HAW Hamburg Choir
Roughly 140 students, alumni, employees, professors and former employees sing in the HAW Hamburg choir. Uschi Krosch has been the choir director since it was founded in 2011.
In addition to the winter and summer concerts, which are each prepared over the course of a semester, the choir performs regularly at HAW Hamburg events, providing the musical part of the programme.
All students and employees who want to sing with others – or just try it out – are welcome to be part of the choir. Prior experience is not required! Male voices are particularly welcome.
Rehearsal times in summer semester 2022
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The motto for the summer semester is 'Move! Feel the Groove!' After three corona semesters where it was not possible to hold a live concert, the idea is that we'll present our favourite pieces in two or three concerts. The choir will finally perform its favourite songs from the last three programmes: 'My favourite things', Poems' and 'Happy together'. Pieces and arrangements from Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Asander, Pentatonix and others will convey moods ranging from happy and relaxed to emotionally moving.
Rehearsals start on 23 March 2022
Open rehearsals for new singers will be held on 23 March, 30 March and 6 April in the assembly hall at Alexanderstr. 1.
New singers are welcome.
No previous experience is required.
You are required to register using the form on the choir website , even if you sang in the choir last semester.
The rehearsals will adhere to a hygiene concept based on the Hamburg Senate's corona regulations. This means that you can only attend if you are vaccinated or recovered (so-called 2G status) and bring a negative test result from an official test centre with you.
Upcoming performances
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The choir will sing the best of the last three semesters – with all the pieces that couldn't be performed during the pandemic – on 24 and 25 June.
- 24 June 2022: 8:00 pm
- 25 June 2022: 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
- Wiese, Wiesendamm 24
- €5 / €10
You can find more information and buy tickets here:
Past projects
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2013
Winter: 'Misa Criolla' by Ariel Ramírez
Summer: Summery choral music
2014
Winter: 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff, accompanied by the Hamburg percussion quartet Elbtonal
Summer: 'Love is in the Air'
2015
Winter: 'Sacred Concert' by Duke Ellington, accompanied by the HFMT Big Band
Summer: 'What a Wonderful World'
2016
Winter: 'Stabat Mater' by Karl Jenkins, accompanied by the Sinfonietta Nova chamber orchestra
Summer: 'I See Fire'
2017
Winter: 'Requiem for the Living' by Dan Forrest; 'Triptych' by Tarik O'Regan (German premiere), accompanied by the Sinfonietta Nova chamber orchestra
Summer: 'Changing Days', accompanied by Terra Atlantica
2018
Winter: 'Misatango' by Martin Palmeri, accompanied by the tango ensemble Faux Pas; 'Dark Night of the Soul' by Ola Gjeilo
Summer: 'This is Water'
2019
Winter: 'Magnificat' by John Rutter; “Humanity” by Johannes Hofmann, accompanied by the Rungholt Ensemble
Summer: Choir trip to New York
Performance on 22 June 2019: 'Summer in the City', under the direction of Uschi Krosch, at St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York City
Performance on 23 June 2019: 'Misatango' and the world premiere of 'Granmisa', under the direction of Martín Palmeri, at Carnegie Hall in New York City
2020
Winter: 'Dass etwas getan werden muss' by Max Andrezejewki
'Nihil Esse Respondendum' – Es soll keine Antwort gegeben werden – by Johannes Hofmanns (premiere), accompanied by the Hamburg percussion quartet Elbtonal and the Berlin-based saxophone quartet claire obscure
Summer: Video projects 'Favourite Sound' and 'Wann ist es vorüber'
2021
Summer: Video project 'There alway something sings'
Music: Sarah Quartel; Text: Ralph Waldo Emerson; Sound: Jonathan Schmitt; Video: Torsten Bruch; Piano: Gerrit Netzlaff
Direction: Uschi Krosch
Project for winter semester 2020/21: 'My favourite things'
In winter semester 2020/21, the HAW choir sang a programme based on the motto 'my favourite things'. The singers worked with pieces from the rock, pop, classical and folk music genres that talk about things we love, special situations, loving relationships and exciting moments. The mood moved between groovy, cheerful and contemplative. Gerrit Netzlaff accompanied the choir on the piano.
Donate to the choir's fundraising society Donate to the choir's fundraising society
The HAW Hamburg choir needs money to do its work – for example, to borrow or buy sheet music, and to pay the fees of the various musicians it collaborates with. This is why the Förderverein des Chores der HAW Hamburg e.V. (Fundraising Society for the HAW Hamburg Choir) was founded. HAW Hamburg supports its choir to the best of its abilities, but smaller donations are also welcome so that we can initiate new and exciting projects each semester.
Have we convinced you? Then feel free to make a payment:
Recipient: Verein zur Förderung des Chores der HAW Hamburg e.V.
IBAN: DE46440100460170618464
BIC: PBNKDEFF
All of the money goes to support the choir's activities. Because we are a non-profit society, we will gladly issue you a receipt for donations over €50. You can send a mail requesting your receipt to info@haw-chor.com.
Thank you for supporting us!
Contact information
Uschi Krosch
Choir director
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