Kristina Kanders
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Kristina Kanders is a German drummer, composer and singer. She is the daughter of German soprano Agnes Giebel
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to study music (1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree in Music, Jazz & Contemporary Music Program, New School University, 1997 Master of Arts
Degree in Music, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College)
From 1994 to 2005 she taught ear training
, drum set and percussion at the New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program. In addition she worked from 1999 to 2005 as Acting Director of Academic Affairs for the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.
In her New York years 1987 - 2005 Kristina Kanders performed in numerous concerts, festivals and radio broadcasts in the USA and Europe, among others with Cyro Baptista’s Beat the Donkey (Special guests: John Zorn, Marc Ribot, David Brosa und Cibo Mato), her own group Sambanditos, Kit McClure Big Band, Joe McGinty
, Huevos Rancheiros, Boo Trundle
, Maria Excommunikata, and many others.
2005 Kristina Kanders returned to Cologne and produces her own music. 2006-2009 she performed frequently on drums with Frank Köllges’ Adam Noidlt Missiles Orchestra. Since 2007 she has produced two solo albums "For All People" (2008) and "Say Something" (2010) and published several music videos on YouTube.
Agnes Giebel
Agnes Giebel is a German soprano. She was born in Heerlen, in the Netherlands, where she lived the first years of her life. She studied at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a...
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Background
Kristina Kanders went 1987 to New York CityNew York City
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to study music (1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
Degree in Music, Jazz & Contemporary Music Program, New School University, 1997 Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
Degree in Music, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College)
From 1994 to 2005 she taught ear training
Ear training
Ear training or aural skills is a skill by which musicians learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. The application of this skill is analogous to taking dictation in written/spoken language. Ear training may be...
, drum set and percussion at the New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program. In addition she worked from 1999 to 2005 as Acting Director of Academic Affairs for the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.
In her New York years 1987 - 2005 Kristina Kanders performed in numerous concerts, festivals and radio broadcasts in the USA and Europe, among others with Cyro Baptista’s Beat the Donkey (Special guests: John Zorn, Marc Ribot, David Brosa und Cibo Mato), her own group Sambanditos, Kit McClure Big Band, Joe McGinty
Joe McGinty
Joe McGinty is a composer, keyboardist and arranger who was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey.-Background:McGinty is most widely known for his five years as the keyboardist for The Psychedelic Furs ....
, Huevos Rancheiros, Boo Trundle
Boo Trundle
Boo Trundle is a musician active in early to mid-1990s. Her style is semi-acoustic alternative indie rock.-Discography:*The Vast Underneath Produced by Boo Trundle and Yoram Vazan...
, Maria Excommunikata, and many others.
2005 Kristina Kanders returned to Cologne and produces her own music. 2006-2009 she performed frequently on drums with Frank Köllges’ Adam Noidlt Missiles Orchestra. Since 2007 she has produced two solo albums "For All People" (2008) and "Say Something" (2010) and published several music videos on YouTube.
Discography/TV Appearances
- Kristina Kanders Say Something (Bernd Gast Music, 2010), Cologne
- Drum track programming for Frank Schätzing, 2010, Cologne
- Film music for “Global Vulva” a film by artist Myriam Thyes, 2009, Cologne
- TV appearance with Emiliana Torrini at "The Dome 51", 2009, Lanxess Arena, Cologne
- Kristina Kanders For All People (Bernd Gast Music, 2008), Cologne
- Brian Woodbury "Variety Orchestra" (Some Phil Records, RER Megacorp, 2004), New York
- Cyro Baptista: "Beat the Donkey" (Tzadik Records, 2002), New York. This CD was named one of the top 10 alternative Cds of the year 2002 by Jon Pareles, main music critic of the New York Times
- La Plaza TV Documentation about Beat the Donkey for WBGH Public Television, 2001, Boston
- David Watson "Skirl" (Avant Records, 1999,) with "Beat the Donkey", New York
- Appearance in two US TV commercialsTelevision advertisementA television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
led by the producers of "STOMP", 1996, New York - Filmmusic with the "Custard Kings" for the film "The Golden Ram" by Alain Cloarec, 1996, New York
- Boo Trundle "Possible Bodies" (Big Deal Records, 1996), New York
- Joe McGinty "Baby Steps" (Continuum Records, 1996), New York
- David McLary's "Huevos Rancheros" (Three Ring Records, 1996), New York
External links
- www.kristinakanders.com
- www.myspace.com/kristinakanders
- Kristina Kanders on last.fm
- Kristina Kanders on VicFirth.com
- NME Video Award 2010