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

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, 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

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. 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 Dutch women musicians Dutch expatriates in England Dutch jazz trombonists Women trombonists Dutch jazz violinists Women jazz violinists Feminist musicians Henry Cow members Musicians from Amsterdam People from Amstelveen Dutch women violinists Dutch women jazz musicians {{violinist-stub