Events organised by the Municipal Music School in October 2020
Celebration week to mark 70 years of the Chemnitz Municipal Music School from 10 to 15 October
Programme - Festive concerts in the concert hall
Saturday, 10 October, 3 pm, singing
Saturday, 10 October, 6 p.m., Rock/Pop/Jazz
Monday, 12 October, 6 p.m., wind instruments
Tuesday, 13 October, 6 p.m., piano and accordion
Wednesday, 14 October, 6 p.m., string instruments
Thursday, 15 October, 6 p.m., youth symphony orchestra & federal pens
Admission: free. Please only with registration: musikschule(at)stadt-chemnitz.de
(Maximum of 50 listeners possible)
70 years of music school
On 1 October 1950, three folk music schools were officially opened in Chemnitz, which were attached to the Humboldt School, Comenius School and André School primary schools. The founders were Werner Hübschmann (composer), Herbert Kettwig (music teacher) and Paul Kurzbach (composer).
In the beginning, the focus was on teaching music for folk instruments: Accordion, string instruments, piano, recorder, zither and singing. Later, the music school was commissioned by the central authorities to train young musicians for orchestras and theatres.
At first, the music school was a guest in various general education schools, later in a backyard building on Dresdner Straße. From the 1985/86 school year, the music school was finally able to take over its new and own domicile under the direction of Walter Schindler: the beautiful villa on the Kassberg, at Gerichtsstraße 1.
The extension with the large concert hall, the band rehearsal room and several classrooms was completed in 2013. The second floor of the building is currently being renovated and some of the colleagues are teaching in the alternative premises in Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.
Today, the work of the Municipal Music School is organised into several departments: String instruments, keyboard instruments, plucked instruments, singing, elementary music education with early music education, dance and senior citizens' lessons, rock-pop-jazz and wind instruments. Some of the early education lessons are given directly in schools and kindergartens. Around 100 teachers currently teach around 2500 pupils at the music school.
Project work offers pupils and teachers important opportunities to become involved in the cultural life of the city.
- Projects for talented pupils: masterclasses, competitions or performances with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Integrative work, such as the band "Motus" or the Dream Concert, in which various ensembles of people with and without disabilities make music together.
- Educational work such as seminars and workshops.
- Projects that enrich city life, such as participation in the Museum Night, Peace Day, city festivals and Tietz and much more.
In recent years, partnerships have been intensified, such as the "Musikcafé im Kraftwerk", the annual "Amadé in Spe" concert at Villa Esche and the "Viva La Musica" concert with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, to name but a few.