Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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In 2013 Codarts University of the Arts Rotterdam redesigned its mediatheque and commissioned me to add a desk design. My solution to the design was an abstract drawing, greatly enlarged in super high resolution (29630×16000 pixels) to be applied to the semi-round desk corner. The abstract objects in the …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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X-mas Song: silent night – world sleep tight – crisis not bite – wrong is right ©Oscar van Dillen 2011 Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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silent night – world sleep tight – crisis not bite – wrong is right ©Oscar van Dillen 2011 Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Memos for a New Millennium was created by Oscar van Dillen for disklavier and pianist (MIDI file for performances is available through the composer) In this composition a balance and cooperation between man and machine is the central theme. Memos for a New Millennium was inspired by Italo Calvino’s …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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NOW: Exhibition SURFACE TO SPACE at Galerie Kunstliefde in Utrecht Saturday 24 August – 15 September 2013, where I present a part of my new series Urbistics: 5 pen drawings in ink on paper, and 7 brush drawings in oil paint on canvas. This new series of visual works …
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Polyethnic Mosaic was the title of the concert presentation of selected works by the students of the Codarts minor World music composition in practice 2012-2013. This minor is taught and was developed by Oscar van Dillen. Below you will find the full program presented at the concert of 14 …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Chamber Symphony De Stad means: The City. It is the title of my chamber symphony written in 2003. The work was jointly commissioned by the Museum Rotterdam1(at the time called Historical Museum of Rotterdam) and the Performing Arts Fund (by the special fund for music composition formerly called: Fund …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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The Babel Alphabet was painted in the Spring of 1993. The alphabet paintings were first exhibited in Den Haag later the same year, together with an installation by Isaak Goldschneider, also on the theme Babel. Isaak Goldschneider created a composition called BABEL as well, which was performed by Rocco …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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These Organic Forms of Concurrence were drawn in the summer of 2012, outdoor in Normandy at the seaside (in Houlgate, Honfleur and Mesnil-Val). Since this was a windy environment, some minor blurs occurred when the paper was blown upwards against my brush, so be it. They consist of a …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2012. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Thesis subject: How did the bass change in the orchestral use in 19th, 20th and 21th centuries? by Aydın Balpınar, Codarts Rotterdam Classical music, January 2012 Thesis-counselor: Andreas Czifra Motto “It is not surprising that things have developed as they have. The discovery, in the last century, of …
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Patriarchy and Subversion – Gender power relations and Sexual Identity in the Tango culture of Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th centuries as an inspirational tool for raising social responsibility in contemporary Tango. by Gabriel Wolff, Codarts Rotterdam Argentinian tango, January 2012 …
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Introduction ‘Tango contains the whole life: grandparents, children, dogs, streets, the whole volume of the sentiments, the missing, all the sorts of perfume, the suffering and the joy. This all is tango and because of this tango is the longing for yesterday, the pain from today and the hope …
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ELEGGUA, WHO IS HE? WHAT MUSIC IS PLAYED TO HONOUR HIM by Jeanne Schmartz – University of Amsterdam, Musicology (2008) Coached by Wim van der Meer (UVA) and Oscar van Dillen (CODARTS) Introduction Since I have participated in my first Bata drum workshop with Jérôme Goldschmidt some years …
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Music and Trance – What are the relations between music and Trance in the Palo Monte and Santeria cults? by Jean-Luc Jossa, Codarts Rotterdam Latin Percussion, 2007 Thesis-counselors: Eli ´t Hart and Oscar van Dillen Introduction Since I have started playing Latin Percussion, I have always been interested …
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