Choir Work­shop & Final Con­cert: Karl­sruhe Goes Africa!

Dis­cov­er the joy of African choral music in a live­ly work­shop: Karl­sruhe Goes Africa! filled with rhythm, move­ment, and singing!

This work­shop is open to every­one who would like to expe­ri­ence African choir music—no pre­vi­ous singing expe­ri­ence or knowl­edge of music nota­tion is required. All you need is curios­i­ty and a love of music.

Togeth­er, par­tic­i­pants will explore beau­ti­ful melodies, vibrant rhythms, and tra­di­tion­al songs from dif­fer­ent parts of Africa. Thanks to an easy and acces­si­ble teach­ing approach, even begin­ners can quick­ly join in and enjoy singing as part of a choir.

As an addi­tion­al high­light, Emaku­la­ta-Upen­do Heck­ele, a Swahili lec­tur­er at the Adult Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter (vhs Karl­sruhe) orig­i­nal­ly from Tan­za­nia, will give a 30-minute intro­duc­tion to the cul­tur­al diver­si­ty of the African continent.

The work­shop is led by Susanne Frische, an expe­ri­enced choir direc­tor who has spe­cial­ized in tra­di­tion­al choral music from Cen­tral and South­ern Africa for many years.

Final Con­cert

On July 11, 2026, par­tic­i­pants will per­form the songs they have learned dur­ing a small final con­cert as part of “mon­do meets Bil­dungscam­pus – A Sum­mer Fes­ti­val for Every­one.” The exact per­for­mance time will be announced later.

Course Instruc­tors

Susanne Frische & Emaku­la­ta-Upen­do Heckele

The work­shop is orga­nized in coop­er­a­tion with the Badis­ches KON­Ser­va­to­ri­um, ibz, and the Bil­dungscam­pus Karl­sruhe.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion, please con­tact us!