Martje de Roos

Hi, my name is Martje, trumpet player. I produced my first ‘squeaking’ sounds on the trumpet at the age of nine. Two years later I had my first band playing experience with the local brass and marching band: fanfare Salland.At the age of nineteen I moved from Zwolle to Amsterdam to study Law. During my studies I continued to work on my sounds and musical sensitivity. From 2001 to 2006 I played the second and first trumpet in Amsterdams Dansorkest, a traditional big band. Meanwhile I played with a lot of other horns in a 'remarkably groovy' funk band. From 2005 to 2008 I enjoyed playing with Venus Hill, a female fronted ska-crossover band who perform their own songs.After graduating from university I had a strong desire to enrich my life by studying trumpet at the conservatory. Since 2008 I have spent a lot of time at the jazz and pop department of the Utrecht conservatory. I receive trumpet lessons from Angelo Verploegen and Arto Hoornweg and currently I am a substitute musician for various big bands in Amsterdam...