Annemarie Roelofs (born 1955) is a Dutch trombone player, violinist, and professor at the

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. She was a member of

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and the Feminist Improvising Group.

Biography

Roelofs studied violin at the Amsterdam Conservatory, and played trombone as a secondary instrument. She also enrolled in a course on free improvisation at the Conservatory and began improvising on trombone in

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bands. In December 1977 Roelofs, unplanned and unannounced, played her trombone with

at a concert at a club in Amsterdam. Impressed with her improvising, they invited her to join the band. She toured with them briefly, but only became a member in July 1978 because of her studies at the Conservatory. Roelofs featured on Henry Cow's last album, ''

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'', recorded in July and August 1978. Roelofs played in the Feminist Improvising Group and the United Women's Orchestra, performed with

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and

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, and began working in German theatre in 1979. She has also worked in projects with Cooper,

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and Alfred Harth. Roelofs is a member of the

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-duo Niemann and Roelofs with Cornelia Niemann, the duo Plenar/Roelofs with pianist Elvira Plenar, and the Triple A trombone trio with

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and

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. She leads the Waste Watchers with Johannes Krämer and Dirk Marwedel, which released ''Music From the Land of Milk & Honey'' in 1997.

Discography

, ''

'' (1979) * Duo Roelofs/Plenar, ''Duo Roelofs/Plenar'' (1991) * Duo Roelofs/Plenar, ''Pas de Deux'' (1998) * The Waste Watchers, ''Music from the Land of Milk & Honey'' (1997) * United Women's Orchestra, ''Blue One'' (1999) * United Women's Orchestra, '' Virgo Supercluster'' (2002)

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* 1955 births Living people 21st-century trombonists 21st-century violinists 21st-century women musicians Dutch expatriates in England Dutch jazz trombonists Dutch jazz violinists Feminist musicians Henry Cow members Musicians from Amsterdam People from Amstelveen Women violinists Women trombonists {{violinist-stub