Margriet E. Tindemans (March 26, 1951 – December 31, 2014) was a musician, specializing in

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. The fourth child of Wilhelmina Coenen and Henricus Tindemans, Margriet demonstrated her musical talents early, and was named first violin in the

National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands The National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (NJO, nl, Nationaal Jeugdorkest) is the national youth orchestra of the Netherlands, founded in 1957. It consists of young musicians between 18 and 26 years of age. It has appeared with conductor ...

. After Conservatory studies in Maastricht, then Brussels, Belgium, and Basel, Switzerland, she became an early member of

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. She toured with that group for nine years until relocating to Seattle in 1986. There she founded the Medieval Women’s Choir,Founding Artistic Director In Memoriam
, Medievalwomenschoir.org, accessed March 15, 2015 was an artist in residence at the

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, served as director of the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, and was a faculty member of the Cornish College of the Arts.

Ensembles

* Royal Dutch Opera * Newberry Consort
The King's Noyse
(archive from 29 June 2009) * The

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Seattle Baroque Orchestra Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of ...

* Medieval Women’s Choir *

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References

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