Forum Music and Dance of the University of Bonn

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Forum Music and Dance of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Seat: Bonn
Carrier: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University ; State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Founding: 1953
Genera: Orchestra, choirs, brass ensembles, big bands
Management: University Music Director Jörg Ritter
Website : www.musik.uni-bonn.de

The Forum Music and Dance of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (until 2014: Collegium musicum Bonn ) is the central and official organization for music and dance at the University of Bonn.

More than 10 ensembles are part of the forum, including several orchestras, choirs, a big band and the ballet studio of the University of Bonn. The director of the Music and Dance Forum has been University Music Director Jörg Ritter since 2014 .

history

The founding of the Collegium Musicum Bonn, which was carried out on November 18, 1953 by the musicologist Emil Platen at the University of Bonn and was initially headed by the professor of musicology Joseph Schmidt-Görg , was decisive for the development of the Music and Dance Forum . Five years later, Platen took over the management of the associated orchestra, and in 1963 he was appointed "Academic Music Director ".

In the late 1960s, a large rehearsal room for the Collegium musicum was built near the cellar theater in Am Hof ​​7 . In addition to the art education studio , the new building was part of the entire university.

From 1990 to 2012 Walter L. Mik was Academic Music Director. After his successor André Kellinghaus left the Collegium musicum after two years of activity and the rectorate and student representatives did not agree on a successor, the university management appointed a new university music director. As had been planned for some time, the Collegium musicum was dissolved and the Forum Music and Dance was created for its area of ​​responsibility within the cultural forum. The orchestra and choir of the Collegium musicum Bonn were not prepared to work with a conductor they did not support and initially continued their work outside the newly founded forum. Since 2016, all ensembles have again been brought together under the umbrella of the Forum Music and Dance.

Ensembles (by year of entry)

Orchestra of the Collegium musicum Bonn

After the dissolution of the Collegium Musicum Bonn as the central operating unit of the university and the failed replacement of the leadership of the choir and orchestra in 2014, the ensembles nevertheless decided to keep the name. The so-called orchestra of the Collegium musicum Bonn today consists of around 60 students and is currently directed by Michael Barth.

history

After the split from the university, the then 140 members of the choir and orchestra could no longer rehearse in the university from April 1, 2014. The orchestra was about to break up. While the Camerata musicale, the big band, the jazz choir and the academic orchestra of the university were able to continue rehearsing, the members of the choir and the orchestra organized their own rehearsals in addition to protest actions under the slogan of the “ General break - no thanks” initiative; the orchestra in the auditorium of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium and the choir in the auditorium of the Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium . Ansgar Eimann and Andreas Winnen were hired as conductors. The ensembles were financially supported by the AStA of the University of Bonn and the Society for the Promotion of Student Music-Making in Bonn. Among other things, there was a benefit concert in Bonn's Kreuzkirche . Rector Jürgen Fohrmann , who took over the selection process to fill the Academic Music Director after the differences between the Rectorate and the student representatives, was "surprised by the aggressive tone and the degree of unfairness" towards the candidate he proposed. The choir and orchestra of the Collegium musicum joined the Forum Music and Dance of the University of Bonn with their own leaders in the summer semester 2016 and are now making music again within the university.

The ensemble was the first group of western students to make a guest appearance in Romania in 1966 , performed in Brunei in 1985 and was the first orchestra in the world to be invited to North Korea in 2000 .

Michael Barth (* 1970), music teacher at the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium, has been leading the orchestra since the 2017/18 winter semester .

Discography

  • 1974 with the Canberra Choral Society : Mozart - Solemn Vespers and excerpts from The Mass In C Minor. (LP; CTSE)
  • 1994: Music from when the University of Bonn was founded. (CD; Christoph A. Noll, Mülheim-Kärlich)
  • 1997: Music at the University of Bonn. (CD; Nils Heider, Hennef; Music Production Mobile (MPM))

Choir of the Collegium musicum Bonn

The choir of the Collegium musicum Bonn consists of around 120 active members. The vocal ensemble , which mainly performs a cappella music, consists of around 30 members. Ansgar Eimann (* 1969) has directed both ensembles since the 2014 summer semester . The choir has already traveled to the United States , Brazil , Poland , Italy and France to perform .

