight with students and audiences.
In the Tierney Sutton masterclass, she offered deep insight into voice, lyric, and pacing — teaching me that nuance and space often speak louder than volume.
A personal song homage: Breakfast with Bebop is about my hamster Bebop, who “loved jazz” — a playful, heartfelt musical piece.
(Dutch Blog) Personal account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing: campus alerts at Berklee, street closures, and the shock of being in Boston that day.