Nadje Noordhuis Explained

Nadje Noordhuis is an Australian trumpeter, composer and educator based in New York.[1]

Noordhuis is from Sydney, Australia where she attended The Forest High School. She briefly studied sound engineering before moving to Melbourne to study trumpet and improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts.[2] She then travelled to New York where she completed her master's degree at Manhattan School of Music.[3]

She runs music label Little Mystery Records.[4]

In 2007 Noordhuis was a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition.[5] She was then selected as a Carnegie Hall Young Artist in 2010, where she studied with Dave Douglas.[6]

She has collaborated with Geoffrey Keezer, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra[7] and Arooj Aftab.[8]

As a composer, she has also been commissioned by Sara Caswell, ThoroughBass, ExhAust, the Festival of New Trumpet Music.

Discography

Albums

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Nadje Noordhuis
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Little Mystery Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Ten Sails (with Luke Howard)
  • Released: March 2015[9]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH004)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Indigo (with James Shipp)
  • Released: October 2017[10]
  • Label: Self-published
  • Format:
Gullfoss
  • Released: September 2021
  • Label: Little Mystery Records/Newvelle Records
  • Format:

She has also featured on albums by Arooj Aftab, the Awakening Orchestra, Zoe Guigueno, Anat Cohen[11] and Darcy James Argue.[12]

References

  1. Web site: Nicholas . Jessica . 2021-03-14 . Jazz soulmates deliver ethereal, vibrant beauty . 2022-03-05 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  2. Web site: Nadje Noordhuis: an unplanned career : Feature Article : Australian Music Centre . 2022-03-05 . www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  3. Web site: Nadje Noordhuis . 2022-03-05 . Manhattan School of Music . en.
  4. Web site: 2021-06-29 . GETTING TO KNOW: NADJE NOORDHUIS . 2022-03-05 . STREET TALK . en.
  5. Web site: Nadje Noordhuis Australian Jazz Real Book . 2022-03-05 . australianjazzrealbook.com.
  6. Web site: Nadje Noordhuis : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre . 2022-03-05 . www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  7. Web site: 2021-09-20 . 'Gullfoss' Nadje Noordhuis . 2022-03-05 . Jazz . en.
  8. Web site: 2021-04-20 . Arooj Aftab, "Vulture Prince" . 2022-03-05 . Bandcamp Daily.
  9. Web site: Ten Sails – by Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis on Apple Music . 21 September 2021 . Apple Music.
  10. Web site: Indigo – by Nadje Noordhuis & James Shipp on Apple Music . 5 March 2022 . Apple Music.
  11. Web site: Discography . 2022-03-05 . NADJE NOORDHUIS . en-US.
  12. News: Pareles . Jon . Caramanica . Jon . Chinen . Nate . 2013-04-29 . New Albums From Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue and Kenny Chesney . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-05 . 0362-4331.

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