Kindergartens

Various ensembles from the Gürzenich Orchestra visit kindergartens across Cologne to perform exciting and fun concerts. 

Children are invited to join in, discover different instruments, and enjoy live classical music – up close and interactive! 

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Community Centers

We’re coming to you – to the community centers in Mülheim and Porz!
Daycare groups are warmly invited to experience our popular Mobile Concerts for the first time in community centers.
Should the journey take us into outer space, or will it be Gürzi the orchestra dog’s new adventure?
Register your daycare group now! After the registration deadline, groups will be selected by lottery.

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Rehearsal Visit for Preschoolers at the Philharmonie

There’s so much to discover in an orchestra: How many musicians are on stage? Which instruments can you hear? And what does a concert hall actually look like from the inside?Preschool children can explore these questions during the Zwergenprobe ("Little Giants' Rehearsal"). Before experiencing the orchestra in rehearsal for about half an hour, the children will receive an age-appropriate introduction from orchestra musicians who will present their instruments.

Mit Karacho!

 WUM and BUM and the ladies DING DONG – Gordon Kampe based on the book of the same name by Brigitte Werner (2017–18) for voice and orchestra

In our school concerts, neighbours WUM and BUM meet the equally loud ladies DING and DONG with a bang! One listens to loud marching music, the other sings along with her canary, Mr WUM bangs and clatters around on the ground floor with gusto and anger in his belly, and Mrs DING can even make a ‘pink frilly thing’ from her cluttered flat ring out – that can only mean trouble ...

With onomatopoeic sounds, composer Gordon Kampe brings the quarrelling neighbourhood to life with funny sounds, effects and clanging and banging – will they find the one and only second solution, or is it finally over and done with?

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Singen mit Klasse

“King kommt noch” is a musical story about arriving in a foreign land. Over the course of two months, 300 second-grade students rehearse the piece “King kommt noch” (2018) under the guidance of vocal instructors. The project culminates in two concerts performed together with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.

King kommt noch

The boy has been in this new country for just a few days, and everything here is completely different from home. The whole family came along and now shares a single room: Mama, Papa, the baby — but not King, the boy’s beloved dog. Not yet, because “King is still coming,” Mama says. While waiting, the boy closely explores his new surroundings.Everything he finds strange or curious, he shares with King through his wind phone. Why do people here put dog poop in little bags? Why can’t he and his parents read anything in this new country? And who is the woman from the yoga-yogurt shop, or the lady with the blue light? All very puzzling.

A cooperation between the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and KölnMusik.

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Klangspaziergang

Ever wanted to create your own concert, perform on stage, or even be a presenter? All of this is possible for students as part of the “443 Hertz – Klangspaziergang” series – in direct collaboration with the professionals of the Gürzenich Orchestra. The focus of this project is hands-on engagement with everything that makes sound. Students get to know selected musical works and develop their own personal connection to the music. Guided by instructors, chamber ensembles will work with a grade 3 class to prepare a concert for the entire school. Workshops and the final concert will take place at the school.

A unique experience at the Kölner Philharmonie for school classes of all grades and types: the rehearsal session. During this exclusive, half-hour rehearsal, students gain an exciting insight into an orchestral work and witness live the rehearsal discussions between conductor and musicians. The WDR Ensembles, the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and the Kölner Philharmonie have put together suitable offerings for all grade levels.

Teaching materials for pre- and/or post-visit preparation are available for download.

The rehearsal sessions for school classes are made possible by the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne in cooperation with KölnMusik and WDR.

Amazônia

Brazilian photographer and environmental activist Sebastião Salgado has documented the Amazon rainforest in all its beauty and fragility. His powerful black-and-white images are presented on a large screen – accompanied by the lush Rainforest Suite by Villa-Lobos. Around this concert, students can participate in workshops to explore both the music and important topics such as environmental and species conservation.

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For people with and without hearing impairments

“Ohne Worte” – a concert where everything is told through atmosphere and body language. Young hip-hop dancers and a Deaf performer use fast moves, creativity, and expressive sign language to show that music by Mozart and others can be brought into the present. Music knows no barriers – here, it becomes visible, tangible, and danceable.

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Rehearsal Visit and Workshop

School classes have the opportunity to discover two major cultural institutions from a very personal perspective. The Cologne Opera and the Gürzenich Orchestra offer a special behind-the-scenes experience.

During a morning visit, students first get to know the orchestra: they attend an exclusive instrument presentation and an introduction to the music. Seated next to their favorite instrument, they then experience how the orchestra rehearses for the upcoming opera production.
In the second part of the visit, the work is explored from a different angle: in a scenic workshop, students learn all about the opera's story and get to try out their own theatrical skills.

A cooperation between the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and the Cologne Opera.

School classes can book tickets for all symphony concerts at a price of €5 per student.
Tickets are available exclusively through the ticket service of Bühnen Köln and subject to availability.

Excluded are the concerts Carmina Burana, Amazônia, Jauchzet, frohlocket!, Zuversicht, St. John Passion, as well as chamber and family concerts.

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