kids4kids performs the 2010 hit Musical in Nürnberg

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:53:44 +0100

FERRO CITY – for kids only
Artistic Director, Vocal Coach: Talia Refeld · Book & Director: Detlef Winterberg -Musical Director: Christoph Weinhart · Choreographer: Lena Vieweg Technical Director: Christian Wange · Light Design: Peter Platz Set Design: Stephan Wintersberger · Musicians: Ludwig Leininger, Bass Axel Kühn, Sax/Flute/Clarinet · Ravi Pagnamenta, Percussion

The excitement has built in Ferro City. It is »Visitors Day « The city is full of curious guests who want to see what it is like to live without adults. One of the dwellers must leave Ferro City and a love relationship is breaking up. When one hand does not know what the other foot is doing, the chaos is perfect – a normal day in Ferro City.
»... kids4kids laid a golden egg: Theater and Fun for a good cause..... The excited audience gave the young performers standing ovations for the temperamental Musical Theater South German Newspaper, Munich

Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM
in LUX – Junge Kirche Nürnberg · Leipziger Straße 25

www.lux-jungekirche.de/ticket-shop

Your ticket and your donations support Music Therapy Programs in Germany. We thank our Nürnberg sponsor Stiftung Persönlichkeit · for their generous support.
www.stiftung-persoenlichkeit.de

The Premiere of Ferro City is an audience hit!

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:06:08 +0100

Now you can find out if Storm really leaves Ferro City - We won’t tell-but the qualities of a perfect man, well, listen to this live excerpt

Four Ferro City Performers live at Bavarian Radio U21

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:10:53 +0100

Rebecca, Cäcilia, Sang and Martin are guests of the live radio program U21. The Podcast is in German. Click here to listen!

Gala Fundraiser- a special evening

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:18:13 +0100

The team 2010 performed for excerpts from Ferro City for the first time in front of a large audience. Prof. Dr. Mauser moderated the evening . Actor Tim Bergmann sang a moving Hallelulia.

Tamás Hacki, virtuose whistler and Peter Wolf, pianist wowed the public with their pieces. Fourteen year old Marika Riedl, two years on the kids4kids team and now studying in the pre college division of the Munich Conservatory, Munich held the audience spellbound with her Harp. She accompanied soprano Talia Refeld in Vissi d’Arte which brought bravos from the audience. Excerpts from the Gala will be shown in February 2011 on television as part of a film about Intelligence.

The kids4kids Performers with the Film Crew in the recording studio.

Ferro City - New Production 09. - 12. December 2010 at the Reaktorhalle, Munich

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:25:41 +0200

The rehearsals for the 2010 Production began in April and are a blast!
After an open casting call in March, we chose 16 young performers between the ages of 12-21 from 14 Bavarian schools for the 2010 team. Ferro City is the title of our new show. The performers are working diligently under the guidance of top professionals on their singing, dancing, acting, and varieté skills. Some are playing musical instruments including guitar, accordion, trumpet, and violin. The musical style includes Broadway, classical, pop, jazz and original songs. Ferro City is a place for youth only! Adults live in the neighboring Ferro Town. The audience is invited to an ‘open house’ in Ferro City, a zany day of fun and surprises. kids4kids projects create a healing circle through music. Your donations and ticket sales support music therapy projects for traumatized, handicapped and battered children.
Once again, we are looking forward to sold out performances! Hope to see you there!
Ticket sales have started. Information at info@kids4kidsworld.org or here (sorry, this page is in German only).

The Circle of Friends Gala will be November 19, 2010 at 7 PM in the concert hall of the Music Conservatory in Munich. Christoph Poppen will moderate. Dr. Siegfried Mauser and Dr. Tamas Hacki will be among our guests, and the evening promises to be entertaining and inspiring. This year we will be offering a silent auction for your enjoyment.

kids4kids Team 2010

Sun, 2 May 2010 23:38:49 +0200

Team 2010
under the leadership of Professor Jeralyn Talia Refeld

Director and Book
Detlef Winterberg has been a sought after performer since 1981. He began his career with Street Theater in his native Germany, had a Magic duo with Frederico de Franken, appeared in the Duo Ramsch Royal with the Juggler Oliver Groszer, danced in the Deutsch Oper Berlin, studied Mime in Paris, played in the French Circus ‘Gruss’ and founded the legendary Rock Circus ’Gosh’. For the past 10 years, Detlef Winterberg has been a standup comedian parallel to his directing and coaching of artists.
“I am enjoying working with young people who have a goal to help others. Normally I work with adult professionals. It is a challenge to discover the inherent talent in young artists and help develop it. I gladly support a project which goes beyond entertainment.”

