Biography

Glenn Corneille was born on July 12th 1970 in Venlo, The Netherlands. He studied Lecturing as well as Performing Musician Jazz/Light Music at the Maastricht Conservatorium, graduating 'Cum Laude' in both disciplines based on his brilliant musicality, technique, tactics, performance and ideas. At the same conservatorium he continued as a lecturer in piano performance and gave several workshops for the SLIM foundation in Limburg and SWING in Alkmaar.

Through all these years Glenn has evolved as a multi-talented musician impossible to categorize in a single style. Consequently, he is active as a freelance musician, arranger, composer and band leader in different settings. Jazz might function as a red thread throughout his musical career, with the Corneille Roelofs Trio as one of his most inventive ongoing projects to date. In June 2000 he received the 'BEST NEW JAZZTALENT' award at the DUTCH JAZZ COMPETITION. The jury was highly impressed by his beautifully personal and sincere sound. But without a doubt, the Trio's 2001 performance at the North Sea Jazz festival has put them firmly on the sphere of contemporary Jazz.

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Current Formations

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CORNEILLE ROELOFS TRIO
with Geert Roelofs (drums)
and Werner Lauscher (Bass)

SILQ
Lyrical Rock with lead singer Luc Devens
Bassist Rogier Van Wegberg
Guitarist Mitch mulders
and Geert Roelofs on drums

LENNON McCARTNEY
Theatre concert series Directed by Dennis van Galen with songs of the fab 4, arranged by Glenn Corneille (piano), with Lisa Boray, Lydia van Dam, Herman van Doorn and Han van Eijk (vocals), Arnold van Dongen (guitar), Hubert Heringa (Violin + Keys), Danny Sahupala (drums) and Lené Tevoortwis (bass)

EDSILIA ROMBLEY BAND
R'n'B group with vocalist Edsilia Rombley, Glenn Corneille (keys), Arnold van Dongen (guitar), Lesley Kühr (bass), Georgio (drums) and Sander (keys)

ALAN ESHUIJS
R'n'B pop project around the Dutch vocalist.

IL NOVECENTO
"Classic meets pop" concerts with the " Night of the Proms" Orchestra, accompanying a range of artists as Toots Thielemans and Tony Hadley.

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Previous Formations

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WHAPZZ
Glenn's first instrumental trio with Roman Korolik on bass and Ron Van Stratum on drums.

CORNEILLE
theatreconcerts with vocalist Digna Jansen , French lyrics by Chantal Nijssen.

TANGO QUINTET
Argentinean ballads & tango nuevo compositions

WALKER GC
Soul + R'n'B groove outfit with vocalist Robert Walker.

Stiff Blues Band
Maurice Peters & B-Pop
Trio Nancy Deusings
Rene Schuman & The Moment ' Road to Freedom Tour',
Yamaha demonstration band
Various invitations for Jazz & Popsessions, thus having toured England, Germany, Greece, France and Tanzania. Also musically active in Radio & T.V. studio's both home and abroad ( Omroep Limburg, BRT, NCRV t.v. film with Willem Nijholt and VPRO

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Selected co-operations :

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Bands :
The Skymasters, Salsa Fuerte, the Trashcats, Salsa Aqui

Bassists :
Hein van de Geyn, Jo Didderen, Roman Korolik, Charles Nagtzaam

Drummers :
Bart Vergoossen, Dre Pellemaerts, Mark Leham, Philip Kerkhofs

Saxophonists :
Toon Roos, Ben van den Dungen, Ad Colen, Benjamin Herman, Jan Menu, Kurt van Herck, Claudius Valk

Trumpetists :
Charlie Green, Ruud Breuls, Eric Vloeimans

Trombonists :
Bart van der Lier, Jiggs Whigham

Vocalists :
Tony Hadley, Tony Galla, Edsilia Rombley, Acda & De Munnik, Xander de Buisonjé, Gino Pilotti, Fleurine, Laura Vlasblom, CB Milton, Jay Clayton, Rene Froger, Ge Titulaer

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