Arie Verheul
van de Ven

I'm a composer, violist, and teacher. I write music for live performance by acoustic & electroacoustic ensembles, visual media, and community-engaged art projects.

Bio

Arie Verheul van de Ven is a composer, improviser, and educator whose work explores improvisation, community music, and building dynamic interactive musical systems. His compositions have been performed internationally by ensembles including Orkest de Ereprijs, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cygnus Trio. From 2020–2022 he was composer-in-residence with Jumblies Theatre & the Gather Round Singers, creating music for In This Moment, a large-scale interdisciplinary community arts project. He is active as a composer for film and media, working on award-winning short films including No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019) and Nanitic (2022) by director Carol Nguyen. As a violist he has performed with Continuum Contemporary Music, NUMUS, and the Opera Forward Festival. Arie studied under Linda Catlin Smith (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Peter Adriaansz (Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag).

Upcoming

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Jul 30, 2026 · 5:30PM

In C
Centennial Park Bandstand — Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC · Of Sound Minds

Music for Media — Demos

How to Bury Your Father orchestral / epic / heroic

Grow Up! (credits) nostalgic / joyful

Enter the Radio Zone electronic / energetic / mysterious

No Crying at the Dinner Table soft / pensive / emotional

Séance for a Close Friend dark / foreboding / fearful

Other Recent Works

Cream Top Lane
Viola + loop pedal, performed with NUMUS

What if I Made it All Up?
For computer-controlled dance organ — Orgelpark, Amsterdam