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Ellister van der Molen started playing the trumpet when she was nine years old. Soon she became a pupil of the Young Talent Department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Later on she switched to the Jazz-department of the same conservatory and had lessons with Jarmo Hoogendijk, Ack van Rooyen and Eric Vloeimans. In that time she had master classes with - amongst others - Chuck Findley, Lee Konitz, Barry Harris en Claudio Roditi. Ellister played all over Europe and beyond (such as Hungary, Finland, Egypt, France, Denmark), played on big festivals like the North Sea Jazz Festivals and played with lots of renown jazz musicians including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Bob Mintzer, Jim McNeely, Ack van Rooijen, Alex Riel, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Jarmo Hoogendijk, Greetje Kauffeld, Rachel Gould, Bart van Lier, Toon Roos, Ferdinand Povel, Ruud Breuls and Ed Neumeister. |
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Teddy Steen attended courses in jazz & Latin music at the Conservatories in Hilversum and Amsterdam and graduated in 1995. She studied with trombonists Bart van Lier, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Turre and Dan Reagan. In 1996 she received a scholarship for studying trombone, composing and arranging in New York. As well as performing with much jazz and Latin bands, she appeared on several CDs. Besides Alice in Dixieland, she plays with a.o. "Swing Sister Swing", "Brassed Off" "United Women's Orchestra" and Salsaband "Azucaribe". |
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Anja Nielsen, born in Copenhagen (Denmark). Anja played from early age in several orchestras. She played in the orchestra of John Tchicai (U.S.A.), but also other kinds of improvised music as salsa and big band. In 1993 she went to Holland to study at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague to study with the American Jazz Saxophonist John Ruocco. Anja has among other things been playing with American drummer Alvin Queen and toured with the "April Light Orchestra" in Scandinavia. At the moment she can be heard regulary with her own jazz quartet. Anja worked with Greetje Kauffeld, Rachel Gould, Bart van Lier, Toon Roos, Benny Bailey, Ferdinand Povel, Ruud Breuls, Ed Neumeister, Eric Vloeimans, Toots Thielemans, and many others. |
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Vera Marijt studies jazz piano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. The local music school and high school musicals led to her participation in the summer school of Berklee College of Music in Boston and eventually to the conservatory. Her teachers are Jasper Soffer and Juraj Stanik. Last summer she attended the summer jazz school of Hein van de Gein in Rotterdam with teachers like Rob van Bavel, Simon Rigter and Ed Verhoeff. She performs with her own combo and focuses mainly on bebop jazz and classical jazz music. She has performed with artists like Bob Rigter; her own combo performed in jazz club Porgy & Bess in Terneuzen. She plays with Alice in Dixieland since the beginning of 2010. |
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Sylvia Maessen studied oboe, composition and arrangement, and double bass in classical and jazz styles at the Hilversum Conservatory. Her work has been performed by classical as well as jazz musicians like “The Barton Workshop”, “Stravinsky Ensemble”, “Wendingen”, “Escher Ensemble”, Fluteplayer Eleonore Pameijer, “Holland Wind Players”, Badeonist Alfredo Marcucci, “Camerata A’dam”, “Balletorchestra”, theatregroups like Frank Groothof and “Kwatta”. As double bass player, she is member of divers classical ensembles and jazz groups, such as “Nigunim” (klezmer) “Fuego Latino” (tango), “Swing Sister Swing” (swing), “In The Mood” (Andrews Sisters Repertoire), “Wiener Tradion” (Operette) and “Trio Doriacci” (salonmusic). |
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Dovile Vastakaite started with classical piano when she was young and switched to jazz drums in her high school years. After finishing the Juozo Tallat-Kelpsos Conservatory, she studied at the Lithuanian Theatre and Music Academy. She played in several jazz projects and at various festivals in Lithuania. In 2009 she moved to The Netherlands to study jazz drums at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She now lives in Groningen, where she studies at the Prins Claus Conservatory. Her teachers are Arkadij Gotesman, Eric Ineke and Steve Altenberg. She attended Alice in Dixieland in the summer of 2010. |
