Secondary School

Music fascinates, it awakens feelings and is listened to with pleasure. But it can do much more: as an important part of school education, music can strengthen concentration, social responsibility, self-confidence and group spirit. What would lessons be without the live experience of music? The school concerts awaken the enthusiasm and passion with which the Gürzenich Orchestra also performs every concert. For a comprehensive pre- and post-concert preparation, teaching materials, workshops for teachers as well as school visits and meet & greets are offered. The »443 Hertz« programme and the rehearsal visits offer the opportunity to get to know the musicians at close quarters, to become musically active in an exchange with them and to feel the power of music directly.

Christmas is the time when wishes come true - and this is also the case in this »wish list concert« for grades 3-6 conducted by Gürzenich conductor François-Xavier Roth. The pupils decide what is on the programme, and it goes like this: The school classes choose their favourites from a list of song-suggestions and send their choice to ohrenauf@guerzenich-orchester.de by 22.10.2022. Three of the pieces that were requested most often will be performed in the concert. 

All entries will be entered into a draw for visits to the schools by vocal coaches. They will study the songs together with the pupils, which will then be sung in the concert.

Before the regular audience enters the concert hall, school classes have the unique opportunity to be all alone with the Gürzenich Orchestra in the grand auditorium of Cologne’s Philharmonie. The students get an interactive introduction, a glimpse of backstage life, and meet the orchestra musicians before they experience half an hour of the orchestra’s rehearsal up close.

Wed 07.09.22
Wed 02.11.22
Wed 23.11.22
Wed 08.02.23
Wed 01.03.22
Wed 22.03.23
Wed 03.05.23
Wed 17.05.23

9-11 a.m. or 10:30-12:30

This offer is aimed at pupils in grades 5-13. Participation in this offer is free of charge. 

The registration period for this offer in the season 22/23 is over since 01.10.22. Registration for this season is no longer possible.

Registrations for the 23/24 season are planned to be accepted from the beginning of May 2023.

Designing your own concert programme, standing on stage yourself and making music or moderating? As part of the series »443 Hertz«, students can do all that – in direct collaboration with the professionals of the Gürzenich Orchestra. The centrepiece of this project is the practical exploration of music. Accompanied by an educator, chamber ensembles of the Gürzenich Orchestra work with one class in weekly workshops to prepare a concert for the entire school. Including various art forms, the students get to know selected works, developing their very personal approach to music. This leads to an individual concert programme which is performed together with the musicians. Workshops and the concert take place at the school.

Information about the concert date will be available here soon.

In Cologne schools

This offer is aimed at pupils in grades 5-13. Participation is free of charge and will then be raffled among the registrations. 

The registration period for this offer in the season 22/23 is over since 01.10.22. Registration for this season is no longer possible.

Registrations for the 23/24 season are planned to be accepted from the beginning of May 2023.

The Gürzenich Orchestra offers special admission fees for upper school students for five concerts of its season. On selected Monday or Tuesday evenings, interested classes and music courses can get to know highlights of music history in symphony concerts of the Gürzenich Orchestra. Seating is allocated according to availability and located in Block Z.

5 € students
One free ticket per 10 students

Experiencing an orchestra in concert and listening to the music is impressive. But who are the artists on stage and what do they do when they are not playing a concert? Upper school students have the opportunity to ask these and other questions before attending a concert. Orchestral musicians, soloists, conductors and composers visit the school and talk directly to the young audience about everything they want to know about the orchestra and the concert.

To the subscription concert 8 »Prism« with Christoph Sietzen
Tue 28.08.23 in the morning

To the subscription concert 10 »Power House« with the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and François-Xavier Roth
Tue 09.05.23 in the morning

In schools in Cologne

Participation in this offer is free of charge and will then be raffled among the registrations. The prerequisite for participation is the purchase of tickets for the respective concert. 

The registration period for this offer in the season 22/23 is over since 01.10.22. Registration for this season is no longer possible.

Registrations for the 23/24 season are planned to be accepted from the beginning of May 2023.