Composer and Musical Director
Christoph Weinhart, received his musical education in Würzburg and Paris. He teaches at the Conservatory of Music in Würzburg and at the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding in Munich. Equally at home in classical music as well as jazz and musical theater, he is in demand as an accompanist, conductor and composer. He has written three Operas, Orchestra pieces, Chamber music, as well as music for film, theater and Chansons. He composes in the areas of Multimedia, and Dance as well as Commercials and Industrials.
“It is really a blast to work with talented and motivated young people, helping increase their musical knowledge, their ability to work in ensembles, and supporting them in the growth of their musical skills, especially with our goal of helping other children.”

Choreographer
Lena Vieweg has been dancing since she is 12 and gave her first professional performance at age 16. In 1998 at age 15, she founded a dance group which she has since developed and today boasts 20 members. In 2007, Lena graduated with honors from the renowned Iwanson School of Dance in Munich as a Dance pedagogue. Since 2007, she is in charge of training teachers to teach Ballet at the Iwanson School.
“The emphasis of my teaching and choreography with youth is Ballet, Modern and Jazz. The children bring spontaneity, excitement und elan to the rehearsals. It is fun to observe their talents grow and how they challenge themselves to be better. I am conscious of leading them firmly on their way, knowing that through their artistic efforts, they are helping others.”

Stage Manager
Elske Herrmann has been active in the field of Music since childhood. She studied Music and Culture Management in Germany, England and France. Elske holds a Masters degree from Oxford University. She has worked at many Festivals in Europe. Elske is currently Stage Manager for the BeMe theater in Munich and the Bavarian State Theater Company. kids4kids is her first experience in the world of musicals and creative work with young people.
"kids4kids combines the promotion of talents and social commitment in an extraordinary manner. It is a great honor to be a member of such a dedicated team and to be able to accompany this year's extraordinary participants a little part of their journey through life."

Lighting design
Peter Platz, was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Germany. He gathered his first experiences as Lighting Designer during his civilian service at a school for the deaf. His first professional engagements were with the State Theater in Heidelberg and the National Theater in Mannheim. Since 2003, Peter Platz is Lighting Designer and Technician for the Bavarian Theater Academy at the Prinzregenten Theater in Munich. Peter has done Lighting Design with great success for the following companies and theaters: Metropol Theater, Munich, Theater Halle 7 Munich, Music Conservatory, Munich, State Theater Nürnberg, Markgräfliche Opera Bayreuth, Christ Church Nürnberg, State Theater Landsberg, Kids4Kids World Foundation, Kloster Andechs, Hubertussaal München, Prinzregententheater München, Academy Theater Shanghai. Peter lives in Munich with his wife and 3 children.
“It is beautiful to see children and young people working as a team on such a worthwhile project. The courage and enthusiastic engagement shown by the young artists send the message that music brings us together and helps.”

kids4kids perform at Kampnagel in Hamburg for the benefit of Dunkelziffer

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:37:57 +0200

In March 2010, we traveled with the team of the 2009 Production - “Theater Tonight II” - to Hamburg for performances at Kampnagel.
Gräfin Iha von der Schulenberg, the famous TV Journalist und Moderator, presented the company of young performers to an enthusiastic audience.
Willi Decker Frisuren did hair and make up and gave this gift of color and beauty to our performers. Thank you Willi Decker for your generosity!
We attended a performance of the Stage Entertainment Production of „Tarzan“ and had the chance to meet Elisabeth Hübert who plays the role of Jane.
The performers, their parents and our team were invited to visit the offices of Dunkelziffer e.V. The performers tried out all the different instruments in the Music Therapy room including the powerful monochord table. Our team saw for themselves how the money from our performances is used to help sexually abused children heal from their trauma through music. It was especially meaningful to see how the funds from our performances work to change lives.

