New Heidenheim Chamber Choir

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New Heidenheim Chamber Choir
Seat: Heidenheim , Germany
Founding: 2005
Genus: Mixed youth choir
Founder: Thomas Kammel
Head : Thomas Kammel
Voices : SSAATTBB
Website : www.neuerkammerchor.com
Thomas Kammel is director and founder of the New Chamber Choir Heidenheim.

The New Chamber Choir Heidenheim was founded in 2005 by Thomas Kammel, music teacher at the Schiller-Gymnasium Heidenheim , under whose musical direction the choir performs. In the past six years the Neue Kammerchor has performed 180 times in Germany and abroad. The choir became the “flagship” of the school and at the same time represents the city of Heidenheim to the outside world.

The ensemble of around 70 young people is made up of students from grades 9 to 12, most of whom come from the other choirs at the grammar school.

The New Chamber Choir Heidenheim in Salvador da Bahia / Brazil
New Heidenheim Chamber Choir

Appearances

Important performances by the New Chamber Choir were in 2006 a. a. a radio production at SWR 4 at the State Garden Show in Heidenheim. As a representative of the state government of Baden-Württemberg, several appearances in Meißen / Saxony and in Heidenheim's twin town Döbeln . In November 2007 the choir sang for President Pöttering in the European Parliament in Brussels. In July 2009 the ensemble gave a concert in the Schauspielhaus Hamburg. The ensemble attracted attention with several performances (including in the Stuttgart Liederhalle ) of the operetta “ Die Fledermaus ” by Johann Strauss. In September 2011 the New Chamber Choir was the only German ensemble to take part in the anniversary gala concert of the Armenian Culture Days 2011 in the Mozart Hall of the Liederhalle in Stuttgart.

In 2007, at the invitation of the Second German Television , the Neue Kammerchor took part in several nationwide casting awards for the program “ Grand Prix of Choirs ” and made it to the semifinals with 600 participating choirs. In the summer of 2008, the New Chamber Choir was nominated to participate in the federal meeting “Schools Making Music” in Hamburg in June 2009. The New Chamber Choir Heidenheim with Morten Lauridsen's Dirait-on can be found on the anniversary edition CD 2012 of the “Musical Advent Calendar” from SWR .

In December 2012 the New Chamber Choir Heidenheim performed the Christmas oratorio “Oratorio de Navidad” by the Argentine composer Martín Palmeri together with the composer for the first time in Europe . On the recommendation of the SWR Vocal Ensemble, there was a cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg State Wind Orchestra in 2019, in which the 5th Lord of the Rings Symphony "Return to Middle Earth" by Johan de Meji as a German premiere a. a. was performed at the German Music Festival in Osnabrück.

Concert tours

Concert tours have taken the New Chamber Choir to Italy , Saxony , Belgium , Romania , Latvia , Armenia and in 2011 to Provence and again to Italy.

In April 2012 the New Chamber Choir undertook a three-week concert tour through Argentina and in December to Poland . In July 2013 a concert tour took the New Chamber Choir to Rome and Vicenza . In 2014 the choir toured South Africa and Namibia , in 2015 in Estonia and Finland and in 2016 in Brazil . In June 2017, the young people from Heidenheim will be giving concerts on their Balkans concert tour in Bulgaria , Macedonia and Albania . In May 2018, the young people from Heidenheim gave a total of 15 concerts in Mexico and Guatemala .

Competitions and Awards

  • 2009 gold medal at the 9th international choir competition Bad Ischl
  • 2010 2 x gold at the 6th international Robert Schumann choir competition in Zwickau
  • 2011 First choir prize "German Language" from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2011 Two gold medals at the 9th international choir competition in Riva del Garda / Italy
  • 2012 First choir prize "German Language" from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2012 two silver medals at the 3rd Advent & Christmas Choir Festival in Krakow / Poland
  • 2013 First choir prize “German Language” from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2013 Two gold medals at the 5th international choir competition "Musica Sacra a Roma"
  • 2014 First Handel Prize from the Handel Society in Karlsruhe
  • 2014 Two 1st prizes at the South African School Choir Eisteddfod
  • 2014 First choir prize “German Language” from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2014/15 sponsor choir of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
  • 2015 Second Handel Youth Prize Karlsruhe
  • 2015 Second prize in the Silcher competition
  • 2016 double gold at the 8th Isola del Sole International Choir Competition in Grado / Italy
  • 2017 citizen award of the city of Heidenheim for cultural engagement
  • 2017 First choir prize "German Language" from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2017 winner of the state choir competition Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 place 6 at the German Choir Competition in Freiburg
  • 2019 double gold at the international choir competition Maastricht / Netherlands
  • 2019 First choir prize "German Language" from the state of Baden-Württemberg

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