Art Summer 2009 - Choir   with Tanja Wawra

Tanja Wawra

Tanja Wawra

Born in 1974 in Marktoberdorf | Education at the College of Music and Theater in Munich with Prof. Max Frey | Master class degree in choir directing with Prof. Michael Gläser| Courses with, among others, Michael Procter, Digna G. Ramirez, Vytautas Miskinis, Kaspars Putninsh | Lecturer at the Bavarian Singers’ Association | 2003 active participant in the choir directing forum of the Bavarian Radio and Television Company (Bayerischer Rundfunk) | 2005 Guest director at the Festive Summer “in der Wies” | Cooperation with the Southern German Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Symphony, the Munich Bach Choir among others | Since 1998 director of the BelCanto Chamber Choir in Munich (holder of the first prize in the Bavarian Choir Competition 2005) | Since 2006 Professor for Choir Direction at the University of Music and Theater in Munich and director of the Madrigal Choir of the University | 2008 rehearsals with the choir of Bavarian Radio and Television Company 

Songs of praise  

Songs of praise – an expression of joy, gratefulness, admiration, adoration. Praise for God, nature, love, music and much more.  

Composers feel all these emotions in their own way and put their “hymn” to sound in a very individual manner. The program consists of songs of praise from different backgrounds spanning from Whitacre to Nystedt, Bach and others. The second focus of this year’s course is Cuban Music. From Latin American “folksongs to the extremely challenging “Conga” by Guido López-Gavilán, we will be singing, speaking and dancing hot rhythms. 

Participation requirements and application documents:
Extensive choir experience, profound knowledge of singing from sheet music, desire to experiment. Documents: Description of experience as a choir singer. Max. number of participants: 35