I visited a zoo called Apenheul for the 1st time this season (it opened it’s doors last weekend). It specializes in apes and monkeys. Apenheul opened in…
Author: erikveldkamp
Robbert Scherpenisse heeft een prachtige cd gemaakt en zal 18 april a.s. een cd presentatie geven in het Bimhuis (Amsterdam) waaraan ik ook een bescheiden…
The Czech clarinettist Franz Thaddeus Blatt (1793-1856) wrote 15 etudes for oboe and 20 exercises for saxophone or english horn, but I think it’s fun (and challenging) to…
Some BIF (bird in flight) shots of last week.
The great Ack van Rooyen (85) was a guest soloist last year with the WDR Big Band and they just uploaded the concert on YouTube. I…
Our new live dvd is released. We recorded a live concert in Wiener Neustadt (Asutria) last year and here is the result! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozdtvfw-dnE&feature=youtu.be …
The eagle owl stays on it’s spot so I went back a couple of times and came back with some great shots (I think…).
Antonio Lauro (1917 – 1986) was a Venezuelan guitar player and considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the guitar in the…
Here a collection of my favorite staccato exercises which I use to build endurance. I try to study new material every day, but these exercises…
Yesterday I discovered there is a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo Budo) not far away from my house behind a small church. These big owls are seldom…
I always wanted to transcribe this great interpretation of Stardust by Clark Terry, today I found the time to write it down. I’ve already transcribed…
Today I started with some nice pictures of birds in flight and at the end of the day I captured a great sunset.