Ulrich Moritz (musician)

Uli Moritz , whose full name is Ulrich Moritz (born August 25, 1953 in Wilhelmshaven ), is a German music and rhythm teacher , composer and percussionist .

Career

After childhood on the North Sea coast, Uli Moritz moved with his family to West Berlin in 1964, where he taught himself to play the drums from 1967 , initially primarily rock and jazz rock.

After graduating from high school in 1973, Moritz studied art education and German and now also took regular drum lessons with Heinz von Moisy .

In 1977 Moritz passed his state examination, became a master student and qualified in the following years a. a. with Manfred Burzlaff ( mallett instruments ), Gerry Brown (rudimental snare, funk), Reinhard Flatischler (body percussion, Latin, Indian), Freddie Santiago (Latin), Dudu Tucci (Brazil), Efrain Toro (Latin drum set, independence) and with National Ensemble Percussion de Guinée and the Congolese percussion ensemble Tuta Ngoma (West and Central African rhythms).

Activity as a music teacher

As early as 1978, however, Moritz began to work as a musician and music teacher himself, namely as a drum, percussion and rhythm teacher. Since then he has been teaching regularly as a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts , the Berlin University of Music "Hanns Eisler" and the State Music Academy Berlin, as well as department head of the Berlin-Neukölln music school and long-time member of the board of the Berlin drum center "groove ".

Mention should also be made of his work as a seminar leader of the International Society for Music Education Training IGMF, the Upper Austrian Training Academy for Music Teachers and several German regional music school associations and as a specialist advisor to the Association of German Music Schools.

All of this is supplemented by Uli Moritz's participation in numerous national and international rhythm seminars as well as the organization of his own advanced and advanced training workshops for musicians, teachers, educators, therapists and those interested in music.

In addition to conventional percussion on drum sets , drums or cajons , the focus of his own musical interest is mainly body percussion , rhythm games and rhythmic texts, but also playful experimentation with new sound possibilities, unconventional or still unknown percussion instruments, small percussion, material percussion etc.

Activity as a musician

As an independent musician, Uli Moritz has been involved in concert tours since 1978 in addition to his own solo performances and has since been involved in well over 80 LP and CD productions by other musicians. a. with Mikis Theodorakis , Georgeos Theodorakis, Maria Farantouri , Sema & Taksim, Zülfü Livaneli , Lauren Newton , Friedemann Witecka , Jocelyn B. Smith , the Klaus Gertken Trio, Volker Schlott Quartet and Silent Jazz Ensemble, Zoom, Human Factor, Animato, Die Elefanten, Pamagiera, Susanne Schönwiese ( Colors of Clay ) u. v. a.

Concert tours and festivals have taken Moritz to Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Tunisia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Soviet Union, Turkey and the USA.

There were also joint tours and CDs. a. with Teo Macero (USA), Tiger Okoshi (Japan), Charlie Mariano (USA, Cologne), Nils Petter Molvær (Norway), Lauren Newton (USA), Ack van Rooyen (Netherlands), Ramesh Shotham (India), Reinhard Flatischler, Wolfgang Puschnig (Austria), Dudu Tucci (Brazil, Berlin), Les Percussions de Guinée (Guinea), Tuta Ngoma (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Zülfü Livaneli (Turkey), Wu Wei (Shanghai), Urna Chahartugi (Mongolia), Carlo Domeniconi , Friedemann Graef and Gebhard Ullmann .

Uli Moritz continues to live and work in Berlin.

Publications (selection)

• Ulrich Moritz; Bodybeat! - body percussion and drum ; 1992–1993, self-published
• Ulrich Moritz; Rhythm pieces - 12 pieces for body and material percussion ; 2004ff., Self-published
• Ulrich Moritz, Klaus Staffa ; Drumming is great! - Volume 1 for beginners. Music with body and voice, drums, barrels, pipes and bottles. Rhythmic games, exercises, songs and arrangements with methodical suggestions (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85061-413-9
• Richard Filz , Ulrich Moritz; Magic Groove Box. The cajon in playgroup and class (book + CD +); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86227-067-5
• Uli Moritz, Klaus Staffa; Drumming is great! 2 - Music with body and voice, paper and cups, with small percussion, drums and barrels (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86227-066-8
• Richard Filz, Ulrich Moritz; Bodygroove Kids 1 - body percussion for children from 6-10 years (book + CD +); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2012; ISBN 978-3-86227-101-6
• Richard Filz, Ulrich Moritz; Bodygroove Kids 2 - body percussion for children and teenagers from 9-13 years (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2013; ISBN 978-3-86227-102-3
• Richard Filz, Ulrich Moritz; Bodygroove Advanced - body percussion for advanced learners aged 13 and over (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2014; ISBN 978-3-86227-103-0
• Ulrich Moritz; Fantastic Plactic Grooves - rhythm games with bottles, cups, buckets and pipes for children and adults (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-86227-182-5
• Ulrich Moritz; Groove Games - rhythm games and body percussion pieces with English texts (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-86227-253-2
• Ulrich Moritz, Heike Trimpert; Rhythm Songs - Solmisation plus body percussion - over 100 songs and exercises for music lessons and choir (book + DVD); Helbling-Verlag Esslingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-86227-273-0

