Ruthild Eicker

Ruthild Eicker with her musical The Good News

Ruthild Eicker (born December 8, 1959 ; civil name: Ruthild Eicker-Grothe ) is a German singer in the alto range , pianist , arranger and music producer for Wir singen für Jesus and choirmaster of Voices for Christ and Kids for Christ as well as composer of Christian songs and Pop music .

Life

As the daughter of the singing duo Elsa & Ernst August Eicker , Ruthild received organ and piano lessons from the age of five and performed together with her parents and younger sister Cornelia as the family quartet Die Eickers . In this way she grew into the musical choral work of her parents. We sing into it for Jesus ; first in the We sing for Jesus children's choir of her mother and as a children's soloist next to her sister Cornelia, later as a soloist, pianist and arranger in the “adult” We sing for Jesus choir under the direction of her father. During this time she studied general music education at the Institut Wuppertal of the Musikhochschule Rheinland, today: University of Music and Dance Cologne , with the subjects piano , music education and singing .

As a singer, Ruthild Eicker took part in projects and concepts from Christian producers such as Jochen Rieger and the Janz team in addition to her work at Wir singen für Jesus . In 1979 she released her own album under the title Es ist ein Gute Weg in collaboration with her sister Cornelia Eicker , arranged and produced by Dirk Schmalenbach and his rock group Eden .

Ruthild Eicker wrote her first songs at the age of 15, such as “O Lord, I thank you” and “Give but God's love space”, both of which were recorded on record by the music producer Margret Birkenfeld and her Wetzlar girls' choir . Today Ruthild Eicker writes songs of Christian pop music . With her musical The Living Book , she toured Germany with her choirs Kids for Christ and Voices for Christ . The stage spectacle was released in 1997 as an audio and video recording by Gerth Medien and ERF and paved the way for the establishment of contemporary music elements such as rap , rock and dance for Christian music in Germany in general, and especially for children's music. The musical was continued in 2004 with The Good News , again music styles of the entire pop music spectrum appear here.

Ruthild Eicker's interpretation of the Negro Spiritual Go Down Moses with the Wir singen für Jesus choir was briefly faded into the plot in 1993 by Günter Schmitz in his radio play Moses in Egypt , the third installment of his radio play series Adventures Between Heaven and Earth .

In 2000 the Bach Choir Siegen implemented a concept by Ruthild Eicker about the development of sacred music over two millennia with its album Anno Domini .

Ruthild Eicker is married to Michael Grothe and lives in Halver , where she has been running the Eicker Music School since 1986 .

Songs

Well-known songs and songs by Ruthild Eicker are:

• Streets of gold
• On road
• A journey through time
• O Lord, I thank you
• Give space to God's love
• The good news
• God's new world

Discography

as a singer

year	title	Representative interpreter	Label
1974	Miracle of grace of Jesus	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1976	10 years We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1978	We go through time	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1979	It's a good way	Cornelia Eicker ; Ruthild Eicker	Gerth media
1980	He gave me joy	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1981	10 years we-sing-for-Jesus-children's choir	We-sing-for-Jesus-Children's Choir	Gerth media
1982	We want to spread the word	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1983	Let's praise him together	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1986	Praise the Lord, all the world	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1988	Praise his glory	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1991	We sing for Jesus	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1993	Give glory to our God	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1996	God is the reason for our joy	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
1997	The living book	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media
2000	Jesus, you are Lord	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
2001	Christmas time online	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media
2002	Festival of Christmas carols	We-sing-for-Jesus-Choir	Gerth media
2004	The good news	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media

Own concept productions

year	title	Contributors	Label
1997	The living book	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media
2001	Christmas time online	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media
2004	The good news	Kids For Christ; Voices For Christ	Gerth media
2011	Rock on the reef How Jonah got into the belly of the fish	FCSL kids; Voices For Christ	Edition Media-Pro
2014	The lions are loose The lion that refused to eat	FCSL kids; Voices For Christ	Edition Media-Pro

Extended discography

year	title	Representative artist / producer	activity
1975	We want to be torchbearers	Margret Birkenfeld	Composer
1976	Lazarus, come out	Margret Birkenfeld	Composer
1982	We sing together	Margret Birkenfeld	Pianist, arranger
1983	Green light for everyone	Margret Birkenfeld	Pianist, arranger
1986	worship	Del Huff	Choir singer
1995	Hava Nagila	Jochen Rieger	Choir singer
2000	Anno Domini	Bach Choir Siegen	Concept, co-producer
2003	Bible wonderland	Sunshine Kids	Composer
2006	Key dance 2	Klaus Heizmann	Composer

Web links

• Works by Ruthild Eicker in the catalog of the German National Library
• We sing for Jesus website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-luedenscheid-halver-und-schalksmuehle/seit-25-jahren-haben-toene-geschmiedet-id4871208.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 9, 2013 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.