Grab it!', Mellema's new solo CD was presented during the Grachtenfestival 2006 in the spectacular panoramic IJtoren in Amsterdam. You can order it here.

During the opening of the 2006 Grachtenfestival edition, Mellema was a soloist in Philip Glass' Melodies with the New Cool Collective, Holland hippest big band in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.

Ties Mellema's gives an inside look at his personal musical preference (Dutch only) in the Parool. See 'press' for the article.

In Denver right now with Evert and Dick

In Denver right now with Evert and Dick.
On holidays. We are travaling form Denver to LA through Sedona, Las Vegas, San Francisco and whatever we finf on our way.
Yesterday we couldn't rent a car because of some bureaucratic stuff...
wheather in Denver is good, humid but not too hot yet. Let's see how it is in Arizona.

Ties Mellema was appointed professor of saxophone at both the Artez and Fontys conservatories.

I came back from Russia with the quartet last week

I came back from Russia with the quartet last week. We had a good time although it was very hot. Almost impossible to study due to do the heat. But we made it back. In the mean time we went to Ikea and bought some new closets and a desk. Today we will install all the new stuff. We are going to switch the computerroom and the bedroom. That'll be soem work.
Sunday I'll leave for the States with Dick and Evert. 26 days in a jeep that drives 1:8! Denver, Arizona, California... Hot!

The Amstel Quartet came back from a succesful series of concerts in Russia. The ensemble made their debut as soloists in Tristan Keuris' Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra with the Philharmonia Orchestra in Nizhny Novgorod.