ABOUT INEKE VAN DOORN

Dutch Edison winner, jazz singer Ineke Van Doorn is a highly respected authority as a jazz singer, improvisor and teacher of CCM styles. In 2016 her book ‘Singing from the Inside Out, exploring the voice, the singer and the song’ was published by ArtEZ University Press. The title describes a fundamental approach to teaching CCM singing where the singer builds a unique identity supported by sound technical work. The book got international acclaim and is being used as a textbook at European and Canadian universities.

As a singer Ineke has been praised for her personal style and her seemingly unlimited vocal capacities. The Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant called her ‘the adventurer among the Dutch jazz vocalists.’ Together with guitarist/composer Marc van Vugt she performs internationally. Their original music is thoughtful and multi-layered and combines lyrical songs with expressive improvisations. As a (co-)leader Ineke released 13 CD’s with line-ups ranging from a jazz trio to the Metropole Orchestra (conducted by Vince Mendoza) and the Dutch Chamber Choir. Ineke played in clubs and festivals in Canada, New York, Japan, France, Germany, Indonesia and others and played with Robin Eubanks (USA), Kenny Wheeler (UK), Norma Winstone (UK), Andy Sheppard (UK), Don Thompson (CA), Thomas Chapin (USA), Sylvain Beuf (F) and Jasper van ’t Hof (NL). Both in 2016 and 2018 she toured for 5 weeks in Canada, playing in clubs and teaching and performing as artist-in-residence at Universities in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. In 2019 she toured in South Asia, both teaching and performing.

Ineke holds a master’s degree in jazz singing and graduated as a classical pianist. She is a voice professor at the ArtEZ University, Arnhem (NL) and served 6 years on the board of the EVTA – the European Voice Teachers Association. She teaches master classes and she lectures regularly, among others at the Jazz Institute Berlin (GER), Amsterdam Conservatory (NL), Leo Sings Conference in Aalborg (DK), the International Jazz Voice Conference in Helsinki (FI), for the AFPC in France and at universities in Canada, Germany, Indonesia and the USA. She was keynote speaker at Eurovox Riga (LV), Eurovox The Hague (NL) and ICVT Stockholm (SE).

Ineke regularly writes articles. Topics covered are vocal improvisation, analyses of different vocal methods, grunting, GERD and mirror neurons. Her last article on ‘Breathing technique for jazz and pop singers’ was accepted by the NATS Journal of Singing (USA).