Performance
Are you looking for live music at your event?
Colijn Buis provides alone or in various line-ups live music according to your wishes. Classical to pop and jazz. Your party, marriage or reception, your theater, restaurant or café, performances during dinners or conferences with topvocalists and -musicians, please inform here.
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Colijn has performed for a.o.: Galerie Le Gratin, GGD Nederland, Golfclubs, Jaarbeurs Exhibitions & Media, Lions, Stichting Kunstvoer, Randstad Uitzendbureau, Rotary.
Podia and locations were a.o.: Ceesplace, Cruiseship Jules Verne, De Groene Engel, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, International Vocal Group Festival Tilburg, Kasteel de Haar, Theater de Lievekamp, De Pier Scheveningen, SJU Jazzpodium, Slot Zeist, Slot Zuylen, Vredenburg Utrecht.
Every thursday (22 h. till late, entrance free) the Colijn Buis Trio performs with a Special Guest at Cees Place, Utrecht, followed by an open jam session - for current programme see concerts.
Line-up and repertoire
Various line-ups are possible (see below). For an impression of repertoire, that comprises a broad spectrum of styles, see repertoire list.
If there is no piano present at a certain location, Colijn can bring his own portable instrument(s) and equipment.
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Solo piano
Colijn performs a piano solo programme. For an impression, see repertoire list.
Sound demos: a few original compositions:
- Christe Eleison (Colijn Buis)
Colijn Buis - piano - Dawn of a New Century (Colijn Buis)
Colijn Buis - piano - Prelude (Colijn Buis)
Colijn Buis - piano
For an overview of repertoire, see repertoire list.
Duo
Next to that Colijn performs as a duo with a.o.:
- double bass
- vocalist
- pianist
- flute
- trumpet
Sound demos:
- Song in D (Colijn Buis)
Colijn Buis - piano, Tom Beek - soprano sax - Focus 9 (Thijs van Leer)
Colijn Buis - piano, Thijs van Leer - flute - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen) [1]
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen) [2]
Colijn Buis - piano, Denise Jannah - vocals
For an overview of repertoire, see repertoire list.
For info, see contact page.
Trio
Sound demos:
- Softly... (the Colijn Buis Trio also plays repertoire very suitable as backgroundmusic / atmospheremusic):
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (arr. Colijn Buis) [1]
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (arr. Colijn Buis) [2]
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano - ...but also less "Softly" :
Blues for Cees (Colijn Buis)
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter)
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano
The Colijn Buis Trio performs regularly with Special Guests from the (inter)national pop- and jazzscene. For more information, see: jam session.
For an overview of repertoire, see repertoire list.
Quartet/quintet or more
This line-up is actually an extension of the trio, with for example: trumpet, saxophone and/or vocals.
The Colijn Buis Trio is regularly extended with soloists from the (inter)national pop- and jazzscene. For more information, see: jam session.
- Sound fragment: a well-known jazz standard...
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter)
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano, Tom Beek - tenor sax, Denise Jannah - vocals - Sound fragment: an original composition...
Funktionality (Colijn Buis)
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano, Tom Beek - tenor sax - Sound fragment: a well-known jazz standard in a new arrangement:
Naima (John Coltrane)
Jasper van Hulten - drums, Sven Happel - double bass, Colijn Buis - piano, Wouter Hamel - vocals
For an overview of repertoire, see repertoire list.
Other line-ups
Many things are possible according to your wishes... Inform here to realise a performance and make it fit especially for you: see contact page.
