Hi everyone! I'm Ann Vancoillie from Ghent, Belgium. I'm First Violin, Second Soloist with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. My background is classical, with a Master’s degree in Violin, Chamber Music and Pedagogy, ...but my passion for improvisation inspired me to return to the Royal Conservatory to complete a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Violin, which I graduated from in 2024. After my jazz degree, I continued studying with Eva Slongo and Tim Kliphuis. I'm also the founder of Jazz Line Lab, an online community dedicated to jazz language and improvisation, and I teach violin technique in Eva Slongo’s Jazz Violin Academy. I was drawn to Matt’s school after seeing his short videos on Facebook and Instagram. They immediately gave me many new ideas and made me curious to explore his approach more deeply. My goal is to work on a double time virtuosic jazz language in which I can fully use my classical technique. I'm especially interested in bebop vocabulary, enclosures, advanced phrasing and building fluent, expressive and technically free improvisations. Here are two recent projects: 🎻 A duo performance with guitarist Rafael Maillet https://www-fallback.instagram.com/raphael.maillet/reel/DaDiHLZOshp/, https://youtu.be/Y0vBq4Eh4iQ?si=jdiI_baILhtu7E5J 🎶 The latest single by Corda Viva: https://open.spotify.com/album/3EAQVZK916wlak00xD9Clj?si=oZn4w0BjTCCvM4IRqF0sSw I'm looking forward to learning from Matt, meeting everyone here and exchanging ideas. Ann