Biography
Emotion and meditation are only really intense when supported from a music you will have chosen.
Ceremony Music proposes professional musicians with a wide and diverse musical repertoire. All have experienced rich and extensive service to family and religious events.
Upon being contacted from you and as a first approach Ceremony Music proposes a first appointment. One of our team members helps you step per step to organize the musical content of your ceremony, ‘à la carte’.
The set will support meditation of the assembly but will also reflect of your personality.
Musicians
Isabelle Everarts De Velp
The Belgian mezzo-soprano Isabelle Everarts de Velp starts singing with Françoise Hennaut. She then enters the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the Conservatoire de Liège where she obtains her diplomas of ‘concert signing’, ‘opera signing’ and ‘opera’. In 1999 she is the prize-winner of the ‘Union des Artistes’. She sings at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, in Liège, but also abroad: in Madrid, Lisbon, Lille, Caen, Poitiers, Maastricht, New-York…
She works under the conducting of major directors like René Jacobs, Marcello Viotti, Patrick Davin, Pascal Rophé, Rainy Calderon, Peter Van Heygen, and Leonardo Garcia Alarcon…
She regularly gives recitals of melodies and lieds. She also covers a large repertoire of Oratorio and sacred music and performs in main works of Bach, Vivaldi, Haendel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Rossini…
Jérôme Giersé
He starts learning music at the age of 8. While pursuing his piano apprenticeship, he soon gets interested in playing the organ as well. After obtaining a degree in roman philology, he enters the class of Jean Ferrard at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles in September 2002.
At the end of the first cycle, during which he gets trained into improvisation and chamber music, he enters the class ofBenoît Mernierat the IMEP (Institut de Musique et de Pédagogie) in Namur . He obtains his diploma in 2007 and pursues his musical education until June 2008 in the class of Aude Heurtematte.
Tenure holder of both the organs of Bornival and of the church Saint Marc in Uccle (Brussels), he regularly gives concerts as soloist as well as with chamber music orchestras. In 2007 he’s grant holder organist at the Cathedral of the Saints Michel and Gudule as well as at the Church of the Finistère in Brussels. Since 2008 he has been harpsichord player within the Ensemble Vendetta which specializes in the interpretation of French and Italian baroque works.
Thierry Cammaert
Teacher at the academies of Ixelles, Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort and Nivelles.
Teacher of methodology of oboe at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and at the IMEP in Namur.
First Prize-winner of oboe and English horn at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Paul Dombrecht), first prize-winner of chamber music. Member of the ensemble ‘Qwartz’.
Records CDs. Performs with various groups and orchestras, (Vlaams Radio Orkest, Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Musiques Nouvelles, Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège, rock band Venus). He records for Jofroi, G. Montagné, Miam Monster Miam, Line Adam, Photis Ionatos … This eclecticism makes him travel within the European community, in Eastern Europe, China, South Korea, Africa (Togo, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya), Canada and the U.S.A.
Corentin Dellicour
He obtains a First Prize for Cello and a License (Distinction) at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and is First Prize winner at the national contest “Axion Classics’.
In 2003 Corentin is selected to represent Belgium in the ‘Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra’ for a tour in Asia and Germany.
As musician in the chamber orchestra ‘Les Muffatti’, he becomes passionate about ancient music and specializes in mastering baroque cello.
Corentin cumulates musical experiences and meetings: he gets a taste of French song with young authors and composers and participates to the creation of theatre plays with the Theatropolitain, for which he composes and accompanies two actors on stage. He participates to several projects as chamber or orchestra musician and explores the universe of contemporary music with the orchestra Bianco Nero and that of folk music with “Un Diable Dans La Boîte’.
Children are not forgotten with the creation of ‘Banquise’, a musical theatre within Theatre Maât.
Antoine Maisonhaute
Antoine is the founding violinist of the Tana Quartet as well as the principal violinist of the Multilatérale ensemble.
Antoine Maisonhaute began playing the violin at the age of eight at the National Regional Conservatory of Rueil-Malmaison in the class of Liliane Caillon. He won a Gold Medal and then a Prize for Excellence unanimously. At the same time, he unanimously won first prizes for chamber music, musical training and analysis. In Guy Comentale's class, he unanimously won a virtuosity prize.
In 1996, he won the Third Prize (winner) of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition.
He continued his studies in Belgium, at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussel. In 2006, he obtained a Master with Distinction there (class of K. Sebestyen and M. Kowalski) and that year, he also won first prize at the Hansez-Castillon competition.
He won HSBC in 2013, Prix Fuga in 2014, Octave de La Musique in 2013 and Coup de Coeur Charles Cros in 2016.
Marc De Vresse
Marc gets contaminated by the trumpet ’virus’ at the age of 9 and starts his musical education at the academy of Jodoigne in the class of Vincent Fontaine. The passion he has towards his instrument leads him to pursue his school programme in the section Humanités Musicales of the Namur Music School, in the class of Vincent Antoine.
Marc starts the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in 2000 in the class of Hervé Noël. He’ll win the 1st prize for trumpet along with the prizes of chamber music and music theory.
Later he’ll obtain his Master in the class of Manu Mellaerts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel as well as the highest teaching qualification (AESS) at the IMEP in the class of Antoine Acquisito.
He is interested in all musical styles and participates to many recordings. He performs with several orchestras and bands, in many different music styles (the Opera of Wallonia, the ensemble ‘Musiques Nouvelles’, the orchestra of the ‘Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie’, the Euro Symphonic Orchestra, the Namur Big-Bad, the UTZ, Mother Poscor, Tchala’s Band, Rue Des Pêcheries... and participates to many theatre plays as a musician (Théâtre des Martyrs, Compagnie de Nulle Part)
Marc De Vreese is teacher at the music academies of Evere, Frameries and Thuin as well as at the Brussels school ‘Trumpetmania’, which he co-founded.
Homage
Caroline Eugène
Born is a family of amateur musicians, Caroline starts playing the violin at the age of 7 with Maria Cheitanova and then with Jacques Dupriez at the musical academy of Woluwé Saint Pierre, where she wins the medal of the commune for chamber music.
In1999 she’s the prize winner of the contest ‘Jeugd en Muziek’ and plays at the Palais des Beaux-Arts for ‘Brussel Proms’, and later in Helsinki, Finland.
In 2000 she obtains a 1st prize of violin with ‘high distinction’ at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles and in 2004 she obtains the degree with distinction in the class of Adam Korniszewski and in October of that same year, she wins the prizeColonel De Bisschop et Madame Matthyssens’,
One year later in June she obtains the post-graduate diploma of chamber music with high distinction in the class of André Siwy. She further improves her art at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and obtains her master with high distinction in the violin class of Katalin Sebestyén in 2006.
She presently plays in various orchestras, like ‘L’Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles” and “Musici Brucellensis’.
Since September 2011 she has been teaching violin at the music academy of Woluwé Saint Pierre.
Ceremony Music
Ceremony Music puts his artists at your disposal. All have received classic education from royal music schools in Belgium or abroad.
They cover a wide repertoire running over different periods but also propose a contemporary panel of liturgical songs.
Option
Ceremony Music’s specificity is to offer you customized service. Our ‘A la carte’ options show our willingness to adapt to both your wishes and your budget.
You may choose the number of musicians:.
The Basic Set consists of one voice and organ
to which you may then wish to add
Voice, violin, oboe, trumpet, cello, recorder, flute…
String or wind quartet
Small orchestra
Vocal ensemble
