Didrik Ingvaldsen
MMus, MA
Didrik Ingvaldsen is a part time Lecturer on the BA Jazz, BA Music and MA Music programmes. His research interests lie in composition, and he teaches composition, jazz & contemporary music ensembles, improvisation and trumpet.
Didrik Ingvaldsen has pursued a career as a Jazz musician, composer and educator since 1984. He joined Leeds College of Music in 2003, prior to which he led Stavanger Music School's jazz department for two years, including organising concerts and seminars, teaching, playing and being responsible for the overall programme.
Didrik Ingvaldsen has performed with many ensembles including Stavanger Kitchen Orchestra, Didrik Ingvaldsen double trio, Wonderful Trio, Pocket Corner, Imps, Quartet Alpha, Gibrish, Punch Drunk Bitch, The LIMA Orchestra and Rashomon. He was commisioned to write a piece (Globo) for Stavanger Symphony Orchestra including a choir with 140 children. «Globo» was used for three years at the orchestra’s yearly concerts for children.
Didrik studied at Stavanger University in Norway and Leeds College of Music, where he completed his Master of Music, graduating with Distinction. He also studied Composition at Juilliard School of Performing Arts, Film Music Scoring Studies at New York University and Jazz Composition Arranging, big band and Jazz improvisation at Mannes College of Music, New York.
From 1999 until today Didrik has been involved in a project for NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) in Tanzania, Africa, teaching the students at Bagamoyo College of Arts brass instruments, theory and ear training. This project involves spending four weeks in Tanzania three times a year. He is also a member of the Norwegian Jazz Federation, Norwegian Musicians Union, Jazz Services UK and LIMA (Leeds Improvised Music Association).
Publications
Didrik Ingvaldsen, Composer
Big Band, Grade 4
Standard Big Band Jazz
Product No: 135938
Publisher: Nordic Sounds Ltd AS
Publishers code: 0157
Series: Norsk Jazzforums storbandserie
Published: 2004
Recordings
"Compact Transparency I & II (Da-Da 5&6 CD) (performer, composer, producer)
"Tramo" KS 0601 (producer)
«History and Movement» (Da-Da 4 CD) (performer, composer, producer)
«Cosmic Ballet» (BP records) (performer, composer, producer)
BlixBand «Texas» (Nor-CD 9934) (performer, composer)
Circulasione Totale Orchestra «Borealis» (performer) (Cadence Jazz Records, CJR 1091)
"By Music" (Da-Da 3 CD) (performer, composer, producer)
"Rede for Hugg" (Da-Da 2 CD) (performer, composer, producer)
"Slutt" (Da-Da 1 CD) (performer, composer, producer)
Quartet-production “Egypt“, with Kent Carter (USA), John Stevens (England), Bjørn Ole Solberg (Norway) (performer, composer, producer)
Circulasione Totale Orchestra’s CD "Accent" (Odin NJ 4025-2) (performer)
Performances
FuseLeeds Contemporary Music Festival 2006
Monmouth Jazzfestival in Wales 2005
Kitchen Orchestra with Lotte anker, Stavanger, Norway 2005
Concert in New York at CBGB's 2005
Performance with painter and model at Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, Mexico. 2004
Studies of Cuban music and several concerts in Holguin, Cuba. 2004
Concert at Leeds International Education Conference, 2003
Concerts with Walter Thompson’s (US) Sound Painting Orchestra at ISME (International Society of Music Educators) conference in Bergen 2002
Touring in Norway, Sweden and Denmark November 1998 and 2000 with "Blix Band"
«MaiJazz» Stavanger International Jazz festival 1998 with Andy Sheppard, Bob Hovey Olav Dale, Paal Nilssen Love etc
«MaiJazz» Stavanger International Jazz festival 2001 with Pierre Dørge (DK) and Jody Espina (USA)
Concert at Copenhagen Jazz festival with Latin jazz group "Butti 49" (2001)
Concert at Oslo Jazz festival 1998
Tour in Czech Republic in January 1998 with Norwegian, American and Czech musicians
Bergen Big Band with Andy Sheppard Vossajazz 96, Cheltenham Jazz festival 96, Nattjazz in Bergen 96, Sandvika Big Band festival 1996 and London Jazz festival 1996, also with Erlend Skomsvoll 2000
Molde International Jazz festival with Pocket Corner 1996
Recording and concert at "the Knitting Factory", New York, Nov. 96
Dølajazz with Pocket Corner 1995
Norway tour fall -95 with Pocket Corner fully sponsored by the Norwegian Jazz Federation
Concerts at Molde International Jazz festival in 1987 and 1989
Tours in Norway, Sweden and Denmark with OSLO 13 (1988), Circulasione Totale Orchestra (1986, 89)
Television/radio concerts in Norway and Sweden
The television series "Young Norwegian Jazz" (1991) with Pocket Corner
Mai-jazz, Stavanger International Jazz festival (1989,-90,-92, -93, -94, -95, -96, -98, -99, 2000, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05)
Website: www.didrikingvaldsen.no