Jena Jubilee Singers

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Jena Jubilee Singers
Seat: Jena / Germany
Carrier: Friedrich Schiller University
Founding: 1988
Genus: Gospel , Spiritual , Jubilee
Head : Norbert Kleekamp
Voices : SATB
Website : www.jena-jubilee-singers.de

The Jena Jubilee Singers are a choir of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena .

The choir, founded in 1988, has dedicated itself to the traditional, sacred music of black Americans, i.e. the gospels , spirituals and jubilees. In addition, he sings modern church music, classical works and his own compositions, and goes on excursions to rock & pop.

The choir mainly performs in Thuringia , Saxony and Hesse , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein . So far , concerts abroad have been given in Austria , the Czech Republic and Italy . In 2005 the choir embarked on a fortnightly gospel tour in the United States .

Discography

  • Rise Up Singing (October 2000)
  • Gospel Mass (March 2000)
  • Go Tell It On The Mountain (2001)
  • We're The Jubilee Singers (April 2004)
  • Celebration (March 2008)