Pop and Jazz: Successful benefit concert for Markt Schwabener Ukrainehilfe

Created: 09/22/2022, 13:50

By: Sabina Brosch

The Don Camillo Choir from Baldham also took part.

© Sabina Brosch

The effort was worth it: Under the motto "Sing fo(u)r Aid", four choirs invited to the benefit concert for the Markt Schwaben Ukraine initiative "Helping Hands".

Markt Schwaben/Neukeferloh – Four choirs sang almost 3000 euros at the vocal benefit concert “Sing fo(u)r aid!” in Neukeferloh.

It was a vocal cooperation between the "don camillo chor", "El ChorAzòn", "SingCronix" and "NiceTry" a cappella.

The private initiative "Helping Hands for Ukraine" from Markt Schwaben can be happy.

During the pandemic, the Baldham "Don Camillo Choir" had the idea of ​​networking with fellow choirs and ensembles and singing together: the "Charity Concert for Ukraine" project was born.

"We were there right away," reports Oliver Grieshammer from "NiceTry".

He is the choir director of the Munich East Choir Association and his vocal ensemble took part in a donation concert for the Doctors Without Borders association in April.

In Grasbrunn, each choir had four to five songs, creating a wonderfully varied evening.

Old hits are really good

The a cappella ensemble "SingCronix" shone with pop songs and were not afraid to go into the hit box from "Itsy Bitsy Beach Bikini", "Tanze Samba mit mir", "Hot as a volcano" to "It was just my fault der Bossa Nova” and to resort to a meshup of Dreigsang and alpine yodeling interludes.

The 30-strong choir “El ChorAzòn” by and with Nick Hogl performed on stage with highlights from rock and pop history.

They presented an extraordinary unplugged concert with songs by Bruno Mars, Police, Supertramp's "Dreamer" and finally Paul Simon's "You can call me Al", chosen with a lot of power by Nick Hogl on the e-piano.

The vocal ensemble "NiceTry a cappella" from Baldhalm is at home in jazz and swing, all six have excellent voices, although Catherine Grieshammer's wonderful soprano voice can certainly be named as the lead voice of the choir with "Chanson d'Amour", "When she loved me" from Toy Story 2, but also "Singin in the rain".

The “Don Camillo Choir” formed the conclusion, which is one of the best jazz choirs in Germany and whose 35 singers enchanted the audience with ballads, but also with pop music such as “True Colours”.

The four choirs, all from Munich, Baldham and Haar, had a home game in Grasbrunn, which certainly contributed to the Neukeferloh Bürgersaal being fully occupied with only a few seats.

Donation pot well filled at the end

The high quality of the evening and the uniquely put together program also filled the donation pot of the evening's beneficiary, the "Helping Hands for Ukraine".

Representing the private initiative around Christian and Carola Schedl, Ben Töpfer reported on the transport of aid to the Ukraine, "We are providing as much help as we can."

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The focus of activities is currently on a monastery with 1200 people who are now preparing for the upcoming winter.

Ben Töpfer: "We are absolutely dependent on financial support in the form of donations, and I would like to say a big thank you for that."

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