born 27.05.19...
At the age of 15 I received flute tuition for
the first time. Until the end of my high school time I learned to play a basic
repertoire of classical music from all centuries.
After a few months of
tuition I became a member of the school's orchestra where I was soon able to
play solo parts. I'm especially fond of memories of performing flute concerts by
Telemann, a Bach suite or dances by Bartok. Finally I joined the evening
school's symphonic orchestra in my hometown where I played the second flute. We
mainly worked on pieces written by classical Viennese composers.
During
my time at university where I studied mathematics and physics to become a
teacher I hardly found any time for playing the flute. Instead I joined the
students' choir. We had lot of fun there, especially after the rehearsals...
During my time as a trainee teacher and the first years as a fully
trained teacher I didn't play any music. Then in the late 70s I became a member
of the newly founded teachers' band "The Late Night Booze Band". We mainly
played rock music from the 60s and 70s, but also songs penned by our lead
singer. I composed some solos for songs which I played on the flute and I also
sang some songs myself. We mainly performed at school events with our colleagues
and students being an appreciative audience. Because of stylistic differences
within the band we eventually split up in 1988.
Apart from that I became
friends with another music teacher and we started playing jazz music. Here we
were joined by many different people on a not regular base. From time to time we
still meet for sessions today.
Apart from my teaching I used to play
classical music at school and conduct a variety of musical groups. For two years
now I haven't done this though, because I've concentrated on a study-group
working with highly intelligent students on natural science projects.
In
1994 I joined the band Zinnober. Because of a constant change of lead singers
who all brought their individual taste of music and style to the band Zinnober
has played a variety of different styles over the years. I have always tried to
capture the spirit of songs and music with my flute playing.
My own
share of singing with Zinnober is usually in background vocals. Our current
programme contains only a few songs with me as lead vocalist. My favourite style
in singing is blues music.
Alexandra
/ Theo / Stefan / Matthias