Music school Fanny Hensel
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| type of school | State music school |
| founding | 1967 |
| address |
Wallstrasse 42 |
| place | Berlin |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '47 " N , 13 ° 24' 44" E |
| carrier | Berlin |
| student | about 4000 |
| Teachers | about 240 |
| Website | www.berlin.de |
The Fanny Hensel Music School is the state music school in the Mitte district of Berlin .
It is an educational and cultural institution of the city of Berlin and was created in 2001 through the merger of the three district music schools of the former districts of Wedding , Tiergarten and Mitte . One of the forerunners was the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Mitte at Gipsstrasse 3, which was founded in 1949 and which was built up thanks to Professor Ernst Meyerolbersleben , who was the head of the school from 1951 to 1953. The music school has three branches, one in each of the former districts. The Mitte branch is located in the building of the former Köllnisches Gymnasium .
Today the music school is one of 1000 members in the Association of German Music Schools (VdM). It serves eleven work areas, which are occupied by 240 artistically and pedagogically trained teachers. These are elementary music education , string instruments , plucked instruments , wind instruments , popular and world music / percussion instruments , keyboard and bellows instruments , singing , dance / dance theater / ballet , ensemble play and supplementary subjects , study preparation and gifted students as well as cooperation with schools. Over 4,000 children, young people and adults are taught in the music school. The costs incurred are covered by the city of Berlin and the school fees .
The educational work at the Fanny Hensel Music School is funded by the Friends of the Berlin-Mitte Music School . V. sponsoring association of the music school Fanny Hensel Berlin-Mitte e. V .
The music school "Fanny Hensel" supports participants in the nationwide competition Jugend musiziert . Since 2005 it has been named after the composer Fanny Hensel , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's sister .