Holger Kiesé

Holger Kiesé (2013)

Holger Kiesé (* 1959 in Esens , East Friesland ) is a German Protestant deacon , church musician and songwriter .

Life

Holger Kiesé grew up in Esens. After high school and community service, he completed a degree in religious education at the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences in Hanover (EFH). In 1985 he became a deacon and church musician in Langenhagen - Engelbostel near Hanover . He worked as a lecturer at the Evangelische Fachhochschule Hannover (EFH). Since 2005 he has been a freelance music teacher, choir director and speaker for music-creative community practice and has his own music school. He leads the band project group holger kiesé and the gospel choir Back to Church . Kiesé is the composer of many children's songs, canons and new sacred songs . He is also the author of non-fiction and specialist books, various publications and CDs. He is a member of the lyricists and composers group TAKT . As a music consultant, Kiesé is regularly active in the church educational institutions in Loccum . a. at the New Year's Eve conferences of the Evangelical Academy Loccum , as well as since 2016 for the Diakonisches Werk Evangelical Churches in Lower Saxony / Department for day-care centers in the advanced training for educators.

Works (selection)

• This night (1984; text: Frank Fockele ), Strube-Verlag
• We want to sing happily (1984; No. 26 in the hymn book of the Ev.-Meth. Church, 2002)
• What do I ask (1985; Text: Hartmut Handt )
• My time is God's time (1988; Text: Eckart Bücken )
• Children can do many things (1990; text: Sybille Fritsch), Neukirchener Verlagshaus
• We feel God's blessing (1995; text: Barbara Cratzius), Lutherisches Verlagshaus
• Children need hope (German Protestant Kirchentag Hannover 2005, LebensWeisen 55, text: Holger Kiesé / Jan von Lingen)
• Everything has its time (2008)
• Song of the Five Senses (2008; song book "Church with Children 2" , 2012)

Discography

• 1984: There are moments ... (MC)
• 1986: The bread tree in bloom (MC)
• 1988: Knowing a Heaven (MC)
• 1990: ostinato percussivo (MC)
• 1999: I want to sing, sing (MC)
• 2005: Children need hope (CD)
• 2007: A time has come for us ... (CD)
• 2011: Listen to your heart and sing! (CD)
• 2013: Playbacks for the most beautiful songs & canons (CD)

Publications (selection)

• Total opening of the sky, together with Kurt Rose, Deutscher Theaterverlag, 1983, ISBN 3-7695-2965-0 .
• Little people - big people / Experiencing faith together / No. 1. A handful of earth, a handful of God's creation , Rauhe Haus agency, 1988, ISBN 3-7600-0481-4 .
• Little people - big people / experiencing faith together / No. 6. The Advent wreath and other Christmas customs, Rauhen Haus agency, 1989, ISBN 3-7600-0519-5 .
• Little people - big people / Experiencing faith together / No. 8. Jesus is a friend of children, Rauhen Haus agency, 1990, ISBN 3-7600-0542-X .
• Advent season, ed. together with Werner Reich u. a., series: Neues für den Gottesdienst, Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 1995, ISBN 3-7859-0692-7 .
• Dance - Signs - Attitudes, together with Manfred Büsing, series: News for Divine Service, Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 2000, ISBN 3-7859-0801-6 .
• The Biblical Understanding of Work and Man's Responsibility for Creation Confirmation work materials, Karl and Louise Müller Foundation, 2006 www.klm-stiftung
• Festivals and celebrations in KU 4, ed. together with Ute Beyer-Henneberger and Susanne Michaelsen, Arbeitshilfen KU, Nr. 25, Religionspädagogisches Institut Loccum, 2007, ISBN 978-3-936420-24-1 .
• Now sing Hallelujah! - Make music and create biblical stories in Protestant day-care centers, together with Maren Eikemeier and Regina Pagel-Herschel, State Association of Protestant Daycare Centers for Children Hanover, 2012 www.levtek.de

Web links

• Homepage of Holger Kiesé