Hans-Ulrich Henning

Hans-Ulrich Henning (born March 25, 1950 in Gütersloh ) is a German choir director , singer and music teacher .

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Hans-Ulrich Henning studied school music , singing and German at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . After graduating from grammar school, he studied singing with Peter Ziethen at the Münster University of Music from 1975 to 1980 . From 1979 to 2018 (retired) he was senior teacher for music at the grammar school of the CJD Jugenddorf-Christophorusschule Versmold . In this capacity he initiated and directed the nationwide youth symphony orchestra of the Christian Youth Village Association in Germany and founded the Christophorus Youth Chamber Choir Versmold in 1979 , which he still directs today and with which he has won numerous national and international awards. As a tenor , he was a member of the vocal ensemble ColVoc from 1978 to 1989 and lead singer of the vocal quartet Drops , whose work has been documented in numerous television, radio and record productions. Henning was a juror in numerous competitions and a member of the European Choral Association - Europa Cantat , the working group Music in the Young , the International Federation for Choral Music and received the title of choir director from the International Choral Conductors Association .

Henning received the following awards with the Christophorus youth chamber choir Versmold :

1985: Finalist in the German Choir Competition
1993: 1st prize at the International Choir Festival Olomouc
1997: Representative of Germany at the International Youth Choir Festival in Thessaloniki
2001: Bruno-Kleine-Förderpreis for exemplary and sustainable youth work
2002: World premiere of a work by Max Beckschäfer
2002: Finalist of the German Choir Competition
2004: invitation to the IX. Pazaislio Muzikos Festivalis in Kaunas
2005: Star of the year of the East Westphalian print media for outstanding achievements in the cultural life of East Westphalia
2006: Invitation to the 6th International Youth Chamber Choir Encounter in Usedom
2007: Germany representative for the World Youth Festival of Arts in Aberdeen
2009: Representative of North Rhine-Westphalia at the federal meeting of schools making music in Hamburg
2009: Gold medal and special prize for the best program selection and dramaturgy at the IV International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music in Bratislava
2016: 1st place with the highest distinction at the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna
2016: 1st prize and distinction in the competition The best choir in the west organized by Westdeutscher Rundfunk

2016: Star of the year of the East Westphalian print media for outstanding achievements in the cultural life of East Westphalia

Barbershop Songs (LP Vocal Quartet Drops , 1981)
Chansons and hits for men's quartet (LP Vocal Quartet Drops , 1983)
O valleys wide, o heights - folk songs of romanticism (LP Vocal Quartet Drops , 1987)
Schlager and Chansons (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 1988)
Drops ... von der Rolle , Evergreens and Chansons (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 1993)
Jauchzet dem Herrn - Sacred choral and organ music from five centuries (CD Christophorus-Jugendkammerchor Versmold , 1993)
Christmas in Rheda-Wiedenbrück , among others with Drops (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 1995)
Drops ... under the lantern (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 1997)
Du Meine Seele, Singe (CD Christophorus-Jugendkammerchor Versmold , 1998)
In a small pastry shop (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 1998)
O valleys wide, o heights - German folk songs of the romantic era (CD Vocal Quartet Drops , 2003)
Dreams - Drömmarne - Scandinavian choral and piano music of the Romantic era (CD Christophorus-Jugendkammerchor Versmold , 2004)

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SURNAME	Henning, Hans-Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German choir director, music teacher and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gutersloh