Chairman	Lothar Riebel, Brunnenstr. 31, 56477 Rennerod Tel.: 02664/7141 Mail: lothar-riebel@onlinehome.de
Stellv. Chairperson	Katharina Kühn and Hirtscheid Tel.: 0160/7835667 Mail: katha.kuehn83@gmail.com
Secretary	Rüdiger Herling, Zum Alten Bahnhof 16, 57583 Nauroth, Germany Tel.: 02747/9153520 E-mail: ruediger.herling@t-online.de
support	Emily Wehr, Herborner Str. 17a, 56472 Fehl-Ritzhausen, Germany Tel.: 0151/11165565 E-mail: emily@wehrsonst.de

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Choir group North

Events of the Chorgruppe Nord

202503 - Chorgruppe Nord performs church concert in Kirburg

The voice as instrument of the year inspires in Kirburg

CThe audience experienced high-level hormusik at the beginning of spring in the newly restored Kirburg church. Seven choirs from the choir group Nord of the choir association Westerwald showed their skills. The impressive performance of the choirs made it clear why the human voice was deservedly voted ‘Instrument of the Year’ this year.

Pastor of the Ev. Municipality, Rüdiger Stein welcomed the many visitors to the concert before the chairman of the Chorgruppe Nord, Lothar Riebel, took over the official welcome. Katharina Kühn took over the presentation of the individual choirs and leads entertainingly through the program.

The participating choirs: the Mixed Chorus Klangart 2008 Stockhum-Püschen (conductor: Andreas Risse), the mixed choir Chorespondnz of Klangwelt Fehl-Ritzhausen (direction: Marcin Murawski), the MGV Liederkranz Luckenbach (direction: Marcin Murawski), the Mixed Choir New Voices Neustadt (lead: Isabel Stolpmann), the women's choir Akzente Daaden-Biersdorf (lead: Isabel Stolpmann), the local choir MGV KiMöNo – Kirchen, Mörlen, Norken (head: Andreas Risse) and the Mixed Choir Frohsinn Hirtscheid (lead: Edda Sevenich).

With this concert, the Chorgruppe Nord in the Chorverband Westerwald was able to present a wide range of choral music styles. The range ranged from secular music such as the hit ‘So soll es noch’ (So shall it remain) by Annette Humpe to classics such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Freddie Mercury) and ‘Sound of Silence’ (Paul Simon) and traditional choral music. The well-known ‘freedom’ of Marius Müller-Westernhagen and the cheerful ‘Veronika, der Lenz ist da’ were also a source of enthusiasm. The audience was amused by Max Raabe’s ‘For women this is not a problem’.

With this concert, the Chorgruppe Nord in the Chorverband Westerwald was able to present a wide range of choral music styles. The range ranged from secular music such as the hit ‘So soll es noch’ (So shall it remain) by Annette Humpe to classics such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Freddie Mercury) and ‘Sound of Silence’ (Paul Simon) and traditional choral music. The well-known ‘freedom’ of Marius Müller-Westernhagen and the cheerful ‘Veronika, der Lenz ist da’ were also a source of enthusiasm. The audience was amused by Max Raabe’s ‘For women this is not a problem’.

Prior to the final blessing, Father Stein stressed that this concert evening was an occasion to thank God – a feeling that is also wonderfully expressed by the choral song ‘Schau auf die Welt’ by John Rutter. The chorus of the song reads: Praise be to thee, O Lord, for thy creation. Let us be thankful that we see. All good gifts, all blessings, all this comes from you.’ The organiser also expressed this thanks, in which the concert was held free of charge, but the proceeds of the voluntary donations were made available to the Outpatient Children's and Youth Hospice Service Westerwald (Hachenburg).

The concert closed with roaring applause. The church community then invited to a cozy get-together in the Protestant church house, in which the experienced concert is still being recreated in the personal encounter.

