The Anglistenchor Heidelberg

The Anglistische Seminar has had its own choir since 1990. The choir has a broad repertoire reaching from the Middle Ages to premieres by contemporary composers. Each semester, we perform one or two concerts with a variation of English, American or Irish pieces. There may be short as well as major pieces, mostly sung in English or Latin.

The choir consists of about 50-60 singers from the Rhein-Neckar region, both students of English and of other faculties and non-students.

During the semester we meet every Thursday at 7 pm in Room 108 of the Anglistisches Seminar (Kettengasse 12), in addition there is one rehearsal weekend (usually in a youth hostel in the region) and one or two rehearsal Saturdays.

To join the choir, please go to our join us page.

Musical direction

Clayton Bowman, Conductor, was born in 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He studied voice and music history with Dr. Scott Murphy and Dr. Peter Bagley with emphasis on ensemble music. He moved to Germany in 2004 and began his studies as a guest student with Prof. Georg Grün at the state conservatory of music in Mannheim (Staatl. Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst). There he studied choral conducting until 2010. He continues to sing regularly in the conservatory's chamber choir as well as in KammerChor Saarbrücken and other choirs in the area. He is conducting assistant with Konzertchor Darmstadt and founded the JSBChor and JSBOrchestra in Mannheim.

 

Jan Wilke, accompanist / musical assistant, was born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1980. He received his first piano lessons at the age of 7. He took part in the Jugend Musiziert competitions as a pupil and won several prizes at the regional and state-wide level. In 1999 he won the Bach Competition for young pianists in Köthen and was given a special prize by the city of Darmstadt in 2000. He studied Music Education at the state conservatory of music in Mannheim from 2001-2006, majoring in piano and conducting. Jan Wilke performs frequently on the organ and piano throughout the Rhein-Neckar region and works together with several choirs, including Konzertchor Darmstadt, The choir of the University of Heidelberg and the Bezirkskantorei Ludwigshafen. Additionally Jan Wilke conducts two choirs of his own in Ludwigshafen.