Programm Schulkonzert 2004

Edertal High School
USA-TOUR 2013
OF THE ORCHESTRA
Sunday, March 24, Mass at First Congregational Church, Sheboygan
Monday, March 25, Concert at Howards Grove High School
Wednesday, March 27, Concert at Valders High School
Thursday, March 28, Concert at Hartford Union High School
Friday, March 28, Mass for Good Friday at First Congregational Church
Saturday, April 11, Concert at First Congregational Church
Easter Sunday, April 12, Easter Mass at First Congregational Church
Soloists:
Schirin Schwarz, 13th grade, Violin
Nadine Horsel 12th grade, Flute
Presentation:
Rainer Boettcher
Concertmaster:
Schirin Schwarz, 12th grade
Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Edertal High School
Frankenberg, Germany
Conductor:
Markus Wagener
Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Edertal High School,
Frankenberg, Germany
Flutes
Nadine Horsel (Principal)
Nicola Brunner
Katrin Eichweber
Vera Holst
Ina Kerstein
Carolin Stahl
Antonia Tripp
Hautbois
Alice Dippel (Principal)
Alisa Lückel
Clarinets
Christian Schmidt (Principal)
Luisa Engel
Liane Happel
Denise Rind
Valentina Sehner
Bass Clarinet
Julia Kopp
Bassoons
Christian Wenz (Principal)
Samuel Huhn
Victoria Reif
Frenchhorns
Christian Freyer (Principal)
Anna Pauli
Charlotte Pauli (Sax.)
Trumpets
Lukas Cronester (Principal)
Tobias Ruhwedel (Principal)
Michelle Schellhorn
Jonathan Wahl
Trombones
Meikel Raquet (Principal)
Benedikt Kantert
Falk Bornmann
Percussion
Lennart Gabriel
(Principal)
Marius Landau
Martin Fischer
1st Violins
Schirin Schwarz
Concertmaster
Jana Engelhard
Anna Kobus
Louisa Kowalewski
Sarah Lipinski
Marie Sander
Luisa Ziegler
nd
2 Violins
Paula Mengel (Principal)
Tabea Giugno
Chantal Hagenbach
Nathalie Horn
Alisa Kahler
Sophie Merle
Johanna Noll
Tarek Schelberger
Patricia Paschen
Violas
Stephanie Horn
(Principal)
Nils Engelhard
Johanna Schindler
Sarah Sehner
Jennifer Tepfer
Johannes Wahl
Cellos
Marie-Charlotte Mengel
(Principal)
Julia Goos
Jana Mandel
Simon Ptaschnik
Kristin Sander
Ting Hin Wong
Double Basses
Mike Theiss (Principal)
Daniel Strauch
(Principal)
Henri Merle
Conductor
Markus Wagener
Program
Old World meets New World
Opener: Theme from „JAG“
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Arr. Isaak Merle
„From the New World“, Symphony No. 9, 1 st Movement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Violinconcerto No. 2, D-Dur, 1 st Movement
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Finlandia, Symphonic Poem, op. 26
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
„Badinerie“ for flute from: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Victor Lopez, Martin J. Fischer (Arrangement)
James Bond-Medley, incl. "Skyfall"
Artúro Marquez: (*1950)
Danzon No. 2
Apocalyptica
Nothing else matters
Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), Arr. Jack Mason
West-Side-Story-Selections
The Youth Symphonic Orchestra of “GYMNASIUM
EDERTALSCHULE” (high school in Frankenberg, Germany)
For a long time music has been an important subject at the Edertal High
School in Frankenberg. The lovely town with 19.000 inhabitants is located 150 km
north of Frankfurt in the heart of Germany. People are very proud of its old
buildings from the Middle Ages and the famous Town Hall with its ten towers which
was built in 1509, 500 years ago.
The Edertal High School is attended by 1.200 boys and girls (10 to 19 years
old). The musical education has been very important for decades and so
numerous ensembles exist. There are several rock groups and a Big Band, too.
Therefore the school was given the title “School with a Focus on Music” by the
State.
In 2008 the Youth Symphony orchestra of Edertal High School celebrated its
40th anniversary. In 2009 it was elected to be the ambassador of the State of
Hesse in the nationwide meeting “Schools make music”. In 2011 it won the 2 nd
price in the competition of school orchestras in Hessen. Currently 79 pupils are
members of the orchestra. This led in 2008 to the foundation of an additional
orchestra for younger instrumentalists with up to 60 members. In total, 210 out of
the1200 pupils practice their instruments in various groups every week. The
orchestra is also an important institution in the cultural life of Frankenberg. A
nationwide radio program honored the orchestra in 2004 as “a school orchestra
of special distinction/quality”.
The orchestra performs at events in school life, churches, and local
organizations and societies about 25 times a year. It plays free of charge where
normally a paid chamber orchestra or a cultural organization would perform.
Highlights in the orchestra’s history were its concert tours to England, Russia,
Italy and to its twin town Frankenberg in Saxony. In 2007 and 2010, the orchestra
traveled to the Austrian province Burgenland as a musical ambassador. There it
played in the famous historical “Haydn-Hall” of Esterhazy castle in Eisenstadt
where Joseph Haydn worked for nearly 30 years. This was an outstanding event
because only two other guest ensembles had played there before.
Furthermore, the high numbers of performances of Operas and operettas like
Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals”, Mozart’s “Bastien and Bastiennne” or
Mozart´s “Magic Flute” should be noticed. Moreover, the orchestra performed
several Masses, but also Crossover-Programs named “Rock meets Classic” (20062012).
In July 2006, the orchestra played an open air concert in Frankenberg for the
first time which was very successful and thus started an annual tradition called
“Frankenberger Open Air Classic” with Soloists like Prof. Justus Frantz in front of
1.200 guests.
The orchestra’s repertoire includes classical as well as romantic symphony
movements and concertos, program music, operettas and musicals, film and rock
music, pieces for Big Band and also a modern piece with graphic notation.
Moreover, there are some ensembles playing chamber music, jazz and pieces
especially for the brass section.
Some members of the orchestra learned their instruments in brass bands or
other local music groups. Most of the pupils, however, took lessons in
Frankenberg’s music school which cooperates closely with the school orchestra
and gives lessons in the rooms of the Edertal School. Furthermore some of the
young musicians have been educated in special orchestra classes. These classes
are part of a special concept which was developed only recently and is extremely
popular among pupils and their parents.
Markus Wagener