Merel Martens is a full-time choir leader, arranger, music teaching specialist and vocal coach. In May 2015 she received a Master\u2019s degree in \u2018Innovative Choir Conducting\u2019 from the Royal Academy of\u00a0Music Aalborg in Denmark. She is influenced by colleagues such as Peder Karlsson (ex-The Real Group), Roger Treece (co-writer Vocabularies \u2013 Bobby McFerrin) and Jim Daus (the Intelligent Choir). In the Netherlands Merel is well-known for her involvement in the award-winning vocal groups \u201cPitch Control\u201d,\u201cMAZE Voices\u201d and \u201cVO\u00cfSZ Vocal Projects\u201d. She is also vocal coach for several (professional) vocal ensembles. She enjoys running workshops for choir conductors, coaching vocal groups and choirs, and especially working on Circle Singing, pop repertoire and vocal games.<\/p>\n
Since November 2015, Merel has brought the \u2018Vocal Leadership method to Codarts Conservatory Rotterdam, educating choir leaders and music teachers and teaching the master\u2019s degree in this relatively new discipline. In June 2018 Merel was awarded \u2018Best choir conductor of 2018\u2019 by the Netherlands Choir Festival, and MAZE was\u00a0awarded \u2018Best Choir of the Netherlands\u2019.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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