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Ilse DUYCK - Vocals, Cello, Composer
Started with Solfege, guitar and cello at the Music Academy in Ostend at the age of 7.
In '92 she receives the final degree in Cello and Chamber Music at the Music Academy in Ghent. Ilse then studies Music Therapy at the Lemmens Instutute for Music in Leuven.
She studied for several years at the JazzStudio in Antwerp, where she meets David Linx (vocal) and Diederik Wissels (piano). They have a great influence on her first steps in writing lyrics and composing music.
Ilse goes on studying Jazz singing at the Conservatory of Music in Antwerp and at the Conservatory in Ghent, where she studies with Ronald Douglas (Nl) and classical singing with Mireille Capelle (B) and Lydia Risack (B).
She graduated in 1999 as Master of Jazz and Commercial Music (vocal) and received the Diploma of Music Education, both at he Royal Conservatory of Music in Ghent.
Ilse attended many workshops with a.o.: Tet Koffman (NL), Judy Niemack (U.S.A.), Maria Van Der Poel (NL), Mark Murphy (U.S.A.), Marcia Maria (Brazilië) en Anca Parghel (Roemenië).
For several years Ilse is writing and composing music and studying harmony in order to find a personal style of music, where she tries to combine influences from Latin, Pop, Jazz and contemporary music.
For the ILSE DUYCK GROUP, her latest project (featuring Paul Flush (piano), Luc Vanden Bosch (drums), Christophe Devisscher (double bass) and Filip Verneert (ac. guitar), she composed and arranged all of the music. This work resulted a.o. in the CD 'Behind' (AlleyCats 2002) and the CD 'Exhale' feat. Philippe Aerts on double bass and Dieter Limbourg on Tenor saxophone (AlleyCats 2005). The group played on different Belgian Jazz Festivals and clubs and did a tour for Lundis d'Hortense.
BANDS
Ilse started back in '94 with her first Quartet featuring Johan Sabbe (piano), Mario Vermandel (double bass) and Renaud Person (drums).
She was a member of the PETER HENS KWATCHTET with the BRT(Belgian Televison)- combo: Tony Gyselinck (drums), Bart Denolf (double bass) and Tony Bauwens (piano). Concerts in Belgium, France, Switzerland, ...
Ilse was booth singer (alt) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical CATS, with who she played more than 120 live performances in the Antwerp Music Hall.
She was backing vocalist on the '96 European Tour of the Night of the Proms, where she had the opportunity to sing along with Joe Cocker, Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios) and Tony Hadly (Spandau Ballet). Concerts a.o. in Antwerp, Rotterdam, Munich, Madrid, Zurich,...
On different occasions Ilse was invited to sing with Big Bands. A.o. Big Band 86 (o.l.v. Marc Godfroid), Sugar Free (o.l.v. Ivan Valck) and the Olstein Big Band (o.l.v. André Jean).
Musicals and work in the theatre became an interest of Ilse, she performed with a music theatre group, the Kankanterie. (concerts in collaboration with Prima La Musica (Bach, Mozart and Stravinsky for children).
Ilse works as a vocal coach, arranger and composer for the Backstage Theatre (Ghent) where she participated in the musicals 'All that jazz', ‘Disco nights’, 'Fame' en ‘Coyote ugly’ She was very pleased when the theatre group Cie Cecilia (Arne Sierens) asked her to participate in their production Trouwfeesten en –processen. (2006-2007)
On the Cello she recorded with rock-punk group Golden Green (CD Golden Green 1994 -96 EMI).
She was musical director of the CD The White House Band, for witch she arranged and composed music. Participants were Belgian pop and folk singers a.o.: Coco jr., Jan Dewilde, Bart Vandenbossche,...
Ilse did a musical program for young children called, witch resulted in the CD 'Nerovetsretcha'.
She also recorded a demo CD in duo with pianist Diederik Wissels.
Ilse had the opportunity to play with the High Voltage Sextet (with Nico Schepers (tp), Dieter Limbourg (ts), Lode Mertens (tb), Lieven Venken (drums), Bart Van Caneghem (piano) and Peter Verhaeghen(double bass).
Ilse also teaches vocal jazz at the Acamdemy of Ghent (Belgium) |
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