Martina Freytag

Martina Freytag

Martina Freytag (born July 12, 1969 in Sondershausen ) is a German author , jazz singer , choir director , composer , arranger and workshop leader .

Life

Martina Freytag grew up in a family of musicians and was on stage as a singer, reciter and instrumentalist from the age of 6. In 1979 she played the leading role in the play The Face of Simone Machard by Bertolt Brecht on the stages of the city of Gera . She studied jazz and pop singing, music theory and composition at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar , was a scholarship holder (including the Fulbright Commission ), at the American Institute of Music (AIM) in Vienna and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston .

Freytag has been teaching singing (popular styles), songwriting, music theory and advising singers, musicians and music directors on their professional development since 1992. Her teaching activities took her to the dance and singing studio at the Theater an der Wien , to the FMW Frankfurter Musikwerkstatt and to the Jazz & Rock Schools Freiburg and the Jazz School Basel . She gave singing and choir workshops and gave lectures on vocal technique, style of popular music and the evaluation of pop and jazz voices.

Freytag has been leading pop, jazz, ethnic choirs and vocal ensembles since 1991. She was a finalist at the 1993 Federal Singing Competition and received the International Association of Jazz Educators' Award for Outstanding Work in Jazz Education, which was presented to her in New Orleans in 2000 . She was also a juror at Jugend musiziert in the pop song category , at the Thurgau Music Competition in Switzerland, at the European Youth Musical Festival and at choir competitions. <She composed and directed the musical The Groupies and the soccer musical Goalgetter Soulgetter . Since 1992 she has also worked as a specialist and non-fiction author, publishes choir arrangements and writes reviews for music publications. When “ hiking and singing ” with Marlene Klisch, she leads the singing programs at natural sites in Switzerland.

Martina Freytag has lived in Hinterzarten since 1997 and has been married to the musician Steffen Weber-Freytag since 1998 , with whom she has a daughter.

Publications

Books and sheet music

• Vocal & Jazz Improvisation. Kurt-Maas-Musikverlag, Munich 1993
• Vocal training. AMA Verlag , Brühl 1998, ISBN 3-932587-07-3
• If I were a bird Gustav Bosse Verlag , Kassel 2000, ISMN M-2011-0448-5 ( ISBN 979-0-201-10448-5 )
• Like The First Morning. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2001, ISMN M-2011-0449-2 ( ISBN 979-0-201-10449-2 )
• La Donna is mobile. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2002, ISMN M-2011-0444-7 ( ISBN 979-0-201-10444-7 )
• Top of Pop. Music publisher Bosworth, Frechen 2002
• Voice training in popular music. Henschel Verlag , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89487-448-1
• I want to sing - Pop Music Training. AMA Verlag, Brühl 2004, ISMN M-700185-67-1 ( ISBN 979-0-7001-8567-1 )
• Wellness singing. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter , Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-8000-7164-9
• Popular choral music. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7649-2689-2
• Singing in - alone and in a choir. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7649-2648-9
• Choir direction - efficient and realistic. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2011, ISBN 978-3-7649-2806-3
• Singing in for two - vocal training in dialogue. Gustav Bosse Verlag, Kassel 2013, ISBN 978-3-7649-2808-7

Musicals

• The Groupies (Libretto: Gilles Mebes)
• Goalgetter Soulgetter (Libretto: Gilles Mebes)

Solo CD

• definitely - Solo a capella. Mons Records, Trippstadt 2002

Choirs

• Pop & Jazz Choir March (since January 2015)
• Popchor'n Hinterzarten (since January 2004)
• AnChora Freiburg (since September 2005)
• Rhythmix Au (2000-2005)
• Chor'n More Breisach (2001-2004)
• JSB Choir Basel (1998-2000)
• Children's and youth choir Ten 2 Teenies Freiburg (1998-2001)
• Only Die Freiburg (1996-2000)

Web links

• Martina Freytag's website
• Literature by and about Martina Freytag in the catalog of the German National Library
• Martina Freytag at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jazzzeitung 2003/09: education, Die Freiburger Gesangspädagogin Martina Freytag. In: jazzzeitung.de. Retrieved January 13, 2015 . 
2. ↑ M. Ruge: When music sounds . In: People's Watch . Vol. 26, Gera, January 30, 1977.
3. ↑ Michael Gabel: The hard way to the easy muse . In: Bunte Wochen-Zeitung . Essen, June 13, 1993, p. 39.
4. ↑ Jürgen Hartmann: Freedom lies in order . The composer, arranger and singer Martina Freytag . In: Jazz Podium . Vol. 52, No. 3, Stuttgart 2003, p. 30.
5. ↑ Maria Stein: A ten-year-old conquers the hall . In: New Banat Newspaper . Vol. 23, Timișoara, December 4, 1979.
6. ^ Academy for Spoken Word: 10th Stuttgart International Voting Days . Retrieved January 20, 2015.
7. ↑ chor.com: Martina Freytag . Retrieved March 21, 2015.
8. ↑ Heike Henning: Source vocal pedagogical inspiration . In: new music newspaper . Vol. 62, No. 11, Regensburg 2013, accessed on January 20, 2015.
9. ↑ Thomas Rhenisch: Singing that should convey joy . In: Badische Zeitung . Vol. 57, Freiburg, February 22, 2002, p. 24.
10. ↑ Joachim Frommherz: Personal fireworks of the endorphins . In: Badische Zeitung . Vol. 69, Freiburg, July 19, 2014.
11. ↑ Julia Littmann: Girlies, Glamor and Gosse . In: Badische Zeitung, Freiburg, July 25, 1998.
12. ^ Radio free FM: Football musical . ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2015. 
13. ↑ marlene-klisch.de: Hiking & Singing - Swiss Alps . ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2015.