{"id":27,"date":"2015-09-03T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bertwillemsen.nl\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2020-04-29T18:35:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:35:26","slug":"muzikant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bertwillemsen.nl\/en\/muzikant\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician"},"content":{"rendered":"
I have been making music since I was 8\u00a0years old. I started on the horn with a concert band in Amsterdam. After a few years I switched to euphonium and eventually to bass tuba.<\/p>
At the conservatory, I switched from minoring in euphonium to minoring in trombone while studying brass band conducting. After six months as a minor in trombone, I was admitted to the 1st\u00a0year major in trombone (classical) and I graduated in 1999.<\/p>
I have been playing guitar and bass guitar since I was a teenager and have played in various formations: from blues, hard rock, pop and jazz bands to big bands. I very regularly play guitar or bass guitar with various harmony and fanfare orchestras on a substitute basis.<\/p>