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The table below contains links to organisations, orchestras, musicians and companies. I am either a member of these organisations, or I have provided music to their repertoire. Or I am a general supporter to their activities. Also find a number of great public domain and open source software tools.

 
NameURLDescription
Buma/Stemra www.bumastemra.nl The Netherlands Music Copyright Organisation.
Hafabra Net www.hafabra.net Portal to the Belgium and Netherlands information network for symphonic wind orchestras, fanfare and brass bands.
Metropole Orkest www.metropoleorkest.nl Using their own label: the world's leading jazz and pop orchestra (radio and studio orchestra).
Stichting Vrienden van het Metropole Orkest www.metrofriends.nl Foundation, set up by music lovers and fans, supporting the activities of the Metropole Orkest. I write concert reviews and articles for the MetroFriends magazine and on the Web.
Vince Mendoza www.vincemendoza.net Website of Vince Mendoza, composer, arranger and chief conductor of the Metropole Orkest.
The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy www.marinierskapel.nl Professional symphonic wind orchestra in the Netherlands Navy, with outstanding performances of both classical and popular music. They have on a couple of occasions played my arrangements.
Ricciotti Ensemble www.ricciotti.nl A small symphony orchestra (music students and excellent amateurs), with exotic projects and a unique approach to concert performance practice. I wrote a short symphonic poem, Caribbean Night for one of their concert tours.
Dutch Symphonic Wind Orchestra www.dswo.nl A symphonic wind orchestra with a mix of professionals and highly skilled amateurs, doing thematic summer and winter tours in Europe. In 2006 they commissioned the Blue Danube Makeover for their summer concert tour through France.
Nederlands Politie Orkest www.politieorkest.nl The semi-professional symphonic wind orchestra from the Netherlands police force. They recorded my arrangement of The Summer Knows on their CD The Strong Arm.
West Coast Big Band www.westcoastbigband.nl A semi-professional big band in the The Hague area, with lots of interesting projects and recent CDs. It's now quite a while since I was their band leader.
Harmonie D.S.V. Warmenhuizen www.harmoniedsv.nl Amateur symphonic wind orchestra in the idyllic village of Warmenhuizen in North-Holland. They have been participating in Harenkarstival 2008.
Sine Nomine Alkmaar www.sinenominealkmaar.nl Mixed Chamber Chorus from the town of Alkmaar, North-Holland. This broad-minded vocal ensemble has been participating in Harenkarstival 2008.
Toneelvereniging Spot'70 Warmenhuizen www.spot'70.nl Theatre company Spot'70 Warmenhuizen, North-Holland. I wrote the music for their 2012 production 'The good woman of Setzuan'.
The Schillinger System www.schillingersociety.com Website, promoting the Schillinger System of Musical Composition through courses and a user forum.
Makemusic Finale www.makemusic.com The company behind the Finale music notation software.
TUG www.tug.org International TeX Users Group (public domain computer typesetting software).
NTG www.ntg.nl Netherlands TeX Users Group (public domain computer typesetting software).
Apache www.apache.org The public domain Apache webserver software homepage. Together with php and MySQL these tools enable the development of dynamic webpages.
PHP www.php.net The open source PHP (Hypertext Pre-Processing) scripting language homepage. Together with Apache and MySQL these tools enable the development of dynamic webpages.
MySQL www.mysql.com The open source MySQL relational database server software homepage. Together with Apache and php these tools enable the development of dynamic webpages.
phpMyAdmin www.phpmyadmin.net The phpMyAdmin database and MySQL server management software homepage.
Ruby programming www.ruby-lang.org The Ruby object-oriented programming (scripting) language source page.