Bonn University Orchestra - Camerata musicale

The Bonn University Orchestra - Camerata musicale was founded in 1969 by Gisela Mettig (née Weyres) and Dr. Uwe Schmelter founded as Camerata musicale . The ensemble, initially intended as a chamber orchestra, quickly grew into a symphony orchestra. From 1971 to 1987 the musicologist Rainer Cadenbach directed the Camerata musicale. From 1987 to 2008 the orchestra was under the direction of the music teacher Michael Küßner . Since the 2008/09 winter semester, the conductor Martin Kirchharz has been leading what is now the largest student symphony orchestra of the Music and Dance Forum. Due to the size, the decision was made to expand the name to include the "Bonn University Orchestra", but to always keep the traditional name.

Numerous collaborations mark the path of the ensemble. In 2006, for example, the film L'Assassinat du duc de Guise was accompanied live with music by Camille Saint-Saëns at the international silent film days . In 2018 they cooperated with the Children's University in Bonn and organized a series of children's concerts. The spokesman for the story about Peter and the Wolf was Norbert Blüm . The orchestra was able to continue its international concert activities in 2019 with a trip to the partner university St. Andrews in Scotland and a concert in the Younger Hall there. On behalf of the Rectorate of the University of Bonn, the orchestra gave the concert to celebrate the beginning of a new strategic partnership between the two universities.

Academic orchestra

The Academic Orchestra Bonn was founded in 1985 as an association of former members of the orchestra of the Collegium musicum who wanted to continue their long orchestral practice after completing their studies. The Academic Orchestra is an associated ensemble of the Forum Music and Dance. Among the numerous guest conductors of the academic orchestra are u. a. Michael Denhoff , Emil Platen , Walter L. Mik , Timm Tzschaschel , Reiner Schuhenn , Johannes Stert, Christopher Sprenger u. v. m. The young conductor Daniel Spogis is currently responsible for the artistic direction.

Jazz choir of the University of Bonn

The jazz choir of the University of Bonn was founded in 1995 and consists mainly of students from all disciplines of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University , who are selected in a selection process. For a long time the choir was under the direction of the Scottish organist, choir director and church musician Fraser Gartshore . Jan-Hendrik Herrmann has been leading the jazz choir since 2012 . The choir became known beyond the borders of the city of Bonn in 2017 through the WDR television production "The best choir in the west". The jazz choir of the University of Bonn finished second in this NRW-wide choir competition. The award winners' concert in the Cologne Philharmonic was nevertheless played. Furthermore, at the 10th German Choir Competition in Freiburg in May 2018 , the jazz choir of the University of Bonn was awarded 24 out of 25 points and first prize in the category "Popular a-cappella choral music". In addition, the jazz choir of the University of Bonn won first place in the international choir competition as part of the Aarhus Vocal Festival 2019 in June 2019.

Big Band

The Big Band of the University of Bonn was founded in 2002 by Bonn jazz trombonist and band leader Oliver Pospiech . It consists of students from the University of Bonn and other musicians interested in jazz. In 2011 the big band won first prize at the German Orchestra Competition . Joint projects with jazz legends such as Jiggs Wigham and the recording of a jazz version by Oliver Pospiech of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in 2006 made the band very well known in the jazz scene.

In 2018, the first German university big band festival was initiated on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelm University . Participating big bands came from the universities of Cologne, Leipzig, Siegen, Kaiserslautern and Bonn.

Hofgarten Orchestra

The Hofgarten Orchestra consists of 60 active and former students from all faculties of the University of Bonn, as well as lecturers. In the mid-1980s, medical students founded the Hofgarten Orchestra as a chamber ensemble to frame a retirement ceremony. Since the summer semester of 2016, the now fully occupied symphony orchestra has been led by David Scharmacher (* 1977), co-founder and conductor of the " Deutsche Philharmonie Bonn ". The Hofgarten Orchestra has been part of the forum since 2018.

