Level Chapeau

3 (trio) performers

Indoor and outdoor

Band

2 hours

3x3 meter

FR, NL, EN

Cheer everyone up at your event with the recognizable music of Level Chapeau! Twins Gijs and Suus and father Dries will be happy to perform at your event!

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ... ideal for weddings, receptions, anniversaries, birthdays, neighborhood parties, garden parties, openings, corporate events, ...
EXTENSIVE REPERTOIRE... from jazz and blues over funk, soul, pop and ballads to sing-alongs. Songs available on request.
HET TRIO consists of the twins Suus and Gijs and their father Dries:

GIJS DE MAEYER °21/06/2003 - Tenor and Alt Saxophone
Little Gijs' fingers only just fitted on the alto saxophone when he received his first lessons from Maarten De Splenter. Soon Maarten taught him, besides the classical works, the first improvisation techniques. In the solfège at the Academy of Boom, Gijs was an outstanding student.
The "International Saxfest" in Vienna became his first experience abroad. Gijs was only 11 years old. He had a taste for it and followed several music camps such as Jazz We Can and played in numerous occasional ensembles.
As a 15-year-old he entered the competition "play it loud" of the vrt. (See among others the here.)
From 2018, Gijs combines classical alto saxophone with Maarten with jazz on tenor sax with Ruben Valle Elorriaga. Only in 2020-2021 Gijs chooses completely for jazz and goes to Marjan Van Rompay, who successfully prepares him for the conservatory entrance tests. In that school year, Gijs also graduates (Sint Rita College - mathematical sciences) and became Laureate in Lier.
In June 2024, Gijs receives the diploma "Bachelor of Music" with great distinction at the Conservatory of Ghent KASK. There he was taught by Bart Defoort, among others.
During this period he also passed the entrance exams for the Erasmus Master at the KUG in Graz (Austria) and the Consbo in Bologna (Italy). He finally chose Graz and will study there from September 2024 to February 2025.
Gijs is a regular member of the contemporary dixieland group Dixie 6.
He also plays regularly with big bands, such as Boom Big Band, Marc Godfroid's big band, the VRT big band and the Conservatory big band.
He also plays clarinet with the Koninklijke Harmonie Rupelzonen.

SUUS DE MAEYER °21/06/2003 - Drums
As a child, Suus asked Saint Nicholas for a "recorder with baroque bore". He, too, was primus at learning notes. Before he was allowed to hit a drum, he learned from Walter De Kunst in grandfatherly fashion how to hold drumsticks. A good foundation. After that, he had numerous inspiring percussion teachers at the Academy of Boom.
Like his twin brother, Suus participated in music camps, including at de Singel in Antwerp and at Jazz We Can. Suus plays and played in numerous occasional ensembles.
His last years at the Academy of Boom he followed a specialization track: deepening percussion with Jonathan Beyers (a.o. Symfonie Orkest Vlaanderen), jazz drum with Tijl Piryns, continued solfège with Mitchel Wolput and composition with Gijs' first saxophone teacher: Maarten De Splenter. There, at age 17, he wrote his first composition for concert band: About A River. This work, in a digital version, received rave reviews from the jury of "the European Music Festival for Young People" in Pelt. Due to the corona crisis, it could only have its world premiere on Nov. 5, 2021. It was performed by the Koninklijke Harmonie Rupelzonen where Suus also plays percussion.
Suus's versatility is fully evident with his band Rehash. With this punk band he played in 2024 at the AB in Brussels, among other places, and made it to the semi-finals of Humo's Rock Rally. This together with his classical music and jazz complete the full musical spectrum.
In May 2021 he passed the conservatory entrance exams and a month later graduated from SJI (mathematical sciences).
In June 2024, Suus obtained the diploma "Bachelor of Music" with great distinction at the conservatory of Ghent KASK. There he received jazz drumming from, among others, Toon Van Dionant.
During this period he also passed the entrance exams for the Erasmus Master at Musikene in San Sebastian (Spain). There he will study from September 2024 to February 2025.
In addition to percussion, Suus also plays piano, trumpet, guitar, bass guitar, mandolin , ...

Dries De Maeyer - °09/08/1970 - Bass guitar
Dries comes from the original Mortsel formation: "De Plakband". There he played together with a.o. David Bovée, Tom Theuns , Mark Willems (a.o. dUES), Wim De Wilde (a.o. Noordkaap), Wim Helsen and many others ...
After some wanderings along the Ghent blues (a.o. Blues on the Road) and folk world (a.o. Almost Folk), he ended up in an electricity poor part of France. The amplified bass drums went on the back burner. Back in Belgium he played with numerous occasional groups and cover bands (a.o. Whispering Wind, The Dixi's, The Backyard Crashers, Clean Shirt). Currently he is also active with Yapa3 and with Decent Groove.
In terms of bass playing, he has fully converted to the 5-string, under the motto: "low notes have deep grounds".

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