Kai Koch

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Kai Koch

Kai Koch (born December 30, 1986 in Höxter as Kai Schmidt) is a German music teacher , music geragogue , university teacher , organist and choir director .

Career

After graduating from high school at König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Höxter and the subsequent community service, Koch studied educational science and school music at the Detmold University of Music from 2007 with the artistic main subject organ with Tomasz Adam Nowak . He completed this course of study with a second subject in chemistry, which he took at the University of Paderborn , in 2011 with the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools .

From 2011 to 2012, Koch completed a master's degree in music and creativity (majoring in organ with cathedral organist Thomas Schmitz ) at the local music college in Münster , before passing his second state examination at the Münster Peace School in 2013 . He continued to work at the same school as a substitute teacher and since 2014 as a teacher in the church service. In August 2016, he moved to the Evangelical Trifels-Gymnasium Annweiler in the same position .

From 2014 to 2015, Koch studied interpretation of choral music with Jörg-Peter Weigle at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin and completed this with a thesis on “Age Limits in Choirs” with another Master of Music (M.Mus. ) from.

2017 he was awarded an empirical work to the choir singing at the age at the Institute for Talent Research in Music (IBFM) at the University of Paderborn in Heiner Gembris with summa cum laude in professional music education doctorate. After teaching positions (for the subjects of music education , musicology and academic writing ) at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg , the Musikhochschule Münster , the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim and the International University of Cooperative Education in Heidelberg , Koch continues to be a speaker at lectures and workshops and as an editor and as an author of scientific publications (including music didactics and music geragogy ). Koch's compositions and arrangements have been published by Gustav Bosse Verlag , Bärenreiter , Helbling, Edition Impronta and Edition Ferrimontana.

In the 2018 summer semester, Koch was appointed professor for music education in social work at the Catholic Foundation University in Munich .

He has been married since 2011 and lives with his wife and son in Ludwigshafen am Rhein .

Music geragogical work

In cooperation with the founders of music geragogy, Hans Hermann Wickel and Theo Hartogh , Koch is primarily involved in this area of music education through the senior choir leadership division ; Examples of this are the empirical dissertation on this topic, the founding of the network "Singen im Alter" (Germany-wide senior choir database , bibliography, announcements and reviews of practice materials) and membership as an assessor on the board of the German Society for Music Geragogy (DGfMG eV).

He has been giving a lecture on the subject of singing in old age since 2014 as part of the nationwide advanced training in music geragogy at the Münster University of Applied Sciences (including in Engers / Neuwied, Münster and Hammelburg). In addition, Koch gives lectures on the subject of "Singing in old age" at home and abroad, publishes choral literature especially for senior choirs, is present at specialist conferences on the subject of singing in old age and was available in (radio) interviews for music-educational questions.

Prizes and awards

Publications

Compositions

  • with FJ Ratte (ed.): Now all gates open wide. (Bosses Senior Choir). Bosse, Kassel 2018.
  • Farewell music. (Arrangement collection). Bärenreiter, Kassel 2017.
  • Down by the Sally Gardens. (SSA). Music Special / Edition Ferrimontana, Ober-Mörlen 2016.
  • Pyramidal. (Qfl., Vcl., Engl.). Impronta Edition, Mannheim 2016.
  • Gloria. (SATB, Org.) (2010). Impronta Edition, Mannheim 2015.
  • The Holly and the Ivy. (TBB, class). Helbling, Rum / Esslingen 2013.
  • A bird sat on a tree. (SATB). Music Special / Edition Ferrimontana, Ober-Mörlen 2013.
  • Psalm: I am happy, redeemed, liberated. (Text: Hanns Dieter Hüsch ). In: Music and Church (2), Bärenreiter, Kassel 2012, p. 130.
  • Pentecost song I. (Text: Winfried Müller-Brandes). In: Living Freed From Fears. New Easter and Pentecost songs. Strube, Munich 2012, p. 28.
  • Your spirit, God, often speaks softly. (Text: Johannes Leue). In: Living Freed From Fears. New Easter and Pentecost songs. Strube, Munich 2012, p. 24.
  • Show me the way of faith. In: U. Beyer-Henneberger (ed.): Arbeitshilfen KU. (Volume 206), RPI, Loccum 2008, pp. 26-28.

