Mick Symonds
Events
I volunteer with several organisations and festivals, such as ...
Torenlaan Theatre
An intimate theater in an old church in the heart of Zeist
The TorenlaanTheater offers a stage to anyone who wants to share theater, music or dance with an audience. You can also hold meetings or rehearse with us. The theater is a volunteer organization.
15 - 23 May 2026
https://ilfz.nl/
In the middle of leafy Zeist, a stone's throw from Slot Zeist, the church of the Evangelical Brethren Church is the concert venue for the International Song Festival Zeist. The combination of song art, in which nature often features so prominently, and the location guarantee hours of listening pleasure.
22 - 26 May 2026
On Oranjewoud Festival you will experience the power of music in nature. Cheerful, pure and casual enjoyment or adventure... in the beautiful Oranjewoud Parklands you can experience it!
28 August - 6 September 2026
Festival 2026: Giving Voice
“Les voix humaines” – “human voices” – is the title of one of the most famous works by French baroque composer Marin Marais. He, however, does not represent the voice in song, but on the strings of the viola da gamba. This wonderful paradox immediately outlines this festival theme: since time immemorial, music has been nothing more than letting the human voice be heard: but this happens in ever new ways, in the greatest variety, and certainly not only in singing.
We constantly encounter voices in the history of music. People speak, shout, sing; they use their body, instruments and objects as a voice. Voices can communicate equally, as in Franco-Flemish polyphony or are hierarchically organized as in the 18th-century Baroque. Not everyone always gets a voice, however. For a long time, women were forbidden to be heard in the Catholic Church. Instead, voice was given to those who had the right to sing: boy sopranos or castrated men.
