Welcome

My name is Martine Mussies and my goal is to promote classical music in easy-to-grasp forms, supported by modern technology. To me, creating art & music is a way of celebrating life. On this website, you'll find more about me & the projects I'm working on. I hope you'll enjoy your stay here! If you like, you can sign my guestbook.

Get to know

This is my picture, as it appeared in the Dutch MIND Magazine (those people are really good with photoshop). I know I do not look typically Dutch, but still I am. My roots have said to be Slavonic and Scandinavian, which probably explains some of my interest in the languages and cultures of those two area's (I study Russian, and also learned some Swedish and Czech at the universities of Stockholm and Prague).

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Daily

I live in an old historic school, together with Timon, the sweetest cat in the world. (I know that there are many people around who claim their cat to be so, but believe me: my Timon is the one & only. Just kidding.) Most of my days are filled with learning Russian, music, writing and art. Once a week I join a group in baroque dancing by Dorothée Wortelboer, not only because I love baroque music - you can call me Barockchick if you like - but also because it's a great workout and I really like Dorothée and the other groupmembers. I'm also working on a website about early dance.

Studies

I have studied children's psychology at home, in the evenings, while I was also studying piano and cello (minor) at the Conservatory in Tilburg. After two years I decited to continue my musical training at the Schumann Akademie in Utrecht, which I was able to combine with musicology at the university in the same city. There I also followed a minor in Celtic. After four years in Utrecht, I am now busy with an extra master in musicology at the university of Amsterdam, where I am also a student in Russian. And every Friday, I go by train to Gouda, where I study art. During my summerholidays, I got minors in Czech (at the university of Prague) and Swedish (at the university of Stockholm). If you like to know more about (one of) my studies, just click here.

What's next? I think I'd like to be a student forever, so as long as I can afford it you'll see me at an uni somewhere. In April and May 2009, I'll be studying at the university of St. Petersburg. Hopefully I will manage to get my diplom in Slavonics, someday. And then... I have too many unmodest dreams. I would love to study Theology (Old Greek! Latin! Herbrew! Bible!) here in Utrecht - combined with composition at the conservatory. And one day, I want to do a Ph-D. But we'll see, first things first.

Work

I do not have a regular job, I earn my living by writing, playing in concerts and creating (mostly websites, at this moment). When I need to buy something, I create some extra work for myself, for example by organizing a children's party or selling homebaked cakes. As a free-lancer, I am very happy to decide when and where to work myself, so that I can continue with my studies. And everyday, I work on Encore!Magazine, a multimedial journal for youngsters, about (classical) music and art. Of-course, there are always some moments when one wonders what life in the "outside/real/muggle world" would be like at different times. I have imagined myself being a shopgirl, a teacher, a full-time mother... but no, that is just not me.