Fie Schouten – professor bass clarinet, contemporary clarinet
at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen
You can do:
• Bachelor – info
• Pre Master (1 year) – info
• Master Degree (Performance or NAIP) – info
• Secondary subject (for clarinet or saxophone students)
• Erasmus exchange (1 or 2 semesters) – info
I teach students from the Classical and Jazz Department; If you do not own a bass clarinet, there are two instruments available for students.
Schouten gave masterclasses at:
Low Clarinet Festival (International Clarinet Association), USA (2022)
Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, Israël (2019)
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Tallinn, Estonia (2018)
Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Austria (2017)
Chicago academy of the Arts, USA (2016)
Codarts Rotterdam, NL (2015-2016)
Peru, El Clarinete en Latinoamerica (2012)
Recommendation by Harry Sparnaay (1944-2017):
“Often people ask me if i’m still teaching. No, but don’t worry: there are some fantastic possiblities to study the bass clarinet.
When you want to go to Holland: there is Fie Schouten teaching at the Prins Claus Conservatoire. She is a great player, open minded, always forward-looking, one of my former students i’m very proud of.”
Some activities initiated by Fie Schouten and different colleagues, together with students:
21 nov 2022 – Evan Ziporyn at Prince Claus Conservatoire
working on his clarinet4tet Hive and groupimprovisation
12, 13 nov 2022 Beeststerzwaag & Assen
Hive by Evan Ziporyn
rehearsing Coliseum by Pierre Jodlowski (F); working with the composer and performance soundsofmusic festival 3 nov 2022
Carla Costeira sopraansaxofoon, Femke van den Bergh (bas)klarinet, Maria Navarro fluit, Nerea Gimeno Pelaez viool, Laura de Armas Fernandez cello, Bea Galán piano, Albert González Garcia percussie, Patricia Swart live electronics
sept.22 preparations concerts with woodwindclass
26.4.22 Prince Claus Conservatoire Groningen
Masterclass with guestteachers Guus Janssen and Jelte Althuis
17.11.21 19:00 Prince Claus Conservatoire Groningen
20.11.21 15:00 Church Beetsterzwaag
Concerts by the woodwindclass; students & teachers
In the picture: performing Watching Ali! by Claudio Puntin, Digit #2 by Mayke Nas
soundsofmusic festival 2021
Performance by students Concerto no.9 van Maxim Shalygin
2.11.21 16:00 Grand Theatre Groningen
3.11.21 12:00 Oosterpoort Groningen
soundsofmusic festival 2020
Fie Schouten worked with students of PCC on Stirrings Still of Rebecca Saunders, performance in Grand Theatre 3.nov.2020
soundsofmusic festival 2019
composer/musician Anna Meredith (UK) @PCC Groningen
Fie Schouten & students worked with the composer and performed her music
• Origami Songs for ensemble > listen to our performance
• Four to the Floor for 4 bass clarinets
may 2019, guest @ Jerusalem Academy for Music & Dance
febr 2019 guests from Tallinn in Groningen
soundsofmusic festival 2018 – Masterclass & concert with composer Clara Ianotta (D/I), works Limun and Al di là del bianco in Prins Claus Conservatoire & Grand Theatre Groningen
2018 guest at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Tallinn, after working on Tierkreis by Stockhausen
soundsofmusic festival 2017 in Groningen, masterclass with Julia Wolfe (USA) & performance of her piece Believing
2017 (as a guestteacher at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna) > listen to the concert of 19.may.2017
Ensemble cond. Fie Schouten, Oosterpoort march 2017
Interface – Calliope Tsoupaki
soundsofmusic festival Groningen 2016
Masterclass with Helmut Oehring (D) & performance of his piece Angelus Novus
Festival OnWings 2016 Groningen, Fie Schouten & students
Masterclass with Jacob ter Veldhuis & performance of his piece Drahtgeflecht
2016, Oosterpoort Groningen, Fie Schouten & students
Basklarinet Festijn 2016 – performance with 2 students at Gaudeamus Utrecht & guestprofessors/artists at Prince Claus Conservatoire Petra Stump-Linshalm and Heinz-Peter Linshalm (Austria)
soundsofmusic festival 2015
Masterclass with Theo Loevendie & performance of his piece Bons @Prince Claus Conservatoire, Grand Theatre
2015, woodwindday – Fie Schouten & students