Bas in a hopeless state.

Curriculum vitae

Education

2023–
Master historical voice with Xenia Meijer Conservatorium van Amsterdam
2018–2022
Classical voice with Karin van der Poel HKU/Utrechts Conservatorium
2017–2023
PhD in computational musicology Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam. Supervised by Jelle Zuidema, John Ashley Burgoyne and Henkjan Honing.
2014–2017
Master of Logic, major mathematics University of Amsterdam. Masters thesis on Bayesian models of language evolution.
2010–2014
BSc Bèta-gamma, major mathematics University of Amsterdam. Bachelor's thesis on non-measurable sets.
2004–2010
Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht

Talks

2023
Evolution of music and musicality Guest lecture in the course “Evolution: Culture and Human nature” at University College Utrecht.
2023
Is muziek universeel? Interdisciplinair Congres Amsterdam (ICA)
2022
Logical music: Writing algorithms to recompose the music of Arvo Pärt Talk in the Cool Logic seminar of the Institute of Logic, Language and Computation (UvA)
2022
Evolution of music and musicality
2021
Muziek en Evolutie Guest lecture in the course Evolutionair Denken (BSc Bèta-gamma, UvA)
2020
Dancing cockatoos and head-banging sea lions: Searching for the origins of musical listening Joint lecture with Marianne de Heer Kloots in the Luisterweek of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.
2020
Mode Classification and Natural Units in Plainchant Guest lecture in the course How Music Works: cognitive and computational perspectives (MSc Music Studies, UvA).
2020
Muziek en Evolutie Guest lecture in the course Evolutionair Denken (BSc Bèta-gamma, UvA)
2020
Cultuur, biologie muziek, muzikaliteit Guest lecture in the course Evolutionair Denken (BSc Bèta-gamma, UvA)
2019
Models of structure in music, language and animal song and how it evolves Guest lecture in the course How Music Works: Music Cognition (MSc Brain & Cognitive Science/Master of Logic, UvA)
2018
Words adrift? An excursion into the cultural evolution of language Talk in the Cool Logic seminar of the Institute of Logic, Language and Computation (UvA)

Teaching

2013
TA Basic Mathematics (BSc Mathematics, UvA)
Student tutor (BSc Mathematics, UvA)
2014
TA Computeralgebra & LaTeX (BSc Mathematics, UvA)
2016
TA Foundations of neural and cognitive modelling (MSc Brain and Cognitive Sciences/Master of Logic, UvA)
TA Basic Probability: programming (Master of Logic, UvA)
TA Basic probability: theory Master of Logic, UvA
Tutor Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Summer School (MSc Brain and Cognitive Sciences/Master of Logic, UvA)
TA Mathematics as a Science (BSc Mathematics, UvA)
2017
TA Evolution of Language and Music (BSc Psychobiology, UvA)
TA Basic Probability: programming (Master of Logic, UvA)
2019
TA Cognitive models of language and music (MSc Brain & Cognitive Sciences/Master of Logic, UvA)
2021
TA Musicality summerschool (MSc Brain & Cognitive Sciences/Master of Logic, UvA)
TA How Music Works: Music Cognition (MSc Brain & Cognitive Sciences/Master of Logic, UvA)
TA/lecturer Evolution of Language and Music (BSc Psychobiology, UvA)

Students

2019
V. Vogelmann MSc of Logic, UvA; co-supervised with Jelle Zuidema.
J. Hölscher BSc Artificial Intelligence, UvA; co-supervised with Lisa Beinborn
2020
A. Kapteijns BSc Artificial Intelligence, UvA; co-supervised with John Ashley Burgoyne

Websites

2008
De aarde is onder mijn voeten In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen, who designed the book.
2009
Vechtzoom In collaboration with Caroline Buiskool
Psychologiewinkel In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen
Natoli In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen
Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen
Annexs juwelier goudsmid In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen. (Archived.)
Decanaat Christelijk Gymasium Utrecht In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen
2011
Website voor Doro Theaterjuf
Website Skek In collaboration with Boris Cornelissen
2015
De Omslag (Archived)
2016
2017
2018
CLC Lab Website of the cognition, language and computation lab at the University of Amsterdam
2020
Catafolk Website for the Catafolk project.
De aarde is onder mijn voeten (v2) A modern web app for Johan Cornelissen's book De aarde is onder mijn voeten to replace the old website dating back to 2008.
2021
Inquisitive Semantics Website of Floris Roelofsen where he collects the latest developments in the field of inquisitive semantics. The website was designed and built in collaboration with Marianne de Heer Kloots.
2022
Iris Bouman Website for alto/mezzo Iris Bouman.
Fonos Simple one-pager for ensemble Fonos.
2023
Music Cognition Group Website for the Music Cognition Group at the University of Amsterdam.
Bes klein Simple one-pager for the ensemble Bes klein.

Software

2015
Thread Arcs Thread arcs for the web (developed for use at De Omslag)
2020
Chant21 chant21 is a library for plainchant in Python. It contains converters from GABC and Volpiano to music21, preserves the exact textual structure of the chant, and allows you to interactively explore this in Jupyter notebooks. For details, refer to the GitHub repository or the documentation.
2023
gatsby-source-publications Gatsby source plugin to pull publications from bibtex, DOIs, or ORCID and format them using Citation.js.