Scientific (selection)

  • Creative scope - opportunities for choir singing in rural regions. In: Musik und Kirche (1), Bärenreiter, Kassel 2020, pp. 100–104.
  • with J. Riemann: Bienensterben - a topic for music lessons . In: Music and Education (1), Glienicke, Studio Neumann 2020, pp. 48–53.
  • (Ed.): Handbook for senior choir leaders. Basics - experiences - practice. Bosse, Kassel 2019 .
  • Composer portrait Alwin Schronen . In: Musik und Kirche (1), Bärenreiter, Kassel 2019, pp. 54–55.
  • Composition in upper secondary level. Computer-aided design tasks . In: D. Barth ua (Hrsg.): Musikunterricht 4. In tune with the times . BMU, Mainz 2019, pp. 90–95.
  • Same text - different melody. (Word-to-sound ratio using the example of The Mole. ). In: Music and Education (3), Schott, Mainz 2018, pp. 26–30.
  • Composer portrait Mårten Jansson. In: Musik und Kirche (3), Bärenreiter, Kassel 2018, pp. 206–207.
  • SMS: The song of the Germans. (Teaching material for a short music story). In: Music and Education (2), Schott, Mainz 2018, pp. 34–39.
  • with D. Haverkamp: For the staging of cantata services. In: J. Arnold et al. (Ed.): Preach, pray and celebrate with Bach. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2018, pp. 51–67.
  • with J. Loest, among others: Life dance instead of dance of death. In: J. Arnold ua (Hrsg.): Preach, pray and celebrate with Bach. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2018, pp. 213–217.
  • Senior Choir Direction - Empirical studies on choir work with older adults. (Doctoral thesis with Heiner Gembris, IBFM University Paderborn). LIT, Münster 2017.
  • Senior choir leadership - everyone can do that? Thought wrong! In: Chorzeit (44), Deutscher Chorverband eV, Berlin 2017, pp. 20–21.
  • The establishment of geragogical content in music education training. In: Discussion Music Education (76), 2017, pp. 46–49.
  • One day, baby, we'll be old - perspectives for senior choirs. In: Chorlive (4). ChorVerband NRW eV, Duisburg 2016, p. 26.
  • (Choir) singing in old age from the perspective of a singer and a choir director. In: A. Fricke, T. Hartogh (Hrsg.): Forschungsfeld Kulturgeragogik. Kopaed, Munich 2016, pp. 301–323.
  • Why do I lead a senior choir? - Motivation for choir work with older people. In: Chorlive (1), ChorVerband NRW eV, Duisburg 2016, pp. 22–23.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief vita on the homepage of the Musikalisches Zentrum Höxter , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Farewell to the Peace School 2016 , last checked on August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ current and completed dissertations of the IBFM of the University of Paderborn , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Dissertation at LIT-Verlag Münster , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Online network "Singing in old age" of the DGfMG e. V. , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Homepage of the German Society for Music Geragogy eV, Board of Directors , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Flyer for the advanced training in Music Geragogy Sondershausen, FH Münster , last checked on August 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ List of lectures on Kai Koch's private homepage , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ Advent booklet "Now open all gates wide" (Ed. Kai Koch and Franz Josef Ratte) by Bosse-Verlag Kassel , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ Focus on "Singing in old age" at chor.com in Dortmund 2017 , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ Program from Deutschlandfunk Kultur, page 4 (September 20, 2018) , last checked on August 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ Competition results of the HARMONIE Festival 2017, first evaluation day , last checked on August 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ Press release of the BMU NRW , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  14. ↑ Prize winner at the composition competition of chor.com 2013 in Dortmund , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Winner of the competition "New Spiritual Song" of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover 2012 , last checked on August 2, 2018.
  16. ^ Concert archive of the Orpheus Vocal Ensemble, award winners choir at the "2nd European Choir Forum for Young Composers" , last checked on August 3, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Young Art" award from the Verbundvolksbank OWL Foundation, 2007 award winners , last checked on August 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Cook, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music teacher, university professor, organist and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Höxter