Biography
Martijn Oostra (1993) is a conductor, composer, arranger and percussion teacher. He
comes from a musical family and was encouraged from an early age to develop his interest in
to explore classical music and composition. At the age of 7 he started
percussion lessons, which he received from his father at CMV Oranje Bolsward. At this
He played in the percussion ensemble for about fifteen years, and from 2014 to 2021 he gave the orchestra his own
percussion lessons. He also conducted the B-
club's percussion ensemble. In 2011 he reached the finals of the
composition competition of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and he won the Jong
Talent prize that earned him composition lessons at the Royal Conservatory in Den
The Hague delivered. Martijn obtained his HaFaBra director's diploma in November 2021
at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen. He completed his studies with a
final concert with Soli Brass Leeuwarden, the championship division brass band from which he
was a percussionist from the age of 14 to 20.
Martijn is currently conductor at Percussion Ensemble Appingedam, De Bazuin Oenkerk B, Harmonie Wolvega and Brassband Soli Deo Gloria De Tike. He
gives percussion lessons at Percussion Ensemble Appingedam and works at
irregular basis as a percussion and AMV teacher for various clients. As
Composer Martijn focuses mainly on melodic percussion compositions.
Examples of this are El Dorado (performed by Percussion Ensemble
Appingedam at the WMC 2022), Elements (compulsory work for the basic class of
the ONSK 2017) and The Conquer of the Kraken (performed by CMV Oranje
Bolsward at the 2019 National Championship). He also composes for HaFaBra and arranges
he plays pieces in various formations and in various musical styles.
comes from a musical family and was encouraged from an early age to develop his interest in
to explore classical music and composition. At the age of 7 he started
percussion lessons, which he received from his father at CMV Oranje Bolsward. At this
He played in the percussion ensemble for about fifteen years, and from 2014 to 2021 he gave the orchestra his own
percussion lessons. He also conducted the B-
club's percussion ensemble. In 2011 he reached the finals of the
composition competition of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and he won the Jong
Talent prize that earned him composition lessons at the Royal Conservatory in Den
The Hague delivered. Martijn obtained his HaFaBra director's diploma in November 2021
at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen. He completed his studies with a
final concert with Soli Brass Leeuwarden, the championship division brass band from which he
was a percussionist from the age of 14 to 20.
Martijn is currently conductor at Percussion Ensemble Appingedam, De Bazuin Oenkerk B, Harmonie Wolvega and Brassband Soli Deo Gloria De Tike. He
gives percussion lessons at Percussion Ensemble Appingedam and works at
irregular basis as a percussion and AMV teacher for various clients. As
Composer Martijn focuses mainly on melodic percussion compositions.
Examples of this are El Dorado (performed by Percussion Ensemble
Appingedam at the WMC 2022), Elements (compulsory work for the basic class of
the ONSK 2017) and The Conquer of the Kraken (performed by CMV Oranje
Bolsward at the 2019 National Championship). He also composes for HaFaBra and arranges
he plays pieces in various formations and in various musical styles.
