Visiting Choir Concert: Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Date:
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location:
Music Building (MB)
Room: von Kuster Hall
Room: von Kuster Hall
Cost:
Free
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Western welcomes the Junges Vokalensemble Hannover and their conductor, Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, from Germany for a choral concert masterclass. This concert is a culmination of a three-day residency as part of a UNESCO City of Music exchange; a small group of conducting students will work with the visiting choir in rehearsal and then conduct them for this final concert.
Performers:
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, conductor
...with special guest conductors from Western, including Dr. Mark Ramsay and choral conducting students Ian Nathaniel Balana, Karen Hu, Iris Janssen, Manishya Jayasundera, and Emer Montaño.
Download concert program PDF (added July 21, 2025)
About Junges Vokalensemble Hannover:
Founded by its artistic director Prof. Klaus-Jürgen Etzold, the multi-award winning professional choir, Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, performs a wide range of a cappella work. In addition to sacred and secular a cappella music from the 15th century until today, the choir performs cantatas, masses, oratorios, and passions. The choir has recorded sixteen CDs and performed several world premieres of contemporary compositions, including pieces by Büsing, Dinescu, Fuchs, Wangenheim, Świder, Sixten, Penderecki and Banter.
Learn more about their Canadian tour at vokalensemble-hannover.de/events/canada/
Sponsors: Kulturbüro Hannover, the Goethe-Institut, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Tourism London, Unesco City of Music London, and Unesco City of Music Hannover
Learn more about their Canadian tour at vokalensemble-hannover.de/events/canada/
Sponsors: Kulturbüro Hannover, the Goethe-Institut, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Tourism London, Unesco City of Music London, and Unesco City of Music Hannover
photo credit: S. Heibat
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