On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 7 p.m., musician Joris will be a guest at the Open House at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. In conversation with Udo Dahmen, the artistic director and managing director of the Popakademie, JORIS will give insights behind the scenes of his music career.

JORIS is a successful German musician and graduated from the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg with a bachelor's degree in pop music design. In 2014, the artist signed a record deal with music label Four Music while still a student, and has released three studio albums ever since, all of which have entered the Top 15 of the German album charts. Singer-songwriter JORIS has also received numerous awards, winning three Echos in 2016. JORIS is represented in management by "Die Bude - Artist Management & Label Service", where music business graduate Felix Mussell is one of the managing directors of "Die Bude".

At the open house events, personalities and celebrities discuss innovative topics from culture, science and business. The event series is open to all interested parties and admission is free.

Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects.

Admission is free.

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Experience the current generation of the Bandpool and take a look behind the scenes of our newcomer program Bandpool. LIVE & LAUT! Admission to the concert is free!

The Bağlama is the most important stringed instrument in Turkish music. In Baden-Württemberg, especially in Mannheim, this instrument has had a high status for years. On December 18, the Popakademie invites all those interested in the Bağlama to the Bağlama Symposium in Mannheim.

With Erdal Erzincan, one of the most famous masters of this instrument could be won as a guest musician for the symposium. Together with the lecturers of the Pop Academy Kemal Dinҫ, Taner Akyol, Erdem Şimşek and Kenan Tülek he will give workshops. In the evening, there will be a concert - also with graduates and students of the World Music program.

Co-organizers of the Bağlama Symposium are the Landesmusikrat Baden-Württemberg, the Mannheimer Musikschule and the Orientalische Musikakademie Mannheim.

Bağlama Symposium

• 12 p.m.: Start
• 1 p.m.: Welcome
• 2 p.m.: Workshops with Kenan Tülek, Erdem Şimşek, Taner Akyol, Kemal Dinç and Erdal Erzincan
• 6 p.m.: Concert
• 8 p.m.: End

The registration for the symposium is free.

Please register here

Flyer for the event

Beats & Sound of the producing students! The line-up of the Producers Club consists of students from the Pop Music Design bachelor's programme and the Popular Music master's programme with a focus on Producing/Composing Artist. Admission is free.

Since 2005, teams of students and lecturers from the Popakademie have been going on tour every year to rock the schools in the region!

Apply for Pop macht Schule 2023 and bring the Popakademie to your school!

At the Work in Progress Club meets World Music Café concert, students from the Popular Music faculty present themselves live on stage. The evening's programme will be dominated by a colourful mixture of the two courses of study Pop Music Design and World Music. As always, drinks will be provided. Admission is free.

At the end-of-semester concert on Friday, February 03, the students of the Master program Popular Music and the students of the Bachelor program World Music will be on stage. Admission is free.

Following the Open House in the Popakademie, the bachelor students of the pop music design course will present themselves at the end of the semester concert from 7 p.m. onwards. Admission is free.

Write your own songs, fiddle with lyrics, create compositions - SONGS, the songwriting competition in cooperation with the Stiftung Bildung und Soziales der Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, once again gives young songwriters the chance to stand on the big stage with their song. The application deadline is 17.03.2023

Save the date! On May 5, 2023, the final concert of Pop macht Schule will take place at the BASF Feierabendhaus.

More info will follow.