United States Premiere of 'Bop Toccata' in San Francisco!
On March 1st cellist and fellow composer Nicholas Denton Protsack will be performing 'Bop Toccata' in San Francisco, in what will be the...
'Bop Toccata' emerges victorious in San Francisco!
'Bop Toccata' emerged victorious in the Hot Air Music international Call for Scores. So, on March 1st 'Bop Toccata' will be performed in...
Grant by Compose4you
Last year I was admitted to Compose4you, a project by Donemus, Nieuw Geneco and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science,...
Composer @ Nieuw GeNeCo
This summer Sipke Hoekstra was admitted to Nieuw GeNeCo, the association for Dutch professional composers.
The FJO 'Saga'-victory in the media
Today both the Leeuwarder Courant and the Friesch Dagblad mentioned the triumphing Frysk Jeugd Orkest and the role of 'Saga' in their...
FJO wins National Competiton with 'Saga'!
The Frysk Jeugd Orkest won the First Prize of the National Competition of Youth Orchestra's of the Netherlands 2015, partly by performing...
Now available: 'Saga'!
Now available in the Highland Music catalogue: 'Saga, soundtrack to the life of a forgotten hero'. This symphonic poem blew off the roof...
Malta International Composition Competition: 3rd Prize with 3rd Quartet
Today I won a Third Prize in the Malta International Composition Competition with my Third String Quartet, 'First Movement.' The String...
FJO won Akoesticum Prize with premiere 'Saga'
For their successful premiere of my 'Saga', on Saturday Febreruary 28th, the FJO won the Akoesticum Prize. They also got selected for the...
