BOY

A Lyrical Drama for 6 actors, 4 musicians (fl./cl./perc./vcl.) and children’s choir (SSA)Text/Director: Kyoko ScholiersComposition: Joris BlanckaertCreated by HERMESensemble & … More

A Covid/Christmas present

Almost 10 years after its creation, my composition Droom-Zappen has been recorded. A nostalgic trip, passionately recreated by SPECTRA ensemble, … More

Loopstation

LOOPSTATION, a music theatre show by the Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed, is an hommage to routines and habits, the … More

Wysiwyh

Sound installation – aluminium and brass plates, transducers and multitrack composition of found sound and field recordings Wysiwyh – what … More

Boy

Boy is a 10-year-old kid who has been removed from parental custody by youth care and child protection authorities. Different … More

RE:call | City of EAR

RE:call | City of EAR is a large-scale in situ composition for ca. 25 choirs ( 500 to 1000 singers). … More

RE:flection

RE:flection addresses the acoustic ecology, the delicate balance between living organisms, including man, and their acoustical environment. Our ears are constantly … More

NOspeech

celebration speech for a new theatre hall for solo soprano, tap dancing & wine glasses duration ca. 12′ commissioned by … More

3 Foreignerprints

for Ney, Accordion and Violin, duration 3′. A new composition as a reply to the Fingerprints 3 project initiated by … More

#-1, momEntS BEForE…

String orchestra (10/8/7/6/4) and solo violin, harp & percussion Created by Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen conducted by Karel Deseure@ deSingel, Antwerp (B) … More

TGTBT – I hit you because I love you

Sopr/Fl/Harp/Vla Created by Ex Novo Ensemble @ Mittelfest, July 18th, 2017, Cividale del Friuli (I), Commissioned by Klarafestival/MUSMA commission … More

Simple as ABC #2: KEEP CALM & VALIDATE

Cl-BCl/Vl/Vla/Perc/Alto/Baritone Simple as ABC #2: Keep Calm & Validate is a documentary musical theatre performance about the digitization of migration management and … More

THE DRUIDS, WHO KNOW, SEE AND HEAR NOTHING

THE DRUIDS, WHO KNOW, SEE AND HEAR NOTHING invites you on a +7h train trip, together with three musicians and … More

Award

I am happy to announce that my composition of the Romy-opera “Elle est moi” won the provincial prize for contemporary music. A … More

3_Search: Sense/Coalescence (Dallas, Texas)

Sense/Coaliscence is 12′ composition for vocals and ensemble (Picc, Cl, Perc, Organ, Synth, Vl1, Vl2, Vla, Vcl, DB) Commissioned by … More

are we not drawn onward to new era

Joris has arranged/composed William Basinski’s Disintegration Loop, a short electronic sample that naturally disintegrates gradually while looping on a tape recorder, for acoustic … More

Tips & Tricks

70′ – theatre play for actress (spoken) and solo harp — Geachte bezoeker, Van harte welkom in Tips & Tricks, … More

Sirens

‘Score’ composed for Sirens, a remarkable theatre production. The composition is a sinfonia concertante of syllables, words and notes written, recited and … More

Grotesques

30′ – Memento Mori for mixed choir a cappella (SSAATTBB) words by I. Gurney, R. Nichols & F. Manning part I … More

C-Quintet

11′ – for Clarinet (Bb), String Quartet, Male Soprano and Female Narrator created March 14th, 2014 @ VoorwaartsMaart/EnAvantMars festival, Bijloke Ghent (B), … More

Elle est moi und töte mich – an oneiric opera on Romy Schneider

1h06′ – Opera in 3 Acts. French/German libretto by Tom Hannes – 11 Voc./Perc./Mar./Pno/Vl.1/Vl.2/Vla/VCl First Performance June, 1st, 2013 @ … More

the Wandering Womb

55′ – Music Theatre in 9 scenes. English libretto by Wannes Gyselinck – Sopr/Vl./VCl. First Performance 23rd. March 2013 @ … More

Tournedos Final

5′ – For Orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/2perc./strings)

Blaaskop

30′ – Music Theatre for kids T.Sax/Tuba

K-Quartet

10’30 — String Quartet in 2 Movements

Britten Adaptations

1h15’ – New arrangement of excerpts from Benjamin Britten’s opera’s : Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Grimes, the Rape of Lucretia, the … More

Two Ballads (Mother Comfort & Underneath the Abject Willow)

7’ – Arrangement of Benjamin Britten’s two ballads for chamber orchestra Fl/Cl/Hn/Perc/Vibra/Pno/Vln1, Vln2, Vla, Vc, Cb/Sopr. & M.Sopr

Antiphonal Traces From Blandinium

13′ – Vl./Perc./Live Electronics

The Babel Paradox

18′– Graphical videocomposition for Wild Classical Music Ensemble & Spectra Ensemble Spectra : Fl/BCl/Vln/Vla – Wild Classical Music Ensemble : Voc/S.Rec/Melodica/Tug Boat Whistle/Tp/Perc/Gtr

L’Algerino in Italia

Una tragedia giocosa in due atti – tribute to G. Rossini 55’ – Chamber Opera in 2 acts (april 2010) – … More

Kinetic Score

7′ — Choreographic string quartet for the human body

Automaton NeXT

12’55 — Music for Solo Tuba & Live Electronics

Droom-Zappen

17’ — Soundtrack for ‘Welterusten’ Illustrations by Sebastiaan van Doninck Fl/Cl/Bsn/Hn (+Mel.)/Tp/Perc/Xylo/Vibra/Pno/Vln1, Vln2, Vla, Vc (+Mel.), Cb + Voice (vocal range of Baritone)

La Montagne

9’30 – Vc/Bc

Automaton

13′ — Music for Solo Tuba & Live Electronics in 7 Movements

The Pastajungle Variations

32′ – Graphical composition for Wild Classical Music Ensemble & Spectra Ensemble Spectra : Fl/BCl/Vln/Vla – Wild Classical Music Ensemble : Voc/S.Rec/Melodica/Tbn/Gtr