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Joe Völker (2011)

Hans Jürgen "Joe" Völker (born January 29, 1969 ) is a German choir director , arranger and pianist . He leads various choirs and worked as a singer at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm , as a répétiteur at the Vereinigte Bühnen Bozen and at the La Mama Experimental Theater on Broadway . Völker has worked as a freelance musical director at the Mannheim National Theater since 2008 . In 2006 he founded the trio Thirty Fingers with Petra Erdtmann and Peter Götzmann . Joe Völker lives in Mannheim .

education

Joe Völker began his musical career at the age of six with lessons from Gerhard Jacobi, then from Hans Jürgen Thoma. He learned from Uwe Schüßler ( church organ , music composition , hymnology ) and Herrmann Schäffer (church organ) at the Protestant regional chancellery . He later studied at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts with Hubert Nuss ( piano / jazz ), Annette Volkamer (piano / classical), Bernd Rabe (arrangement) and Tom van der Geld ( harmony and music theory ).

As a result, he took part in numerous workshops and master classes on everything to do with the Métier choral conducting and voice. a. at Peder Karlsson , The Real Group , Take 6 , New York Voices , Maybebop , Voces8 , Oliver Gies , Markus Detterbeck , Matthias Becker , Darmon Meader , Harald Jers and Gisela Rohmert .

Artistic creation

Joe Völker with the Speyer rock choir

As a teenager he played as a pianist in the hotel bar and in various bands. After graduating from high school, he worked as a freelance musician at home and abroad. 1997 began his (permanent) activity as a stage partner and pianist of the Karlsruhe chanteuse Annette Postel . In 1997 he founded the vocal ensemble Voice R Us . From 1998 to 2005 he played with the renowned German dance orchestra Wolf Kaiser Bigband . In 1999 he took over his first choir, Rainbow Gospel & Soul Connection . Together with Anna Krämer he produced the musical for an actress Tonight: Lola Blau by Georg Kreisler (director: Dick Top), with whom he regularly appeared on stage until 2012. From 2001 to 2004 he was men for the scenic recital ! engaged by Franz Wittenbrink as a singer at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin . In 2004-05 he worked as a répétiteur for the musicals Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar at the German Theater in Bozen (musical direction: Stephen Lloyd ).

Thirty Fingers (2013): Joe Völker, Petra Erdtmann , Peter Götzmann (from left to right)

In 2006 he founded the trio Thirty Fingers with Petra Erdtmann (flute) and Peter Götzmann (drums) . Together they play jazz-classic crossover, a tongue-in-cheek mélange of music from the last three centuries from early baroque to modern jazz. Since then he has mainly devoted himself to arranging choral movements and orchestral arrangements. He leads various choirs, including the 140-strong Alphabetchor , the Bürgerchor at the Nationaltheater Mannheim.

Activity as arranger

As an arranger, Joe Völker usually writes the movements for his choirs and ensembles himself and arranges stage music, CD productions and jingles.

Choir direction

  • 1997-2011: Vocal Ensemble Voice R Us
  • Since 1999: Rainbow Gospel & Soul Connection, Mannheim
  • 2004–2006: Gekko, Dossenheim
  • 2008–2017: Fine Art Music, Brühl / Baden
  • Since 2010: Rockchor Speyer
  • Since 2017: Alphabetchor, citizens choir at the Nationaltheater Mannheim
  • Since 2018 Spirit of Sound, Schwegenheim

Music theater and concert productions

  • 1999: Tonight: Lola blau at the Sandkorn-Theater , Karlsruhe (musical direction and actor)
  • 2002: Jesus Christ Superstar at the Capitol in Mannheim (musical direction)
  • 2003: Cabaret at the Badische Landesbühne in Bruchsal (musical direction)
  • 2003: Bal au Moulin Rouge at the Capitol Mannheim. (Arrangements, musical direction)
  • 2004: Rat Pack , London , tour production (keyboards)
  • 2006: Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration . Live adaptation of the award-winning CD version by Mervyn Warren for the Celebration Gospel Choir (arrangements)
  • 2008: The Ballad of Garuma , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical direction, music production, arrangement)
  • 2009: Tonight: Lola Blau at the La Mama Experimental Theater, New York City . (musical direction and actor)
  • 2009: Tour with Marla Glen through Germany and Austria.
  • 2009: Ronja Robber's Daughter , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical preparation)
  • 2010: The Threepenny Opera , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical direction, piano)
  • 2010: The visit of the old lady , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical direction, arrangements)
  • 2011: A Midsummer Night's Dream , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical preparation)
  • 2012: Mariken , Schnawwl at the Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical rehearsals, arrangements)
  • 2012: Mother Courage and her children , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical direction, piano, arrangements)
  • 2013: Woyzeck , Nationaltheater Mannheim (musical direction, keyboards, arrangements)
  • 2015: Blues Brothers , Nationaltheater Mannheim (deputy music director, keyboards)
  • 2018: Jesus Christ Superstar , Capitol Mannheim (musical direction, keyboards)
  • 2018: The Coronation of Poppea (Claudio Monteverdi) , Nationaltheater Mannheim (choir production, choir pieces)
  • 2018: Mannheim Requiem (Jan Dvořak) , Nationaltheater Mannheim (choir production, piano)

