Paul Schollaert

Paul Schollaert (born November 15, 1940 in Hasselt ) is a Belgian composer , choir director and priest .

Life

Paul Schollaert was already active as a choir conductor and organist during his theology studies , from 1958 to 1964 at the seminaries of Sint-Truiden and Liège . At the same time he was studying at the Liège Conservatory, where he was particularly influenced by his teacher Pierre Froidebise . From 1964 to 1969 he studied at the Lemmensinstitut in Mechelen , or Leuven , at that time the college for church music, where he received a diploma as a music teacher . From 1968 onwards, Schollaert mainly worked as a choir conductor and devoted himself primarily to the performance of larger works by Bach , such as passions, oratorios, masses and cantatas.

In 1969 he became a lecturer in choral conducting, church music and music education at the Lemmensinstitut. In 1988 he succeeded Jozef Joris as head of the institute, which under his direction became one of the 8 universities of music and theater in Flanders . A music high school was attached to the Lemmensinstitut under his direction. After his retirement in summer 2005, he continued his work with the university choir.

Paul Schollaert had a great influence on church music in the newly founded Diocese of Hasselt , where he made a contribution to the dissemination of new liturgical chants. This happened mainly through his hymn collection "Zingt Jubilate" . He was also chairman of the national choir association " Het Madrigaal " for a long time . In cooperation with the publishing house “ Musicierende Jeugd ” he was co-author of a collection of folk songs called “ Lied om Lied ”.

As a composer he created numerous children's songs, choral works, church songs, works for Orff instruments and the processional music for the “Virga-Jesse Ommegang”, which takes place every seven years in Hasselt.

Web links

• Works by Schollaert in the music archive of the royal library

source

• Thierry Levaux et al .: Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen Age à nos jours. Art in Belgium, Brussels 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7