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- ↑ Awards, Musical Times, Winter 2000
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- ↑ Richard Rijnvos Joins Top UK University Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Dutchsound online guide to Dutch music
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- ↑ Ives Ensemble Biography Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Ives Ensemble
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