Drumming workshop with Andreas Wölfl, Music Therapist

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:00:51 +0100

‘Drum Power - A Project for Violence Prevention’
is a project kids4kids World Foundation began supporting in March 2009. It has been implemented in three Intermediate Schools in Munich. We finance the individual and small group therapy which continues after the formal classroom program ends. Here are the kids4kids 2009 performers at the drumming workshop given by Andreas Wölfl, music therapist and creator of the project. The performers and their families learned about Music Therapy and experienced for themselves the therapeutic power of music.

kids4kids welcomes Prof. Dr. Mauser into the Advisory Board

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:27:46 +0100

kids4kids World Foundation welcomes Prof. Dr. Siegfried Mauser to the advisory board! Prof. Dr. Mauser accompanied Talia Refeld on the piano at the 2009 Gala and had a lively discussion with Conductor Christoph Poppen on the importance of music in the education of children. Prof. Dr. Mauser is excited and impressed by the work of kids4kids.. He will be a performing guest at the Gala 2010.
Tickets for the Gala can be reserved here.

Project 2008 - Theater tonight

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:34:45 +0100

In March 2008 we held auditions and heard many talented young people. We cast 7 girls and 7 boys age 10-20 from 11 Bavarian schools for our 2008 Project. In April we began rehearsing for the new kids4kids World Foundation musical ‘Theater: Tonight!’ .

‘Theater:Tonight!’
When the curtain falls after the performance, when the public gathers their coats and go home, when all the actors have left their dressing rooms, when the technical crew have left for the evening, when it becomes dark and quiet as a mouse in the theater, then comes the moment...the time of the Theater Spirits! For hundreds of years they have lived in that building and night after night, when the theater is empty, they awaken: Hamlet, Puck, the Princess, the Prince, the Maid, the Countess, Richard the Third, Mephisto and many others. In the dark of the evening they fulfill their dreams: for once, the chance to play someone else!

They sing, dance, play and dream that they are on the great stages of Broadway or London. They leave their time worn roles aside and without a care, slip into new roles, performing them with passion. Only once in a while, the flashlight and sounds from the Night Porter as he does his nightly check, disturbs their reverie. When the dawn breaks and the first stagehands arrive to work, they are fast asleep in the dusty, hidden corners of the stage: the theater spirits.

‘Theater: Tonight!’ had its world premier in the Schauburg - the German State Theater for Youth, Elisabethplatz - München with great critical success.

Richard III really wants to play a young and handsome leading man

Mephisto sings a moving ballad about his life as a Fallen Angel

After the mischievous Puck and his musical shadow watch the quarreling lovers Helena, Lysander, Hermia and Demetrius, they decide never to grow up!

Toinette and the Prima Ballerina discover their similarities and choose to become friends forever.

The night porter is caught in the magical spell of the evening and to the astonishment of all, including himself, belts out an opera aria

The Theater Spirits sing and dance until the first traces of the dawn

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Sun, 1 Aug 2010 13:09:20 +0200

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Project 2006 - The little Soul and the Strawberry

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:23:00 +0100

Project 2006
Our 2006 project was an original musical written for the kids4kids World Foundation. Both performances of the ’The little Soul and the Strawberry’ were sold out and met with standing ovations by an enthusiastic public. The participating 9 children aged 8-16 and 3 adults were able to raise more money than in 2005.
The piece is available for the kids4kids outreach program. It can be individually tailored to meet the talents of various groups.

The little Soul and the Strawberry
(A Christmas Musical for Children)
Book: Oliver Hauck & Talia Refeld
Original Music: Christoph Weinhart

Nine souls learn that the Earth is a place where you need friends, and ‘heavenly attributes’. They learn how you conquer fear and how faith makes you strong alone and together. The childrens musical ‘The little Soul and the Strawberry’ tells a story which shows there is more of a connection than we know between heaven and earth.

The Music:
The acoustical delights of this show are the elements and style which make a successful, modern musical: original songs, medleys from pop, film and musical, traditional and classical music that create the mood for the most peaceful and loving holiday, Christmas!

Project 2005 - In a Circle of Light

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:18:49 +0100

The idea to formally create the Foundation kids4kids World came from the success of the concert 2005 ‘In a Circle of Light’. 14 international children French, British, Chinese, German, American aged 6-14 presented a concert of Broadway songs, classical hits and Christmas songs on a small stage in a charming castle in Höhenried on the lake Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany. All 120 tickets were sold out immediately.

The children played their instruments, sang, delivered an informative text and learned to express themselves easily before an audience. It was important to these children to know they were helping children who were sad and hurting only a few miles away. All donations went directly to Tabaluga located 5 kilometers from the castle. Tabaluga used the money for their music therapy program. The children were terrifically proud of their achievement, had fun and the public reacted with a standing ovation! Win/win for everyone!!

After the overwhelming success of the 2005 performance, the director of the castle generously offered the stage for 2006. In December 2006 we happily presented 2 sold out kids4kids World Foundation performances.