2025/10 Choral Association pays tribute to long-term commitment

Singers were honored at the celebration

With the songs ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ by Wolf gang Amadeus Mozart, ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen and ‘Hab mein Wagen vollladen’, the mixed choir Kundert, under the direction of Susanne Eitelberg, opened the honour ceremony of the choir group Nord in the choir association Westerwald in the village community house in Kundert, writes the association i
A report on the celebrations.
Rüdiger Herling (Chairman of Chorgruppe Nord) addressed the importance of a tribute in his laudation: ‘A distinction is an award or recognition given to a person for his or her achievements or merits. Many awards honor the fields of sports, art, culture,
Science or civic engagement. Honouring club members is an important way to celebrate commitment and active work together with a long-standing membership and to strengthen the sense of community.”
The following men and women were honored: Mixed choir Kundert: Susanne Kersten Singen 50 years, Renate Gwiß Singen 70 years, MGV Luckenbach: Uwe Neizert Singen 25 years, Winfried Leyendecker Singen 60 years, Erwin Kind Singen 65 years, Mixed choir Liedertafel Hellenhahn-Good News: Anja Baldus Singen 25 years, Claudia Jungbluth Singen 25 years, Simone Schmidt Singen 25 years, Martina Benner Singen 50 years, MGV Eintracht 1880 Hattert: Klaus Krämer 25 years of management, Wilfried Schneider Singen 25 years, Hans-Georg Krämer Singen 60 years, Hubert Kohlhaas, Singen 60 years, MGV ‘Frohsinn’ 1913 Bellingen Günther Grandel Singen 40 years, Erwin Heinrich Singen 40 years, Ludwig Schmidt Singen 50 years, Erich Sturm Singen 60 years, Hubert Boller Singen 60 years, Gerhard Müller Singen 65 years, Rudi Jorde Singen 75 years, Klangwelt Fehl-Ritzhausen Justin Wehr Singen 20 years, Stefanie Wehr, Singen 25 years, Regina Brückmann Singen 25 years, Simone Schütz Singen 25 years, Henrike Hölper Singen 25 years, Männerchor Harmonie Rennerod Martin Kampingen 40 years, Lotharbel Singen 40 years, MGV 1896 Alpen Hansrod-Georges Miingen Singen 60 years, Erner Böhmer Singen 75 years and Reinner Klingen 60 years.

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10/2024 – Chorgruppe Nord honours 27 singers

Choral activist awarded for long-standing loyalty to choral singing

With the song ‘Festgesang – Musik du Heiligen Kunst’, the men’s choir Harmonie Rennerod opened the meeting of the choir group Nord in the Westerwald association. In the Catholic parish home Rennerod, choir chairman Arnold Riebel welcomed the honorary society. Choir group chairman Lothar Riebel especially welcomed the jubilees. He thanked his harmony for the orientation and also welcomed VG Mayor Gerrit Müller, First City Councillor Johannes Gerz as well as the chairman of Region 1 in the choir association Rhineland-Palatinate and treasurer in the association Westerwald, Raimund Schäfer. In the greetings, the guests of honour addressed the special aspects of choral singing for the villages and communities of the Westerwald. Schäfer advised the choirs to continue to actively promote this choral singing and to plan and conduct choral events. Rüdiger Herling (Chorgruppe Nord) responded in his laudation that the choirs had to survive some crises, primarily during the pandemic: “Our associations can rely on members like you who, despite the crisis, try to keep our community together.”

This was followed by tributes from 27 singers. To loosen up, the choral group had engaged soloist Yvonne Giesa-Schmitz, who had selected a song for each entry year of the honorees, which was then in the German charts. The singers to be honored were honored in association, they were presented by their club representatives and their work in the clubs highlighted accordingly, accompanied by one or the other anecdote from their many years of active work. They were honored: Bruno Müller (Luckenbach, 40 years choir direction), Arnold Riebel (Rennerod, 40 years board), Joline-Marie Horn (15 active singing), Samantha Leukel (Hirtscheid, 20 years), Miriam Enders (Kundert, 25 years), Christel Runge (Rothenbach, 25 years), Jürgen Hehl (Rothenbach, 20 years), Thomas Müller (Rennerod, 40 years), Norbert Schmidt (Rennerod, 40 years), Hildegard Weis (Hellenhahn, 50 years), Marita Klein (Kundert, 50 years), Helmut Wirths (Hattert, 50 years), Edgar Weber (Hattert, 50 years), Helmut Weller (Hattert, 50 years), Marianne Schnell (Lochum, 50 years), Michael Henrich (Rennerod, 50 years), Karl-Martin Schmidt (Rennerod, 50 years), Brigitte Stecker (Hellenhahn, 60 years), Reinhard Dönges (Höchstenbach, 60 years), Karl-Heinz Müller (Höchstenbach, 60 years), Theo Weber (Luckenbach, 60 years), Manfred Schmidt (Luckenbach, 60 years), Lothar Schäfer (Luckenbach, 60 years), Hans Mies (Luckenbach, 60 years), Ernst-Otto Schmidt (Hattert, 60 years), Matthias Wisser (KiMöNo, 60 years) and Elfriede Schneider (Kundert, 70 years).