IVAR COSTENOBLE
Ivar Costenoble studied Musical Theatre at the Fontys Conservatorium in Tilburg, where he took singing lessons with Edward Hoepelman. He graduated as both a performer and a teacher. At an earlier time, he had completed the Music Orthopedagogics program at the Conservatory of Maastricht (specializing in helping the physically disabled) which he had combined with the adult course of the MusicAllFactory in Tilburg.
After his studies Ivar toured The Netherlands for four years, starring in the theatrical productions of Jeans (casts 11 to 14) where he was also active as a vocal coach.
He returned to the MusicalAllFactory as a voice teacher for several years and gave singing lessons to the students of the Fontys Academie voor Docent Drama in Tilburg.
Since 2004 Ivar has been working as main subject teacher at the Musical Theatre department of the Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. He gives group lessons in Ensemble, Pop, Jazz, Contemporary and Knowledge of the Instrument. Ivar is also executive coordinator of the department.
He gave masterclasses at the Conservatory of Vienna and to the cast members of Evita in Vienna, and both The Lion King and The Bodyguard in Madrid.
Ivar performs as a singer (bass) in a wide variation of styles:
Musical Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Caiaphas), Sweeney Todd (Judge Turpin) directed by Paul Eenens
Opera: Der Mond (Petrus) – C. Orff
Classical concerts and operettas: The Armed Man (in which he performed the Arabian solo during the concert tour in Berlin), The Mikado (Pish-Tush) – Gilbert & Sullivan)
Bigband: Winner of the Dutch Bigband Contest
Band: Various pop and rock bands
Ivar also specializes in certain pop/rock vocal effects (distortion and grunting among others) and combines this as a vocalist with his extensive knowledge of musical theatre techniques.
He arranges and composes for voice and choir, plays various instruments (piano, keys, guitar, bass and drums) and works regularly as a bandleader.
Last but not least, Ivar has founded a website that helps people prepare for auditions: Auditietraining.