Discography (selection)

• Animato; "Animato"; CD beaver 66581
• The elephants; "Fist"; CD sound spaces 30150
• The elephants; “Always all, always me”; CD + LP nectar 68926
• The elephants; "Nervous City"; LP nectar 680010
• The elephants; "Water desert"; CD + LP navel 4634
• Friedemann; "Aquamarine"; CD + LP Biber 66431
• Friedemann; "In Concert Live"; CD beaver 66491
• Human factor; "Forbidden City"; CD + LP navel 4635
• Human factor; "Kalamanya"; CD beaver 66551
• Jocelyn B. Smith; "Blue Light and Nylons"; CD JBS 145
• Jocelyn B. Smith; "Margarita"; CD JBS 126
• Johannes Wohlleben; "Swift"; CD beaver 66451
• Jörg Schippa; "Rattle the Cage"; CD phonector
• Klaus Gertken Trio; "Insens"; CD navel drops 22
• Klaus Gertken Trio; "Someone Blind"; CD navel drops 19
• Lauren Newton; "G. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder “; CD sound spaces 30140
• Liquid soul; "Liquid Soul"; CD RR 14802
• Mikis Theodorakis; "Asmata"; CD PM 50131
• Mikis Theodorakis; "Poetica"; CD PM 50061
• Moritz-Hilken-Wu; "Scenic Patterns"; CD in-house production
• Niki Reiser / soundtrack; "Meschugge"; CD X-Films 559979-2
• Pamagiera; "Okanagan"; CD PM 50181
• Pamagiera; "Pamagiera"; CD PM 50081
• Patrick Largounez; "Les Plaisirs de la vie"; CD beaver 66511
• Rhythm and time; "Global Percussion Songs"; CD beaver 66601
• Rosemarie Zens; "Silent. Rain breath "; CD ISBN 3-926677-39-2
• Sema & Taksim; “I hear Istanbul”; CD Nebelhorn 008
• Sema & Taksim; "Sihir - magic"; CD PM 50021
• Silent Jazz Ensemble; "Birds of Passage"; CD beaver 66631
• Silent Jazz Ensemble; "Kashina"; CD Beaver 66471
• Silent Jazz Ensemble; "The Silent Jazz Ensemble"; CD beaver 66401
• Susanne Schönwiese ; "Colors of Clay"; CD CWR 1010
• Ulrich Moritz; "Membrane"; CD CACD 8082-3
• Volker Schlott Quartet; "Meticulousness"; CD 319.1165.242
• Volker Schlott Quartet; "Why not"; CD 319.1083.2
• Wolfgang Schmiedt; "Guitars and Organs"; CD sound spaces 30360
• Wu Wei + Moritz; "Magic Mask"; Self-published CD
• Wu Wei + Moritz; “Shopping in Shanghai”; Self-published CD
• Zens + Moritz; "Silicon heart"; CD in-house production
• Zoom; "Toms Game"; CD CMK 014
• Zülfü Livaneli; "Nefesim Nefesine"; CD Boyut Müzik

Awards

• Studio Prize of the Berlin Senate for Culture (4 x)
• Prize of the German Phono Academy (together with Die Elefanten )
• German Record Critics' Prize (together with the Volker Schlott Quartet )
• Neukölln Culture Prize (with zoom )
• Musica Vitale Prize 2002 (together with Wu Wei)

Web links

• Uli Moritz's own website (as of December 2007) , last accessed April 25, 2018.
• Uli Moritz as a teacher of “groove eV” , last accessed April 25, 2018.