Alumna Marta Golka's master thesis When Extremes Meet: Compositional Elements of Animals as Leaders’ Music in Writing for a Modern Electric Small Jazz Ensemble has been nominated for the Belle van Zuylen Prize. The Belle van Zuylen Prize rewards outstanding artistic research in music at bachelor or master level carried out at a conservatoire in teh Netherlands. Marta Golka (Poland, 1991) obtained her bachelor degree in Jazz Bass Guitar in 2018 and het master degree in 2022, both at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Marta will present her work along with the two other nominees on 25 May 2024 at the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. The winner will be awarded an amout of € 250,-.