Suhl Boys Choir
| Suhl Boys Choir | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Suhl / Germany / Rimbachstraße 43 / House of Music |
| Founding: | 1972 |
| Genus: | Boys' choir |
| Founder: | Hubert Voigt |
| Head : | Robert Grunert |
| Voices : | 50 (SATB) |
| Website : | http://www.suhler-knabenchor.de |
The Suhler Knabenchor is a boys' choir based in Suhl , Thuringia . It was founded in 1972 by Hubert Voigt.
General
The boys' choir has received invitations to concerts at home and abroad. Concert tours have taken the choir to many cities in the former GDR, to Budweis, Estonia and, since 1990, to the old federal states, and in 2005 to Japan. The choir participated in CD productions.
The choir's repertoire ranges from a cappella choral literature to large oratorical works. The Suhler Knabenchor worked together with the Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha (formerly Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha-Suhl).
In 2012 Robert Grunert took over the choir direction.
Choir structure
Already preschoolers ages 4 and have the possibility Suhler Boys Choir Music education and promotion to get. If a boy and his parents decide to participate in the Suhl boys' choir, he visits the pre-choir (from 1st grade). There he should learn the basics of music and experience the diverse possibilities that his own voice offers him.
In the up-and-coming choir, the young singers learn in a playful way to familiarize themselves independently with a musical text and to sing simple melodies from sight. Instrumental lessons are also offered.
After being accepted into the main and concert choir of the Suhl Boys' Choir, the young singers are allowed to take part in major concerts and trips.
Conductors
- Hubert Voigt (1972-1993)
- Karsten Sprenger (1993–1999)
- Markus Teutschbein (1999-2007)
- Matthias Beckert (2007–2012)
- Robert Grunert (since 2012)
Competition successes and prizes
- 1985: Max Reger Art Prize
- 1990: Two silver medals at the Choir Days in Karlstein
- 2006: "Silver Diploma" at the international choir competition in Malta