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About Hilko Schomerus
My interest in the world of percussions began in 1982, and after a great deal of self-taught experiences in different bands in my hometown
Freden/Leine, five years later I spent one rigorous year under the tutelage of Freddie Santiago in Hannover. I also spent some time studying abroad, such as in West Africa and Venezuela, Indonesia. Today I am a studio and live musician and also an instructor.
News 2008/2009:
Pictures and Videos of the the ‚Soulounge‘ (with Roger Cicero, Johannes Oerding, Astrid North and Jennifer Kae) you can find here:
NDR Online - Unterhaltung - Konzerte & Events - Hamburg Sounds- Soulounge - Die Videos
From now on you have the opportunity to study Latin / Popular - Percussion as main subjects at the Collage of Music in Cologne.
Teachers are Alfonso Garrido (Stefan Raab, Heavy Tones o.a.) and myself.
Arnaldo de Souteiro, (about 250 productions , john mclaughlin, herbie hancock ... )
wrote: "... the best nu-jazz project of the year!"
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2008/10/cd-of-day-bahama-soul-club.html
In April I changed my cymbal endorsement to 'Anatolian' and my sticks endorsement to ‚Vater’ in cooperation with 'Box of Trix'
.Collaboration, productions, tours and concerts with, among others:
Randy Crawford (CD Productions and European Tour)
Quincy Jones (Stomp ReMix by Mousse T.)
DJ Bobo (CD und DVD Productions and European Tours)
Fury in the Slaughterhouse (CD Productions and Tours)
Bootsie Collins, Fred Wesley (CD Release Concert with Randy Crawford)
Phil Collins (Play back at 'Wetten, das...')
Camerata Freden (Members of the Berlin Symphony and London Symphony Orchestra, RTL-Radio Orchestra a. o.)
Lamont Dozier (Concerts with 'Soul Lounge' in Germany)
Cultured Pearls (CD Productions and Tours)
Roachford, Hiram Bullock (Concerts with 'Soul Lounge' in Germany)
Echt (CD Productions and Tours)
Mousse T. (CD and TV Productions and Concerts)
Inga Rumpf (German Tour)
Richard Clayderman (Concert)
Cunnie Williams (CD Productions and Tour)
Supreme Chord Jesters (CD Production)
Dave Liebman (Concert)
Terry Hoax (CD Productions)
Havanna (CD Production und Concerts)
Backstreet (CD Production)
Gamut of Crime (CD Production)
She´s China (CD Production und Concerts)
Sidney Youngblood (Concert)
Gregor Prächt (CD Productions)
Charlie Mariano (Concert)
Benny Bailey (Concert)
Thomas Quasthoff (Concert)
Sono (Concerts)
Soulounge (Concerts)
Roger Cicero (Concerts with 'Soulounge')
Eugene Ruffolo (CD Production)
Si Mullumby (Concerts)
Max Mutzke (Shows)
Guildo Horn ( Shows)
Marcus Meyn/Camouflage (Shows)
Marian Gold/Alphaville (Shows)
NDR Big Band (Production)
Gabriel Gordon (Shows)
Filmmusic:
"Pornorama", Mousse T. & Tex Super (Film music), Marc Rothemund (Director), Bernd Eichinger (Script)
"Mongol"- The life of Genghis Khan, (directed by Sergei Bodrov), was nominated for the „Oscar“ in the cathegory 'Best Foreign Language Film' in 2008.
Current Band projects:
The Bahama Soul Club
Mellow Melange
Zafiro
Training / teaching:
Has been teaching various music classes, Undergraduate and KA (“Serious Drum Classes”) at the Hannover College of Music and Theater for Latin and Popular Percussion since 2001.
Has been teaching latin percussion lessons at the Music Department of the Cologne College of Music and Theater since 2003.
Has been teaching at the Cologne College of Music and Theater for the Pre-College Cologne PCC since 2004.
Teaching KA (Serious Drum Classes) at the Münster Collage of Music in 2009.
2006/07 : Provide distant-learning undergraduate/master courses at the Arnheim ArtEZ Conservatorium for latin and popular percussion.
Guest lecturer at numerous German institutes, including the Remscheid National Academy, Vds, Afs.
Guest lecturer at the Colleges of Music in Detmold, Bremen and Hamburg.
I have been a temporary guest lecturer at Viff, Institute for Early Education for Young Musicians at the Hannover College of Music and Theatre since September 2006.
I have been teaching “Drummers of the wind section” at the IGS List in Hannover since October '06.
Director of 'Tres-Golpes' School for percussion, drumset and rythm in Hannover.
Coordination and Cooperation:
Production at the Wiesbaden National Theatre 'Die Wirbelsäulenflöte' (Mayakowski),
Hannover National Theatre ' Die Geschichte des Tanzes' (L. Höfgen)
Sony Deutschland Exhibitions, Sony
Isabell´s Rache, Schauspielhaus Hannover
Publications:
"Modern Percussion", Lessons for Percussion and Rhythmik, distributed by Lugert Verlag/Oldershausen, ISBN 3-89760-071-4
"Percussion for Beginners only", distributed by Bosworth Music GmbH, Berlin
Polyrhythmik, Improvisation und Sprache. ditributed by Jürgen Terhag (Hrsg.); Populäre Musik und Pädagogik. Bd. 1. Institut für Didaktik populärer Musik, Oldershausen 1994. S. 133 - 141
Fremde und vertraute Schwerpunkte - Beat und Off-Beat-Training durch rhythmische Phrasenverschiebung, Überlagerungen und Sprache. distributed by Jürgen Terhag (Hrsg.); Populäre Musik und Pädagogik. Bd. 2. Institut für Didaktik populärer Musik, Oldershausen 1996. S. 170 - 181
Universal Percussion - Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Authenzität und Vereinfachung, AfS-Magazin 12/2004
Musikunterricht heute 5. : Traditionelle lateinamerikanische Rhythmen und ihre zeitgenössischen Variationen
Vom Autodidakten zum Traumberuf, AfS Magazin 21
On April 12, I did a guest spot on the new dvd of percussion player and author Tom Schäfer with the instrument 'cabasa'. Other guests are Martin Verdonk, Nene Vasques, a.o.
The dvd is out now at ‚Leu’ !
More current projects:
A play in early music education: 'The Snail Cochlea'
Rhythmic and Polyrhythmic school: 'Important Music Rhythm Fundamentals', incl. Audio and Video material.
- Percussion & Play Alongs: "The Rhythm of Percussion"
Many thanks for the best support !
Latin Percussion & Toys
Anatolian Cymbals
Vater Sticks
Schlagwerk Wodden Percussion & Toys
Roland Electonik Percussion & Effects
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