Design

2011
Campaign SVBG Versterkt!
Visual identity Atelier voor Levenskunst Annette Polman helps people to find meaning and happiness in work and life. The logo and visual identity of her Atelier voor Levenskunst was one of my first design projects, earlier ones being mostly web-based. Some years later I also designed her website.
2012
One Year to Celebrate Forty One year to celebrate forty is an art project by my father Johan Cornelissen. He himself described it as "a visual journey through a year by means of twelve sculptures". The project was exhibited in 2012 but also published as a book with photos by Helena Arends and sketches by Johan. I helped with the layout of that book.
Nachos de la Noche
SVBG Lustrumboek
Logo SVBG lustrum
Flyers Karuna Groepie Doen
Poster for Garden of Eden
2013
Visual identity Studentenraad Universiteit van Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam has eight student councils: one for every faculty and a central council. I was asked to redesign their logo and design a visual identity including a new website.
Logo Scherper dan Rood
Campaign for festival OntPop In collaboration with Roland van Dierendonck
Visual identity SVBG
2014
Logo and visual identity Woodland Analytics
Water: Interdisciplinair Congres Amsterdam
Spectrum studiereisboekje
Logo Study association Spectrum
Schuldengeneratie Proposal for campaign (not used).
Business card Bas Savenije Consult
Magazine proposal Kathode
Business card James Newton Chadwick
Flyer J'aime Job Crafting
Strippenkaart Happy Chaos
Docent van het Jaar Logo for the yearly election of the teacher of the year at the University of Amsterdam.
2015
Visual identity United Netherlands
Tijdschrift voor Interdisciplinaire Studenten
Serendipity Projects Visual identity
Visual identity for De Omslag Visual identity and many illustrations in collaboration with Roland van Dierendonck.
Logo Ex Falso
Visual identity Cochenille
2016
UvA Diversity Commission Visual identity and layout final report.
UvA Democratisation & Decentralisation Visual identity and campaign for a university-wide referendum.
2017
Fauré Requiem Campaign for a concert of Cello8ctet Amsterdam and the VU-Kamerkoor.
2018
Logo VU-Kamerkoor A new logo in collaboration with Chantal Bekker/Act Impact.
Tactile Logo and first version of their visual identity.
Amsterdam Biolabs
2019
Visual identity Vondelpark Verloskundigen Visual identity for Versloskundigen Vondelpark, a midwifery practice based in Amsterdam. The project was a collaboration with Ricus Smid/Act Impact.
Music Cognition Reading Group posters
Ajar AI Logo and visual identity for ajar.ai, a young consultancy firm specializing in artificial intelligence.
2020
A Noteworthy Year Poster and programme booklet for a concert I gave with fellow students at the Conservatory Utrecht. In collaboration with Ana Rosa Morfin
Marmer Certificaat Certificate for participans in a training programme by Marmer.
New Historical Horizons Book cover for a first version of Thor Rydins PhD thesis.
2021
Verlangen & verlaten Poster and programme booklet for "Verlangen & verlaten", the final exam of Iris Bouman
Tactile An brand new visual identity for Tactile
Sums, Numbers and Infinity The cover for Anna Bellomo's PhD thesis Sums Numbers and Infinity.
2022
Fonos: In Advent Posters and flyers for Fonos' Christmas project.
Ensemble Suspirium in Concert
Fonos Visual identity for ensemble Fonos an ensemble formed from singers that participated in Meesters&Gezellen in 2021.
2023
De Verboden Passie Campaign for De Verboden Passie, the Dutch première of Maximilian Steinbergs Passion Week, which I co-organized in 2023.
Music Cognition Group Website and visual identity for the Music Cognition Group.
Fonos: Jesu meine Freude Posters and flyers for Fonos' concert "Jesu meine Freude".
Singer-songwriters van de 17e eeuw Poster and flyers for a concert by Iris Bouman and Manou Schreiner

Awards

2014
ASML Technology Scholarship
Honorary member of study association Spectrum
2020
Best paper award ISMIR 2020 Award for the best multi-disciplinary research at the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference in 2020

Repertoire

Bach, J.S.
Matthäus Passion, Christ (BWV 244)
Johannes Passion (BWV 245)
Cantata 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)
Cantata 7: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (BWV 7)
Cantata 19: Es erhub sich ein Streit (BWV 19)
Cantata 61: Nunn komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61)
Cantata 71: Gott ist mein König (BWV 71)
Cantata 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)
Brahms, J.
Ein Deutsches Requiem — II. Herr, lehre doch mich (Op. 45)
Bruhns, N.
De profundis clamavi
Buxtehude, D.
Membra Jesu nostri (BuxWV 75)
Charpentier
Te Deum (H.146)
Distler, H.
Weihnachtsgeschichte, evangelist (Op. 10)
Choralpassion (Op. 7)
Fauré, G.
Requiem (Op. 42)
Mozart, W.A.
Requiem (K. 626)
Telemann, G.P.
Du aber, Daniel (TWV 4:17)
Vaughan Williams, R.
Dona Nobis Pacem
Fantasia on a Christmas Carol