Cologne Jazzweek: Süd Beat Big Band

The Süd Beat Big Band is one of the four big bands at the Rheinische Musikschule Köln. Although organized as a junior orchestra, new programmes are rehearsed and performed in public several times a year. Every January, for example, a senior school project takes place with the senior school choir of the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Cologne, which each time realizes a specific theme with new and mostly original arrangements. In the Beethoven year, for example, the works of this Bonn composer were reinterpreted with different approaches. However, this big band does not limit itself to just one style, but also performs modern styles in orchestral garb - for example, often hip-hop tracks or pop-rock songs. Live concerts with the Süd Beat Big Band are the strength of this up-and-coming orchestra - as the young musicians have already demonstrated on tours through China and Peru.

In cooperation with the Rheinische Musikschule Köln.