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 winter semester 2023/24
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In winter semester 2023/24, the HAW Hamburg choir will be working on larger pieces again. The theme is 'Zyklen – Cylces'. Katerina Gimon, a 30-year-old composer from Canada, finds a way to express confidence despite crises through music. Bob Chilcott sets diverse poems from indigenous peoples about the different life stages to music. And Annika Socolofsky has composed wonderful musical images about the water cycle in the face of current climate challenges.
The works by Katerina Gimon and Annika Socolofsky will be performed in Germany for the first time. Each of the three composers has a very personal musical language: powerful melodies, pulsing rhythms, beautiful sounds and sometimes unusual timbres.
The choir will be accompanied by Elbtonal percussion quartet and Gerrit Netzlaff on the piano.
The next concerts are planned for 16 and 17 Februar 2024 in St. Johannis Harvestehude church.
Rehearsals start on 11 October 2023 (7:30–9:30 pm) in the assembly hall at Alexanderstr. 1.
Open rehearsals for new singers will be held on 11 and 18 October 2023.
New singers are welcome. No previous experience is required.
You need to register via the choir website, even if you sang in the choir last semester: www.haw-chor.com
Upcoming performances
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The next concerts are planned for 16 and 17 Februar 2024 in St. Johannis Harvestehude church.
You can find more information 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
2022
Summer: Move! Feel the groove! – Finally, a live concert again with the best songs from the previous three semesters, presented in a new performance.
Concerts on 24 and 25 June 2022
Piano: Gerrit Netzlaff; Movement: Viktor Braun
Direction: Uschi Krosch
The HAW Hamburg choir also performed at the 'Night of choirs' on 11 June 2022
2023
Winter: Hoffnung - Hope.
Music: Works from Cecilia McDowell, Damijan Močnik and Kim André Arnesen are dedicated musically to the following questions: What gives us hope? What are our hopes for the future? What gives us certainty?
Concerts on 3 and 4 February 2023, Kirche St. Johannis Harvestehude, Hamburg
Direction: Uschi Krosch
Summer: 'I am what I am'
Music: Works and arrangements from Cat Stevens, Jakub Jeske, Vocal Line, Pierre Certon, Anastacia and Nina Chuba, interlaced with brief poetry slam interludes on the topic 'society of singularities'
Concerts on 7 and 8 July 2023
Direction: Uschi Krosch
Choir projects
Each semester we learn new pieces that are performed in a final concert together with professional musicians. Smaller compositions and pieces are curated and performed in summer based on a particular theme and cover a rich spectrum from jazz, to pop, to power metal.
In the winter semester the choir delights its audiences with bigger contemporary compositions, premieres of new works, or classical compositions.
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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