Other ensembles (in alphabetical order)

Ballet studio

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn is the only academic university in Germany that operates its own ballet studio. As early as 1819, a year after the University of Bonn was founded, it was announced that "lessons in the art of dance will be provided as soon as possible". At that time the dance activities were directed by the academic dance master Gabriel Radermacher .

In the winter semester of 1966/67, Eberhard Gockel founded the ballet studio together with the later ARD Tagesthemen presenter Ulrich Wickert . Since then it has been part of the Studium universale. Since 1974 Iskra Zankova has been artistic director of the studio, which offers courses for all levels in cooperation with Bonn University Sports. The courses are held by Nadia Azzam-Trombin and Catharina Gadelha-Bach . The American pianist Paul Rey Klecka is responsible for the musical direction .

Numerous collaborations and choreographies with the Bonn university ensembles mark the artistic path of the ballet ensemble.

The ballet studio has been organizationally integrated into the Music and Dance Forum since 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Silver tuning fork" for the orchestra founder Emil Platen. In: Die Welt , September 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Heinrich Lützeler : The Bonn University. Buildings and sculptures. Edition Röhrscheid, Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1968, pp. 154, 164.
  3. ^ Bernhard Hartmann: Threatening silence in the college. Musical life at Bonn University in crisis. General-Anzeiger , March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ University of Bonn - Jörg Ritter becomes the new head of music. May 28, 2014, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Maximilian Mühlens: . General-Anzeiger, April 8, 2014.
  6. ^ Bernhard Hartmann: Bonner Kreuzkirche. Benefit concert: Big applause for the Collegium musicum. General-Anzeiger , May 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ Bernhard Hartmann: Surprised by the aggressive tone. General-Anzeiger, April 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kulturforum of the University of Bonn
  9. ^ The Collegium Musicum Bonn orchestra performed at the Dewan Raya. In: Brunei Darussalam. Ed. 1–41, Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports - Department of Information, Brunei Darussalam, 1985, p. 133.
  10. ^ Collegium musicum invited to North Korea idw - Science Information Service. Accessed January 31, 2019.
  11. ^ Door opener Collegium musicum Bonn in North Korea. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 12, 2001, No. 212, p. 54
  12. ^ Choir - Direction: Ansgar Eimann. Collegium musicum Bonn; accessed on February 1, 2019.
  13. ^ Orchestra - conductor: Michael Barth. Collegium musicum Bonn; accessed on February 1, 2019.
  14. ↑ Music from the time the University of Bonn was founded in the portal of the German National Library
  15. ^ Music in the University of Bonn in the portal of the German National Library
  16. ↑ History »Uniorchester Bonn. In: Bonn University Orchestra. Accessed April 16, 2019 (German).
  17. ↑ 22nd Bonn Summer Cinema - International Silent Film Festival 2006 | Friends of Film Culture Bonn. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  18. ^ Children's and Family Concert — University of Bonn. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  19. ^ University celebrates European partnership with double bill of orchestral concerts. October 2, 2019, accessed January 17, 2020 (UK English).
  20. ↑ Guest Conductors - Academic Orchestra Bonn. Retrieved on March 25, 2019 (German).
  21. ↑ Highlight - Jazz Choir Uni Bonn. December 15, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  22. ^ History. In: Jazz Choir of the University of Bonn. Accessed April 16, 2019 (German).
  23. ↑ Facebook. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
  24. ↑ BigBand - University of Bonn. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Bonn | History. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
  26. ^ German Philharmonic Bonn. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Hofgarten Orchestra - University of Bonn. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  28. ^ History of the University Ballet Studio - University of Bonn. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Sports offer - Uni Bonn | University sports. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
  30. ^ Dance - Ballet Studio - University of Bonn. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .