Carsten Gerlitz
Carsten Gerlitz (* 1966 in Berlin ) is a German musician, arranger , publisher , composer and choir director .
Life
Carsten Gerlitz studied music at the HdK Berlin and computer science at the FU. He received his musical training on the piano and in arrangement and composition from Clemens Kühn , Hartmut Fladt and Heinrich Riethmüller, among others .
He works as a musician, arranger, publisher, composer and author. He is best known for his numerous piano and choir arrangements. In his own recording studio, he oversees word and music productions. He was musical director on several occasions at SAT.1, ZDF and RTL. He also worked as musical director at the Berliner Schlosspark Theater, the Berliner Tribüne, the Stuttgart Comedy in the Marquardt, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Maag Halle Zurich, Theater Bonn, St.Pauli Theater in Hamburg and arranged and directed the Palazzo shows in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. In cooperation with Stage Entertainment, he was involved in musical projects several times. He arranged and composed the music for the stage hit "Heße Zeiten". For the second part "High Time" and the third part "Heavenly Times" he also wrote the lyrics. In 2011 he got a composition commission for the Lower Saxony Music Days. In 2010 Gerlitz worked on the SAT1 production “ Rock instead of Rente! - The best comes at the end ”as a choir director. In 2013 he set the adventures of “Conni” (three volumes, book incl. CD) to music for Carlsen Verlag. Various choral publications have appeared in the company's own publishing house, Greenlandmusic. Carsten Gerlitz arranged for Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester , Reinhard Mey , Ute Lemper , Pepe Lienhard , Voxxclub , Ernie and Bert von der Sesamstraße and regularly for the NDR , the MDR symphony orchestra and the MDR children's choir . He is also regularly active as a lecturer in choral conducting.
With his choir " The Happy Disharmonists ", which he has directed since 1985 (since it was founded), Carsten Gerlitz received the Berlin Culture Prize Bonzo (1995) and has released several CDs.
His publication Pop Ballads received the “Best Edition” German music edition award from the German Association of Music Publishers .
Works (selection)
Books
- Just Sing It! Ideas for conducting pop choirs, Helbling Verlag
- Pop choir, almost 1001 tips on choral conducting, Helbling Verlag
- Modern bar piano, incl. CD, Schottverlag
- Arranging and instrumenting. Baroque to pop, Bärenreiter study books
- The new arrangement book, KDM / Alfred Verlag
- Hard disc recording, KDM / Alfred Verlag
Piano (selection)
- Schott Piano Lounge, 24 volumes including CD
- Schott Vocal Lounge, 4 volumes including CD
- Pop for Two, easy pieces for 4 hands, Schott Verlag
- Reinhard Mey on the piano, arrangements, Edition RM
- Wise Guys sheet music for piano, 2 volumes, Wise Guys Verlag
- Easy Hits for Kids, various volumes, Alfred Verlag
Choir (selection)
- Just Sing It! for SSATB, Helbling Verlag
- Easy Pop Choir, various volumes, SAB and piano, Helbling Verlag
- Reinhard Mey for choir, Helbling Verlag
- Sting for choir, Tonos Verlag
- Supertramp for choir, Helling Verlag
- Rainhard Fendrich for choir, Helbling Verlag
- Men's things, arrangements by Roger Cicero for male choir, Peer Verlag
- Peter and the Wolf , arrangement for choir, Sikorski Verlag
- Choirbook, various volumes (Movie, Gospel, Celtic, Christmas, Lullaby, Woman, Folk), Greenlandmusic / Schott Verlag
- Choir exclusive, various volumes, Alfred Verlag
- Choir once different, Volume 1–3, Firmamant Verlag
- Anointed for the night, settings for SATB of texts by Robert Gernhardt , Gelber Hund Verlag
- Comedian Harmonists , original arrangements for SATB and piano, KDM / Alfred
- Cartoon hits a cappella, Disney for SATB, Helbling
- Gernhardt's chants, settings for mixed Choir a cappella based on texts by Robert Gernhardt , Bosse
- Rainer Maria Rilke , three poems for four-part mixed choir, peer
- Stages, setting of a Hesse poem for gem. Choir, peer
- Music is the trump card, various arrangements, Helbling Verlag
- Love & Choir, various arrangements, Helbling Verlag
- Such a kiss comes by itself, various arrangements, Helbling Verlag
- Singing Explosion, Les Humphries for choir, Sikorski Verlag
- Pop Ballads, various arrangements, Schott Verlag
- Folk songs remixed, various arrangements, Schott Verlag
- Cabinet pieces, various arrangements, Tonos Verlag
- Who turned the clock, various arrangements, Tonos Verlag
- Carbonara, various arrangements, Helbling Verlag
- 4 extremely good mini-operas, Gelber Hund Verlag
- various individual issues (selection):
- Mad cow disease, Meisel Verlag
- Thank You For The Music, Wildt´s Musikverlag
- Super Trouper, Wildt´s Musikverlag
- The royal children, Greenlandmusic
- Can you feel the love tonight, Helbling
- Portsmouth, Helbling
- Royals, Helbling
- Time after time, Helbling
- Everglow, Helbling
- Perfect, Helbling
Sound carrier (selection)
- Conni makes music, Carlsen Verlag (book with CD)
- Conni comes to school, Carlsen Verlag (book with CD)
- Conny celebrates Christmas, Carlsen Verlag (book with CD)
- Peter and the Wolf, The Happy Disharmonists , Greenlandmusic
- Herrig meets Hölzel, with Axel Herrig , Greenlandmusic
- Hard choir, The Happy Disharmonists , Greenlandmusic
- Jazzissimo, The Happy Disharmonists , Meisel
Web links
- Carsten Gerlitz's website
- Profile of Carsten Gerlitz on the homepage of SAT.1
- The Happy Disharmonists website
- Profile of Carsten Gerlitz on the Schott Verlag website
- Works by and about Carsten Gerlitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerlitz, Carsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, arranger, composer and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |