Education

MA in Ethnomusicology, Cum Laude/First-Class, University College Cork (2025)

BA in Music Management, Arts & Economics, Cum Laude/First-Class, University of the Arts Utrecht (2023)

Minor in Applied Psychology, Applied University of Utrecht (2021 )

Electronic Music Certificate, School for Audio Engineering (2017)

Associate Degree, IBS (2016)

Professional Experience

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Freelance, Music Curation & Assistent Producer (2025 >)

Independent Ethnomusicologist & Sound Artist (2024 >)

Stichting Herdenking Slavernijverleden, Leiden, Freelance, Researcher (2024 >)

Mary Go Wild, Amsterdam, Booker & Producer (2017-2023)

Delsin Records, Amsterdam, Internship, A&R (2021)

JACK, Amsterdam, Freelance, Artist Handling & Booker (2018-2019)

Distinctions

Society for Musicology Ireland, Nomination for the Alison Dunlop Graduate Award of Ireland. (2025)

University College Cork, First-Class Honours. (2025)

University of the Arts Utrecht, Music as Medicine Erasmus MC. University Nomination for Best Thesis. (2023)

University of the Arts Utrecht, Cum Laude. (2023)

Grants

Amarte Fonds, Interdisciplinair Ontwikkelbijdrage (2026)

Residencies

Artist-in-Residence, Meneer de Wit, Netherlands (2026 - 2027)

Artist-in-Residence, Alyakha Art Centre, West Papua (2026)

Expeditions

West-Papua: artistic ethnography (2026)

Bangladesh & Northeast India: ethnography (2026)

India, Nepal, Pakistan: ethnography (2025)

Suriname, ethnography (2021, 2024, 2025)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (2022)

Extra Contributions

ISBI Tanah Papua, Reading on Ethnomusicology and Sound Studies (2026)

Stichting Herdenking Slavernijverleden, Reading on Ethnomusicology at the “Red Slavery” Conference (2025)

Becker AS, van der Valk Bouman ES, Klimek M. Self-Chosen Music as a Contributor to Music-Induced Analgesia Across Diverse Socio-Cultural Backgrounds: A Crossover Randomised Controlled Trial. (2025) - Preliminary Study (2023)

Noctiluca, Sarah Damai Hoogman, Audiovisual Exhibition, Sound Artist (2021)

Levenslang, Jikke Lesterhuis, Audiovisual Exhibition, Sound Artist (2021)