Nadje Noordhuis is an Australian trumpeter, composer and educator based in New York.[1]

Noordhuis is from Sydney, Australia where she attended The Forest High School. She briefly studied sound engineering before moving to Melbourne to study trumpet and improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts.[2] She then travelled to New York where she completed her master's degree at Manhattan School of Music.[3]

She runs music label Little Mystery Records.[4]

In 2007 Noordhuis was a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition.[5] She was then selected as a Carnegie Hall Young Artist in 2010, where she studied with Dave Douglas.[6]

She has collaborated with Geoffrey Keezer, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra[7] and Arooj Aftab.[8]

As a composer, she has also been commissioned by Sara Caswell, ThoroughBass, ExhAust, the Festival of New Trumpet Music.[3]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Details
Nadje Noordhuis
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Little Mystery Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Ten Sails (with Luke Howard)
  • Released: March 2015[9]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH004)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Indigo (with James Shipp)
  • Released: October 2017[10]
  • Label: Self-published
  • Format:
Gullfoss
  • Released: September 2021
  • Label: Little Mystery Records/Newvelle Records
  • Format:

She has also featured on albums by Arooj Aftab, the Awakening Orchestra, Zoe Guigueno, Anat Cohen[11] and Darcy James Argue.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Nicholas, Jessica (14 March 2021). "Jazz soulmates deliver ethereal, vibrant beauty". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Nadje Noordhuis: an unplanned career : Feature Article : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Nadje Noordhuis". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. ^ "GETTING TO KNOW: NADJE NOORDHUIS". STREET TALK. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Nadje Noordhuis | Australian Jazz Real Book". australianjazzrealbook.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Nadje Noordhuis : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. ^ "'Gullfoss' Nadje Noordhuis". Jazz. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Arooj Aftab, "Vulture Prince"". Bandcamp Daily. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Ten Sails – by Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Indigo – by Nadje Noordhuis & James Shipp on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Discography". NADJE NOORDHUIS. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  12. ^ Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Chinen, Nate (29 April 2013). "New Albums From Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue and Kenny Chesney". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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