Young Voices Brandenburg

Young Voices Brandenburg

Young Voices Brandenburg in Xuzhou, China
Origin Berlin/Potsdam, Germany
Founding 2000 (2000)
Genre Mixed vocal jazz choir
Members 20-25
Chief Conductor Marc Secara
Website www.youngvoicesbrandenburg.de

The Young Voices Brandenburg are a jazz and popular music choir of over 20 voices, composed of 18 to 26 year old male and female singers. The musical ensemble is specifically auditioned from the State of Brandenburg, Germany on a two year rotation. They have toured the United States, China, and South Africa as well as having recorded numerous highly acclaimed CDs. The group has been featured with prominent media periodicals/broadcasts such as the Berliner Tagesspiegel, Cue TV and RBB.[1][2][3]

The ensemble is conducted by acclaimed jazz and pop singer/educator Marc Secara. The ensemble was initiated in 2000; their first CD release was that same year.[4][5] The Young Voices Brandenburg has been a highly successful educational and musical organization sponsored by Verband der Musik - Kunstschulen Brandenburg, Deutscher Musikrat (gGmbH), Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum. Their record label (Junge Töne) is also sponsored by this state agency and also supports an honors youth symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble from Brandenburg, Germany.[6] The Young Voices Brandenburg are a unique project, no other German state offers younger singers this type of choral ensemble.

Young Voices Brandenburg style and music is influenced by groups dating back through the 1920's in Germany and United States such as the Comedian Harmonists and Gospel choirs of Thomas Dorsey. More contemporary pop and jazz harmony oriented groups they draw from are the Hi-Lo's, Swingle Singers, Singers Unlimited, Manhattan Transfer, Take 6 and the New York Voices. The repertoire for the group has been commissioned from noted composers/arrangers in Europe and the United States to include Nicolai Thärichen, Darmon Meader, Juan Garcia, Jack Cooper, Friedemann Matzeit, Tanja Pannier and Matthias Knoche.[4]

Discography/DVD

See also

References

  1. ↑ Youtube: RBB ZIBB-Beitrag: Record Release for "1000" (15.10.2013) Young Voices of Brandenburg
  2. ↑ Youtube: cueTV, South Africa, National Youth Jazz Festival in Grahamstown, Südafrik (Jun 21, 2011) Young Voices of Brandenburg
  3. ↑ Landesjugend Jazz & Pop Chor "Young Voices Brandenburg"Verband der Musik- und Kunstschulen Brandenburg e.V.
  4. 1 2 3 4 CD listing for Young Voices of Brandenburg website
  5. 1 2 "1000 - young voices Brandenburg" CD with Junge Töne (LC 29767), 2013 Sound carrier of Young Voices Brandenburg in the German National Library catalogue
  6. ↑ Landesjugend Jazz & Pop Chor "Young Voices Brandenburg"Verband der Musik- und Kunstschulen Brandenburg e.V.
  7. ↑ "OBERHAMMERGAU - Young Voices Brandenburg" CD with Playground Records (LC 12089), 2011 Sound carrier of Young Voices Brandenburg in the German National Library catalogue
  8. ↑ "ECHOES OF MOTOWN - Young Voices Brandenburg" CD with Playground Records (LC 12089), 2011 Sound carrier of Young Voices Brandenburg in the German National Library catalogue
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