Renée Steenvoorden (1994) teaches Vocal music at the Music in Education programme. In addition, she works as a music teacher within special education and is active as a performing vocalist. For her, music, singing, and education form an ideal combination.
In 2016, Renée graduated from the Music in Education programme at Conservatorium Maastricht. She subsequently specialised further in vocal studies and obtained both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in jazz vocal from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2021, where she studied with renowned European jazz musicians such as David Linx and Diederik Wissels.
Alongside her teaching work, Renée regularly performs with a variety of musical projects both in the Netherlands and abroad. She has appeared at venues including De Roode Bioscoop, Midis-Minimes Festival, 30CC/Schouwburg, Pop-up Jazzclub Maastricht, and Jazzkeller.
In September 2021, Renée released her debut album, Songs from the Garden, with the vocal ensemble WANDER. This was followed by her personal EP A Place Called Home (2022), the album For What May Come (2025) with vocal trio WANDER, and Songs of Winter (2024) with her duo Chimaera, with whom she won a prize at the EU Jazz Young Talent Award in 2023.