Tonight: Lola Blau

With Tonight: Lola blau Völker had a guest appearance at the theater festival in Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire in 2002 and guest performances in the Netherlands in 2003 , which were organized by Xaviera Hollander . In 2008 Völker and Anna Krämer played an English-language adaptation of the musical Tonight: Lola Blau! at the Players Club at Gramercy Park , New York . The success of the performance led to an engagement on (off-off) Broadway in the La Mama Experimental Theater in 2009 . The first performance took place on March 13, 2009 and was well received.

Pianojoe Records

In 2008 Völker founded the music label Pianojoe Records (LC18631) in order to give the publications of his various choirs and ensembles, but also third parties, a common roof. Eight physical and two digital productions had been released by 2012. Joe Völker is a member of GEMA, the GVL, the German Rock Musicians Association and the German Stage Cooperative and advocates a copyright that respects the performance of the artists by ensuring that the authors are remunerated for the use of their works.

Discography

  • 1994 Don't Take It Out with Ria Hamilton (arrangements, sound engineering, keyboards, executive producer)
  • 1997 souvenirs, souvenirs (arrangements, piano, mixing)
  • 1997 Ask A Woman Who Knows with Sydney Ellis, Black Wallet Records (piano)
  • 1997 Benjamin, I have nothing to wear with Annette Postel (piano)
  • 1998 What's the Buzz? with the Celebration Gospel Choir feat. Xavier Naidoo and Darius Merstein-MacLeod
  • 2000 German Open Dancing II with the Wolf-Kaiser-Bigband (piano)
  • 2001 Wade in the Water with the Celebration Gospel Choir (keyboards, arrangements)
  • 2004 Blond - freshly tinted with Annette Postel and Gunzi Heil
  • 2007 Easy Beats with Peter Götzmann's Jazz Hop Rhythm (keyboards)
  • 2008 Radio & Headphones live with Peter Götzmann's Jazz Hop Rhythm (keyboards)
  • 2008: Awesome God with the Rainbow Gospel & Soul Connection (arrangements, keyboards, sound engineering)
  • 2010: Morning Mood with Thirty Fingers, maxi-CD, only published digitally (piano)
  • 2011: Africa to America - a cappella Gospel groove live with the Celebration Gospel Choir (arrangements, keyboards, sound engineering)
  • 2012: Many Hearts. One Voice with Fine Art Music (arrangements, keyboards, sound engineering, mastering)
  • 2012: Timeless with Thirty Fingers (piano, mixing, mastering)

Trivia

Joe Völker was sometimes seen in smaller roles as an actor on television, for example in the series Streit um drei (ZDF), Herzschlag - Das Ärzteteam Nord (ZDF) and Fun from Mainz (ARD).

Web links

Commons : Joe Völker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Choirs

Videos

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Information on rainbowgospel.de
  4. ↑ Information ( memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on home.arcor.de
  5. ↑ http://www.celebration-choir.de/
  6. ↑ Information ( memento from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on kultur.graz.at
  7. ↑ Jack Anderson: Tonight Lola Blue. New York Theater Wire, March 16, 2009; accessed February 24, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Elizabeth Ahlfors: Tonight: Lola Blau. Curtain Up, accessed February 24, 2013 .
  9. ↑ La MaMa to Present US Premiere of 'Tonight: Lola Blau' Mar. 13-22. Broadwayworld.com, February 21, 2009, accessed on February 24, 2013 (English).
  10. ↑ Information on jazzindex.ch
  11. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Folks, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Völker, Hans Jürgen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, arranger and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH 29th January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim