36th Sängerfest 8, 9, 10 June 2012 Home Page

Herzlich Willkommen	Updated 1 June 2012 You will need a Java capable browser to view this applet! Time Until *Grüß Gott mit hellem Klang……… Heil deutschem Wort und Sang!*
1st Night Celebrations
Mass Chorus Concert
Festival Director and Accompanist
PRIZE SINGING Rules & Songs
Adjucators 2012
Poughkeepsie Maps
VENUES Concert - Lodging
Schedule
Church Services
Zur Erinnerung
FORMS Ad-Badge-Dinner-Chorus Participation
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Germania Singing Society
of Poughkeepsie
37 Old Degarmo Road Poughkeepsie NY 12603-2062 - (845) 471-0609

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Welcome to the 36th
NYS Sängerbund Sängerfest.
We hope that you can join us for our weekend of
Song and Gemütlichkeit
8, 9, 10 June 2012.

Mit freundlichen Sängergrüßen und Kameradschaft,
your host the
Germania Singing Society
of Poughkeepsie.

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Herzlich Willkommen

Greetings to all singers, delegates, and guests,

The Germania Singing Society is is honored and proud to host the 36^th Sängerfest and welcome you to Poughkeepsie as we celebrate our German heritage. We are working diligently to make the weekend successful and enjoyable for all participants.

Our goal is to continue promoting and advancing German culture and tradition through music and song while maintaining the high standards of previous Sängerfeste.

Our Sängerfest weekend will afford all of us many unique opportunities to renew old friendships and form new ones while pursuing our common love of music through German culture and song. We are striving to make this weekend an entertaining, pleasant, and rewarding experience for you and hope that you are planing to join us for our weekend of song and Gemütlichkeit on 8, 9, and 10 June 2012.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need further information. Thank you again for your endorsement, courtesy, and continued support. We look forward to working with you and your organization on this event.

Patricia Kemmerer (845) 454-8192
Helga Nowak-Razey (845) 797-7519
Co-Chairpersons Sängerfest 2012

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Festdirigent und Begleiter
Festival Director and Accompanist

Ronald A.Bemrich Mr. Ronald A. Bemrich has been named as the Festival Music Director by the Germania Singing Society of Poughkeepsie. He is known for his versatility as a conductor, teacher and performer.

After graduating from Northwestern University, he went to Brussels, Belgium where he earned diplomas in voice and opera at the Academie de Musique and sang solo tenor with the Opera of Flanders and the Vlaams Kameropera in Antwerp, as well as the Royal Theatre in Mons. He often performed in solo recital, including a series for the Ministre de Culture Francaise.

Upon returning to the U.S., he was a member of the voice faculty and lectured in music history at several institutions including the University of Miami and New World School of the Arts. He also continued his work as a performer and music director in venues such as the Cocoanut Grove Playhouse and the Public Theater in Ft. Lauderdale.

As a conductor Mr. Bemrich has worked with a variety of choral and instrumental groups, professional and amateur, including the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Windsor, Ontario, and University of Michigan Choral Union In Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Having recently relocated to Hudson Valley, he has acted as interim Music Director of Cappella Festiva in Poughkeepsie and is continuing in his position as a voice instructor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.

Accompanist

Mr. Eric Hepp has been named as the Festival Accompanist by the Germania Singing Society of Poughkeepsie. Eric is the organist and choir director at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poughkeepsie. He holds M.S. degrees in Computer Science and in Geophysics from Michigan Technological University, and has been employed by IBM in Rochester, MN and Poughkeepsie, NY since 1989.

Eric studied piano privately from age 6 with 4 different teachers as his family moved around in Ohio and Michigan. He began his organ studies with Carolyn Deuel in Casper, WY, where he lived from 1981 to 1985. He served as organist of Portage Lake United Church in Houghton, MI from 1985 to 1989. After moving to Rochester, MN in 1989, he again began formal lessons with Robert Scoggin, practicing on the 5 manual, 55 rank Robert Sipe instrument at the Rochester United Methodist Church. He became assistant organist at The Congregational Church, Rochester MN in 1992, and remained in that position until his transfer to IBM Poughkeepsie in 2004. From 2000 - 2003 Eric was a frequent recitalist in Rochester, appearing on the summer noontime organ series held at Rochester United Methodist, the Lenten series held at First Presbyterian Church, and the Advent series held at Calvary Episcopal.

Eric maintains an active and involved interest in all things related to the organ. He is treasurer of the Central Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. During his time in Rochester, he served various offices in the S.E. Minnesota Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Eric assisted local organ technicians with tuning and minor repairs, and oversaw the addition of 8 ranks of pipes to the 35 rank Reuter Organ at the Congregational Church.

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Zur Erinnerung

	_'Brüder auf Leben und Tod'
An einem Festtag so wie heut, wo jeder nur an das Sängerfest denkt, wo jeder hebt die Stimmen hoch, voll Stolz und Liebe zum Heimatland, da denken wir tief im Herzen drin, an die lieben Freunde die nicht mehr mit uns sind.

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Local Church Services

There are many fine places to worship in Poughkeepsie. We have listed some here for your convenience. The list includes web links so you can review their schedules, dircetions, and maps. Please cleck below to view and print the list.

Poughkeepsie Area Churches

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If you have any questions on any aspect of Sängerfest 2012,
please call or e-mail at your convenience:

Patricia Kemmerer (845) 454-8192
President Germania Singers

Helga Nowak-Razey (845) 797-7519
Co-Chairpersons Sängerfest 2012

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