Stijn Aertgeerts

In 'Afterlife', the composer describes his impressions at death and the afterlife. The work is based on the Dies Irae motif, which has often been used throughout music history to represent death. Dif...

Perseverance was commissioned by K.F. Moed & Volharding from Heist-op-den-Berg as part of 'Fanfarissimo', a collaboration of nine leading fanfare orchestras. By joining forces, they want to give the r...

Guitar Zero was commissioned by The Flowers Band for their 2024 Brass in Concert programme, "Game On".It is an ode to the fast-paced rhythm games that were incredibly popular in the 2000s.The most fam...

The work 'Rise' was specially written for Lode Violet and Kevin Van Giel, principal cornet and euphonium of Brass Band Willebroek, for their CD 'Rise'. The idea behind the piece is that friends always...

Life' was written in 2019 for euphonium virtuoso Glenn Van Looy, for a performance at the 'Académie de cuivres et percussion de Larmor-Plage' with an occasional brass ensemble conducted by Florent Did...

Guitar Zero was commissioned by The Flowers Band for their 2024 Brass in Concert programme, "Game On".It is an ode to the fast-paced rhythm games that were incredibly popular in the 2000s.The most fam...

Red Lines was commissioned by the Swiss Army Brass Band and their conductor Philipp Werlen. The title is a reference to their very distinctive black uniforms with Red vertical lines. Switzerland is a...

Red Lines was commissioned by the Swiss Army Brass Band and their conductor Philipp Werlen. The title is a reference to their very distinctive black uniforms with Red vertical lines. Switzerland is a...

In the troubled world we live in these days it is really hard to stay positive. The alarming state of the climate, worldwide politics gone mad. It seems like the hate just keeps spreading in the world...

'Salute' is written for conductor Nico Meylemans and the Royal Fanfare Band 'Moed & Volharding' from Heist -op-den -Berg (B). The work commemorates all war victims from Heist-op-den-Berg who died duri...

A fierce Viking dies in battle and arrives at the gates of Asgard. The theme of the Viking is immediately present at the opening of the piece. He fights till his last breath before ascending to Asgard...

New opening number written by Stijn Aertgeerts for KF De Werkmanszonen from Riemst as part of their WMC 2013 program!

New opening number written by Stijn Aertgeerts for KF De Werkmanszonen from Riemst as part of their WMC 2013 program!

'Les Chemins de l'amour' - translated as 'The pathways of love (1940) was originally for voice and piano. A beautiful melody by French composer Francis Poulenc on words by Jean Anouilh based on a walt...

'Salute' is written for conductor Nico Meylemans and the Royal Fanfare Band 'Moed & Volharding' from Heist -op-den -Berg (B). The work commemorates all war victims from Heist-op-den-Berg who died duri...

Exciting new composition by talented composer Stijn Aertgeerts, commissioned by the '2015 Brass On Stage' festival for the world famous Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag.

The 'Black Saturday' bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were Australia's worst ever b...

The piece 'Fort' was commissioned by K.K.F. De Eendracht from Itegem (Heist o/d Berg) to celebrate their 175th anniversary. Fort is the nickname of the fanfare band, as many employees from the Fort ro...

Lough Leane was commissioned by "Koninklijke Harmonie De Verenigde Vrienden - Bree" as a musical tribute to their president Luc De Bruyne. The work attempts to portray the beauty of Lough Leane, Killa...

Camelot is the legendary castle of King Arthur. After a mysterious opening you hear a fight between two knights where two dueling cornets are crossing the swords. The 2nd part describes one of the man...

Great concerto for soprano cornet from our composer Stijn Aertgeers. Written and dedicated to soprano virtuoso Jeroen Corneillie.