Article 4 (“No Slavery”) has been set to music and has been premiered. Here you find the free sheet music – for free as always: https://www.sing-human-rights.org/sing-human-rights/article04/art04_smab.pdf “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” This is the […]
Article 11 (Presumed Innocent) is now available for SATB chorus and piano. Here you find the free sheet music. Chorus plus piano: https://www.sing-human-rights.org/sing-human-rights/article11/art11_satb-p.pdf Chorus without piano: https://www.sing-human-rights.org/sing-human-rights/article11/art11_satb.pdf
The German Humanists’ Day 2018 takes place in Nuremberg and has a focus on “70 years Human Rights”. Doesn’t it seem natural to have musical versions of human rights performed at this event? “Sing Human Rights” participates with a project choir und YOU can join in and sing human rights […]
Today the nationwide German public service broadcaster “Deutschlandfunk” reported on Sing Human Rights. You can read it here: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-menschenrechte-vertonen-gospel-ohne-gott.886.de.html?dram:article_id=413575 The first paragraph translated: Gospel without God Does gospel music work without a Christian message? The choir director Axel Christian Schullz wonders. His answer: He sets the 30 articles of human […]
Yes, the title is deliberately ambiguous. 🙂 I have rearranged “Article 16”, the right to marriage and family for traditionally mixed choirs. Now also SATB choirs can sing the ballad about the right to found a family and equal rights of men and women as to marriage. And there is […]
The UDHR celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2018. A perfect reason to sing human rights. But which article to choose? Start with a simple one, start with number one. “Article 1” is a four part canon, there are recordings, sheet music for choir and also sheet music for piano accompaniment. […]
Many German Amazon customers have supported “Sing Human Rights” with their X-mas shoppings. During the fourth quarterly period of 2017 “Sing Human Rights” received 12,89 € through Amazon donations. Thanks to all the people who used smile.amazon.de for shopping and who supported “Singing Rights gUG”. https://smile.amazon.de/ch/107-570-43319
In January I have arranged the ballad “Article 28” for 3 part female resp. youth choir (SSA). And for the first time with a piano score! https://www.sing-human-rights.org/sing-human-rights/article28/art28_ssa-p.pdf https://www.sing-human-rights.org/sing-human-rights/article28/art28_ssa.pdf The first part is sung by two polyphonic voices. This is to enunciate that there are only a few people discussing that […]
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most translated document in the world, so it is nice to sing it in several languages as well. There are three versions of Article 1 here, once in English (sung by the Smile Project Choir 2017), in German (sung by Axel Chr. […]
The final concert of the fall tour 2017 of the “Smile Projekt Chor” included a performance of the 4 year old son of the composer and conductor. The boy sang one verse of “Wonke Umuntu”, which is article 3 of the UDHR in Zulu. This special moment of “Sing Human […]
Now the whole album “everyone” is available on soundcloud and audible. This is how you can listen to or share the sung human rights without any problems. Or follow Sing Human Rights on Soundcloud and always be informed about the latest tracks.
In 2023 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrates its 75th anniversary. For this occasion I am composing a full-length work for choir and symphony orchestra with the whole wording of the UDHR set to music. In 2023 75 choir will perform that work in 75 concerts (see also […]
In Germany, Amazon offers to support charities with every purchase. You only have to log in at smile.amazon.de and choose to support “Singing Rights gUG”. During the latest quarterly period Sing Human Rights received over 25 € through Amazon donations. That’s a lot for such a small charity like us. […]
To make music with family members is great. To sing human rights with family members is fabulous. To be hit with boomwhackers is part of the job – in some cases. 🙂 On Oct 31st 2017 my wife, two of our kids and me (Axel Chr. Schullz) recorded “Article 30” […]
Rest and leisure are human rights. The musical version of these rights (Article 24) correlates in sound and mood. In the concerts of this year’s fall tour of the Smile Projekt Chor, we accompanied Article 24 with boomwhackers. At Gymnasium Ernestinum Rinteln, Germany, we recorded the accompaniment. Of course there […]
