Contributing Organists
Jeroen de Haan, The Netherlands
Jeroen de Haan (born 1968) completed the first part of his education as a musician as a parttime student at the Schumann Academy. He continued his education at the Rotterdam Conservatoire, now part of Codarts, the University of Professional Arts Education in Rotterdam. He studied Organ with Aart Bergwerff, and Churc Music with Aart Bergwerff, Hans van Gelder and Arie Hoek. He followed two courses with Willem Tanke (organ works of Messiaen) and one with Stéphane Béchy (French organ literature from the 17th and 18th century).
In 2003 he participated in the first national organ interpretation contest in Brielle. In 2004 he graduated as a church musician. In the Summer of 2005 he graduated as a professional organist (first phase) by doing a concert in the Sint-Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, followed by a series of concerts in Sweden.
Jeroen de Haan has served as cantor-organist of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Woerden since 1999, presiding over the historic Bätz-organ of 1846. He is the conductor of the chamber-choir Sjir Chadasj of Hazerswoude-Dorp.