State Music Academy Hessen
The Landesmusikakademie Hessen (LMAH) in Schlitz is a central state institution for musical and cultural training and further education as well as a meeting place and meeting place for music and culture enthusiasts from the amateur and professional sectors. The LMAH is also open to guests from outside the state of Hesse.
history
On May 19, 1995, the State Music Council of Hesse founded the Hessian Academy for Music and Cultural Education as a non-profit company . After a thorough examination, Hallenburg Castle in Schlitz was chosen as the location . The Hessian state government was on 14 November 2000 by Cabinet decision approving the formation and promotion of the Academy. After a long period of vacancy, the castle and the surrounding buildings were renovated from 2001 to 2006 and expanded and rebuilt for the LMAH. The academy began operating gradually from October 2003, the official opening took place on February 4, 2004. The academy has around 25,000 visitors a year.
tasks
Preserving and passing on the values of musical culture and education is the aim of the LMAH. To this end, the LMAH takes on different roles:
- Venue of state-wide music competitions (state competition Jugend musiziert Hessen, Hessian choir and orchestra competition, Louis Spohr competition) and international master classes
- Organizer of concerts, theater, cabaret and readings
- Provider of advanced and advanced training in the field of music, education and culture
- Rehearsal location of the state youth ensembles, the Peter Herbolzheimer European Jazz Academy, the Hessian school theater meeting
- Sponsor of the Hessen Youth Percussion Ensemble
- Conference and seminar facility for the Hessian Ministry of Culture, clubs and associations, general education schools, music schools and music colleges
The LMAH is funded by the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art .
The sole shareholder is the State Music Council of Hesse .
The association “Friends and Sponsors of the Hessian Academy for Music and Cultural Education” was founded on October 31, 2001 with the aim of promoting the work of the LMAH through financial and material support, as well as non-material support.
Web links
Individual evidence
- Hessian Ministry for Science and Art - Promotion / Culture Promotion / Music
- Accredited according to §65 Hessian Teacher Education Act.
- German Music Information Center
- Music educational institutions in Germany
- Landesmusikakademie is the home of the Peter Herbolzheimer European Jazz Academy
- Article Neue Musikzeitung
- European music exchange
- 1. Hessian wind class day in the LMAH
- Official opening of LMAH 2004
- Tenth anniversary
literature
- Magistrate of the city of Schlitz (ed.), Puthz Volker, Braungart Jürgen, among others: 1200 years of Schlitz. Festschrift for the 1200th anniversary of the town of Schlitz and its town church, Schlitz 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-036833-2 , page 54
- Hermann-Josef Emons Verlag (eds.), Ingrid Schick and Christina Marx: 111 Orte im Vogelsberg, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95451-227-0 , page 194