Jan de Haan

Jan de Haan (born July 29 1951 in Warns, Friesland) is a contemporary Dutch composer, publisher, conductor and musician.

Between 1961 and 1968 he played as a trombone player in the "Nationaal Jeugd Fanfareorkest" and in the brass band "Pro-Rege" from Heerenveen. He studied trombone at the "Muziek-Pedagogische Akademie" in Leeuwarden between 1969 and 1973. In 1974 he started to study brass band direction under Henk van Lijnschooten at the conservatory in Utrecht and earned his diploma in 1976. From 1969 to 1977 he taught a brass class at the music school in Heerenveen.

After that he started working as a freelance musician, conductor and composer. His brass band "Soli Deo Glori" gained national and international accolade and he became guest conductor of numerous brass ensembles.

He was also a producer at NCRV for both television and radio and was responsible for numerous programms amongst them the thirteen part "The history of the brass band (De geschiedenis van de brassband)" series.

Since 1983 he is a lecturer at the "Muziek-Pedagogische Akademie" in Leeuwarden and owner of a music publsihing company.

He is the brother of composer Jacob de Haan.

Works

Works for brass bands

* "Leeuwarden Variations (Ljouwert Variaties)" for flute and brass band
* 1981 "Friesian Variations (Fryske Variaties)"
* 1983 "Partita about a theme from Johann Christian Bach"
*# Thème
*# Variation 1
*# Variation 2
*# Variation 3
*# Variation 4
* 1983 "Suite 1500"
* 1983 "Choral Varié"
* 1983 "Prelude for passiontide"
* 1984 "Christmas Fantasy" für Chor und Blasorchester
* 1984 "Vijf Intradas"
*# Intrada
*# Valerius Intrada
*# Intrada "Louis Bourgeois"
*# Intrada voor Kerst
*# Intrada voor Nieuwjaar
* 1985 "Pastorale - based on a Welsh folk-tune"
* 1985 "Sequensen"
* 1986 "Variaties voor fluit en harmonieorkest"
* 1986 "A Christmas Suite"
* 1986 "Contrasten" influenced by the Chernobyl disaster
* 1986 "Suite over Valerius-liederen"
* 1987 "Suite 1600 (Pezel)"
* 1987 "The young Amadeus"
* 1993 "Danses de Fantaisie"
* 1993 "A Discovery Fantasy"
*# Introduction
*# Bolero
*# Rondeau
*# Intermezzo
*# Finale
* 1993 "Inspirations"
* 1994 "Harmony Festival"
* 1995 "Banja Luka"
* 1995 "Overture to new Age"
* 1996 "A Sunrise Impression"
* 1997 "Music for a Solemnity" A tribute to John Williams
* 1997 "Spanish Tritych"
*# Peñon de Ifach
*# San Jaime
*# Sierra de Bernia
* "Victory"

External links

* [http://www.fattore.com/JandeHaan.htm Biography of Jan de Haan] fr