VoicesInTime
| VoicesInTime | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Munich / Germany |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Genus: | Rock and jazz choir |
| Founder: | Stefan Kalmer |
| Head : | Stefan Kalmer |
| Voices : | 24 ( SATB ) |
| Website : | http://www.voicesintime.de |
VoicesInTime is a mixed rock and jazz choir from Munich . It was founded in 1996 by Stefan Kalmer and in the first decade of its existence has developed from a local project of dedicated singers to a multi-award-winning and internationally active choir. The vocal ensemble currently consists of 26 singers: seven sopranos and six altos / six tenors and seven basses .
repertoire
The VoicesInTime repertoire is broad and ranges from small ensembles to polyphonic choral movements, from poetry settings of Goethe and Shakespeare to dialect and joke compositions to choir cover versions by Bon Jovi , Robbie Williams , Take That , den Ärzten , Stevie Wonder or Rammstein . The choir almost always sings a cappella , but occasionally uses individual acoustic instruments; Sometimes the choir director and conductor Stefan Kalmer plays the violin himself, or one of the singers accompanies the choir on the guitar. VoicesInTime mostly sing by heart at their concerts. With choreographic effects, vocally imitated percussion sounds (“ beatboxing ”) and rhythmic rap passages, the choir crosses the boundaries of classical choral music in some songs.
Appearances and awards
VoicesInTime began with small gigs in Munich and in southern Germany, but soon expanded their radius of action to all of Germany with increasing success. Concert tours took the singers to Slovenia, Austria, Albania, the Netherlands, South Korea, Cuba and in 2016 to China. The choir has taken part in the “meervocal” jazz choir festival in Wunstorf four times and has also performed at the largest German a cappella festival “Vokal Total” in Munich every year since 1999. The first places at the International Choir Competition 2004 in Graz and the International Choir Festival 2005 in Arnhem followed the 1st prize at the German Choir Competition 2006. On September 17th, 2008 the choir received the Bavarian Art Prize 2008. In May 2011 VoicesInTime was awarded the Orlando-di- Lasso Medal awarded by the Bavarian Singers Association. At the international choir competition Let the Peoples Sing . In 2013 VoicesInTime was awarded the certificate “Winner in the Open Choir Category”
Choirmaster
Stefan Kalmer, the founder and head of VoicesInTime, is a full-time music teacher at the Erasmus-Grasser-Gymnasium in Munich. In addition, he organizes workshops on topics related to choral singing, arranges, composes and edits choral music and directs the Jazz & PopChor of the Munich University of Music . In addition, he appears as a violinist in various formations.
Discography
So far VoicesInTime has released eight CDs in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk :
- Dynamite (2018, live recording)
- Made for love (2014, live recording)
- a kiss and a smile (2012, live recording)
- into my ear (2009, live recording)
- Hallelujah (2008, studio production)
- Engel (2007, studio production)
- One Two 1234 (2005, live recording)
- Do Ge Da Ja (2003, live recording)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www3.ebu.ch/projects/radio/let-the-peoples-sing.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2016 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.
