Pop and jazz for Christmas Eve offer a performance on the evening of St. Nicholas Day, Saturday, December 5th, at 6 PM, featuring students from the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, led by Professor Anne Kohler, in the church in Bergkirchen. The singers of "Pop-Up" present rhythmically engaging, sonically brilliant, and harmonically diverse songs from their varied repertoire. "Pop-Up" brings old melodies to life in simple beauty, adds rhythmic wit and nuance, and transports listeners to a surprisingly enjoyable evening filled with musical anticipation for the holiday. "Pop Up" is the vocal ensemble of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, whose repertoire includes jazz standards, pop classics, and legendary songwriter songs. "Pop-Up" was a guest at festivals in Cologne and Aarhus (DK) and performed together with the Rolling Stones in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf in October 2012. In 2018, "Pop-Up" won two first prizes in national and international competitions and released several CDs. In June 2025, "Pop-Up" won first prize at the German Choral Festival in Nuremberg. Tickets for €10/€15/€20/€25/€30 can be ordered from November 9th at
[email protected] or purchased at the box office from 5 PM. More information can be found at www.bergkirchen.net. "Pop-Up" is the 32-member vocal ensemble of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. The ensemble's repertoire includes vocal arrangements of pop songs, jazz standards, gospel songs, and songwriter titles, performed by members who study music education, conducting, singing, sound engineering, and music pedagogy. "Pop-Up" enjoys rhythm, vocal soundscapes, and colorful harmonies. The focus of their work is on interesting arrangements, finding a cohesive choral sound, and enjoying musical collaboration. "Pop-Up" was founded in 2010 by its director, Anne Kohler, and won the "Young Art" prize from Volksbank-Paderborn-Höxter-Detmold in 2012. The ensemble participated in Voc.Cologne and the Aarhus Vocal Festival (DK) in 2013 and performed as a backing choir for the Rolling Stones in the Düsseldorf ESPRIT Arena in June 2014, in front of 50,000 listeners. In this year, "Pop-Up" won two first prizes in national and international competitions and released its third CD in early December. Anne Kohler studied music education, singing, and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Since 2009, she has been a professor of choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, where she leads the Hochschule Chamber Choir and the jazz vocal ensemble "Pop-Up," and supervises a major in choral conducting. She has deepened her training through masterclasses with Eric Ericsson, Frieder Bernius, Volker Hempfling, Tonu Kaljuste, Jens Johannsen, and members of the "Real Group." Since September 2012, she has been a guest at the SWR Vocal Ensemble in Stuttgart, working on productions and recordings for Marcus Creed, Pierre Boulez, and Roger Norrington.