Jost Schmithals

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Jost Schmithals (* 1959 in Essen ) is a German church musician , choir director and organist .

biography

Jost Schmithals studied Protestant church music and artistic organ playing at the Cologne University of Music . There he passed his state diploma exams in these two disciplines and also studied musicology and mathematics at the Ruhr University Bochum .

From 1974 to 1986 Jost Schmithals worked as a part-time church musician in Hagen-Berchum , parallel to school and studies . From 1987 to 2014 he was the owner of the A-church musician position in Höxter at the two historic Evangelical churches, the Kilianikirche and the Marienkirche. As a cantor and organist for the Evangelical Parish of Höxter, he is responsible for leading the choirs, organ services and concert management.

In the Protestant parish of Paderborn Jost Schmithals dressed since the office of county cantor for the eastern part ( Höxter ), and it acts in this capacity as a lecturer in church music education of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia with. From 1991 to 1998 he was also the synodal representative for wind instruments in the Paderborn church district.

As organist, Jost Schmithals was responsible for the restoration of the baroque organ in Hagen-Berchum (1976) and for the fundamental renovation and redesign of the baroque monument organ of the Kilianikirche Höxter (1998-2004), which was seriously endangered by lead corrosion .

His work also focuses on the pop / gospel choir and children's choir . His innovative concept of internet-based choir workshops (“Bach cantatas for singing along” with online preparation) is attracting national attention.

Jost Schmithals is married to the graphic designer Sabine Schmithals and he has two sons.

Awards

In 1999 Jost Schmithals was awarded the title of Church Music Director by the Evangelical Church of Westphalia for his special achievements in the field of church music .

Fonts

  • Jost and Sabine Schmithals: The organ in the Kilianikirche Höxter - Festschrift for the re-inauguration on June 13, 2004. Höxter 2004.

Compositions

  • Commissioned compositions for the trumpet work of the Evangelical Church in Germany in: Let our praise please you. Volume 3, Strube Edition 2022, Essen 1984.
  • Commissioned compositions for the trombone works in Germany in: Preludes for wind instruments to the Evangelical Hymnal. Strube Edition 2085 ISMN M-2009-0841-1.
  • Commissioned compositions for the Lower Saxony / Bremen trombone works in: Preludes for wind instruments for the Lower Saxony / Bremen regional section. Strube Edition 2116, ISMN M-2009-1533-4.
  • Commissioned compositions for the trombone factories Westfalen, Rheinland, Lippe u. a. in: Preludes for wind instruments for the regional section West. Strube Edition 2129, ISMN M-2009-1729-1.
  • Wind variations on sleep, my child. in: Hans-Jürgen Lange (Ed.): ... and gives us his son. ISMN M-2009-1707-9.
  • Compositions and arrangements for community practice (choir, gospel choir, children's choir, trombone choir, organ, trumpet and organ) published by Ev. Parish of Höxter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography , viewed March 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ composers directory: Hartmut Bietz (ed.): Preludes for winds to the EC. Berlin 1995, p. 321, ISMN M-2009-0841-1.
  3. ↑ Declaration of resignation from January 2014 (PDF, 255 kB). Retrieved April 3, 2014 .
  4. ^ Evangelical parish of Höxter , as seen March 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ Principles of Human Resources, Paderborn Church District. Page 5 (PDF file; 193 kB), viewed March 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Hermann Gehring: Beginnings and status of the trombone choir work in the Hochstift Paderborn. In: Manfred Büttner (Ed.): With drummets and timpani, horns and trombones. Festschrift for Werner Benz on his 65th birthday (Musicologica Berolinensia; 8). Verlag Kuhn, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-928864-82-3 , pp. 181-183.
  7. ↑ Festschrift for the rededication of the organ in the Kilianikirche Höxter (PDF file; 6.74 MB), viewed March 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ Choirs and choir projects in the Höxter Music Center , as seen on March 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ An example of good practice from the Evangelical Church in Germany: Internet-based choir projects in Höxter , seen March 23, 2011.
  10. ↑ Church Official Gazette No. 7 of the EKvW of October 22, 1999, page 212 (PDF file; 3.56 MB), viewed March 23, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmithals, Jost
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician, choir director and organist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH eat