{"id":46379,"date":"2024-03-11T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/rehearsing-together-performing-together-joint-performances-by-the-steinmuehle-concert-band-and-the-army-band\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:37:56","slug":"rehearsing-together-performing-together-joint-performances-by-the-steinmuehle-concert-band-and-the-army-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/rehearsing-together-performing-together-joint-performances-by-the-steinmuehle-concert-band-and-the-army-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsing Together, Performing Together: Joint Performances by the Steinm\u00fchle Concert Band and the Army Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chamber concert by the Kassel Army Band is of exceptional musical quality. It\u2019s no wonder, then, that the Steinm\u00fchlenforum was well attended for the benefit concert on February 20, and that the members of the Steinm\u00fchlen Concert Band, together with their conductor Stephan Reissig, took the opportunity to hold a joint workshop. <\/p>\n

Talent and practice, practice, practice\u2014these are the secrets to success for instrumentalists, and perhaps the most important ones. Inspiration, role models, and tips provide additional motivation. And even if you\u2019re not quite at the same skill level, you can always learn something from the pros. <\/p>\n

That was exactly the plan of the Steinm\u00fchlen concert band, which had already held its workshop with the musical guests from Kassel the day before.<\/p>\n

Right at the start of the concert, our students showcased what they had learned in two pieces performed together. They were sure to receive applause from the audience in the packed forum. Naturally, Steinm\u00fchlen concert band director Stephan Reissig and Senior Master Sergeant Andreas Alschinger, who each conducted their respective musicians, were also delighted with the successful performances. <\/p>\n

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A Journey Through Musical Eras<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rest of the evening was a journey through various musical eras, performed by the Chamber Orchestra of the Army Music Corps under the overall direction of Staff Sergeant Christian Schmidt. First, the musicians delved into the 1920s and presented Erwin Schulhoff\u2019s *Divertissement*. The dissonances in the piece were not always in line with what our ears\u2014accustomed to harmony\u2014are used to hearing in everyday life, but the performances aptly reflected the music of Schulhoff, who, as a contemporary of Arnold Schoenberg, was one of the most internationally successful composers of the 1920s. <\/p>\n

“The Show Must Go On,” they said afterward, and the audience found themselves enjoying music by the iconic British band Queen, performed by the clarinet ensemble. The program continued with a variety of pieces, including works by Elton John and Charles Koechlin\u2019s Sonatine Modale, Op. 155, performed by the flute and clarinet duo, before the brass ensemble took the stage. Here, too, the audience was treated to a mix: the program included \u201cViva la Vida\u201d by Coldplay, \u201cLullaby\u201d by Christoph Moschberger, and \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d by Klaus Badelt, arranged by Adrian Wagner. Solo artists regularly perform in the chamber music concerts of the Kassel Army Band. The concert program also included the trombone solo \u201cCsardas\u201d by Vittorio Monti, performed by Master Sergeant Sebastian Stricker. <\/p>\n

An extremely varied evening came to a close, during which the audience\u2014composed of music fans from the Steinm\u00fchlen community and members of the hosting Rotary Club of Marburg\u2014was treated to an acoustic journey through the music of various decades. Principal Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer thanked host Sergeant First Class Mareike Zaretzke and all the performers for this delightful experience. The fact that the event also supported a good cause\u2014namely, donating the remaining proceeds to the Parents\u2019 Initiative for Children with Leukemia and Cancer as well as to the Steinm\u00fchle Friends Association\u2014made the evening all the more special. <\/p>\n

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A chamber concert by the Kassel Army Band is of exceptional musical quality. It\u2019s no wonder, then, that the Steinm\u00fchlenforum was well attended for the benefit concert on February 20, and that the members of the Steinm\u00fchlen Concert Band, together with their conductor Stephan Reissig, took the opportunity to hold a joint workshop. Talent and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":46382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,95,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-music-theater","category-collaborations-partnerships","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49495,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46379\/revisions\/49495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}