Nadje Noordhuis
{{Short description|Australian musician}}
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Nadje Noordhuis is an Australian trumpeter, composer and educator based in New York.{{Cite web |last=Nicholas |first=Jessica |date=2021-03-14 |title=Jazz soulmates deliver ethereal, vibrant beauty |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/jazz-soulmates-deliver-ethereal-vibrant-beauty-20210313-p57ahp.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Nadje Noordhuis: an unplanned career : Feature Article : Australian Music Centre |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/nadje-noordhuis-an-unplanned-career |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.australianmusiccentre.com.au}} She then travelled to New York where she completed her master's degree at Manhattan School of Music.{{Cite web |title=Nadje Noordhuis |url=https://www.msmnyc.edu/faculty/nadje-noordhuis/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Manhattan School of Music |language=en}}
She runs music label Little Mystery Records.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=GETTING TO KNOW: NADJE NOORDHUIS |url=https://thestreetcbr.wordpress.com/2021/06/29/getting-to-know-nadje-noordhuis/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=STREET TALK |language=en}}
In 2007 Noordhuis was a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition.{{Cite web |title=Nadje Noordhuis {{!}} Australian Jazz Real Book |url=https://australianjazzrealbook.com/artists/nadje-noordhuis/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=australianjazzrealbook.com}} She was then selected as a Carnegie Hall Young Artist in 2010, where she studied with Dave Douglas.{{Cite web |title=Nadje Noordhuis : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/noordhuis-nadje |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.australianmusiccentre.com.au}}
She has collaborated with Geoffrey Keezer, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title='Gullfoss' Nadje Noordhuis |url=https://www.abc.net.au/jazz/featured-music/feature-albums/gullfoss-nadje-noordhuis/13550392 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Jazz |language=en}} and Arooj Aftab.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=Arooj Aftab, "Vulture Prince" |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/arooj-aftab-vulture-prince-review |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Bandcamp Daily}}
As a composer, she has also been commissioned by Sara Caswell, ThoroughBass, ExhAust, the Festival of New Trumpet Music.
Discography
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| scope="row" |Ten Sails (with Luke Howard)
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| scope="row" |Indigo (with James Shipp)
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She has also featured on albums by Arooj Aftab, the Awakening Orchestra, Zoe Guigueno, Anat Cohen{{Cite web |title=Discography |url=https://www.nadjenoordhuis.com/discography |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=NADJE NOORDHUIS |language=en-US}} and Darcy James Argue.{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Chinen |first3=Nate |date=2013-04-29 |title=New Albums From Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue and Kenny Chesney |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/arts/music/new-albums-from-iggy-and-the-stooges-darcy-james-argue-and-kenny-chesney.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |issn=0362-4331}}
References
External links
- [https://www.nadjenoordhuis.com/ Official website]
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Category:Australian women jazz musicians
Category:Australian jazz composers
Category:Australian trumpeters
Category:Australian jazz trumpeters
Category:Women jazz trumpeters
Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni
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