Melissa Venema
{{short description|Dutch trumpeter (born 1995)}}
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Melissa Venema (born April 12, 1995, in Alkmaar) is a Dutch trumpeter.
Life
Venema started playing recorder at age 6 and moved to trumpet by age 8. When she was 10, she auditioned successfully at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, training under Frits Damrow, a world-famous trumpeter. She has since performed in numerous public broadcasts, including an internationally broadcast performance of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
Venema also plays on her own custom made Yamaha trumpet, and four other trumpets. {{Cite web|url=https://www.melissavenema.nl/biography|title=Bio|website=www.melissavenema.nl|access-date=2019-04-23}}
Awards
Venema has won several awards over the years, with more recent achievements including taking third place at the Chicago International Brass Festival and several prizes in the Princess Christina Competition. In 2010, she received the Encouragement Prize of Culture of the City Zaanstad.{{cite web|url=http://www.webregio.nl/amstelland/regionaal-nieuws/artikel/1156199/foto/1/zaanstad-prijst-trompettiste-melissa.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130224094302/http://www.webregio.nl/amstelland/regionaal-nieuws/artikel/1156199/foto/1/zaanstad-prijst-trompettiste-melissa.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-24|title=Zaanstad prijst trompettiste Melissa|date=2010-06-13|publisher=WebRegio.nl|language=Dutch|accessdate=30 May 2011}} She has also worked with the violinist André Rieu.{{cite web|url=http://www.echo.nl/zk-zw/buurt/foto/473352/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222205809/http://www.echo.nl/zk-zw/buurt/foto/473352/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-22 |title=Melissa bij André Rieu en zijn Johann Strauss-orkest |date=2008-03-19 |publisher=De Zaankanter |language=Dutch |accessdate=30 May 2011 }}
Discography
- Melissa voor U (2006) {{Cite web|url=https://www.melissavenema.nl/biography|title=Bio|website=www.melissavenema.nl|access-date=2019-04-23}}
- Melissa in Concert (2009){{cite web|url=http://www.echo.nl/kr-kr/uitgaan/lees/882171/nieuwe.cd.melissa.venema/|title=Nieuwe cd Melissa Venema|date=2009-06-17|publisher=De Krommenieër|language=Dutch|accessdate=30 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Melissa from the Heart (2010){{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heart-Melissa-Venema/dp/B003Y5TNEC |title=Melissa from the Heart |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date=2010-06-17}}
- The Trumpet is My Voice (2012)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.melissavenema.nl Melissa Venema Homepage]
- [http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm Il Silenzio]
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Category:Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands
Category:21st-century Dutch trumpeters
Category:Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
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