How everything started . . .
2000
Theo Mayerle and Helmut Fritz play already for a long
time in the Posaunenchor Geradstetten (church brass
band). After a band
practise in the summer 2000 Theo Mayerle tells to his music friend Helmut Fritz
about a TV show with a Swiss alphorn group and says: "To play alphorn
would make also fun for me, not also for you?”. After short consideration
Helmut agrees enthusiastically. After a visit at the alphorn maker Hermann Koppenhoefer on the
2001
In January
the alphorns become finished and practising begins. Mrs. Sabine
Schubert-Kessler, an outstanding alphorn player and concert pianist from
Remshalden-Grunbach, joins repeatedly the practises and gives valuable advises.
2002
Susanne
Brodt, she also plays for a long time in the Posaunenchor
Geradstetten, can be
motivated to start playing alphorn. Martin Dehlinger,
a former church brass band
and hunting horn player, joins as a further player. Now the alphorn quartet is
complete.
2003
Foundation
of the alphorn group "Remstalhorns". Since this time we practise on
every Thursday evening on the winegrowing estate Mayerle located on the Bauersberger
Hof in Remshalden-Geradstetten.
2007
In July René Greiner joins the group. He
plays French horn since his 6th birthday. René plays in various orchestras and
ensembles. He discovered his love to the Alphorn during his frequent holidays
in Switzerland. 2004 he ordered a handcrafted alphorn at the Swiss alphorn
maker Hans Rudi Bachmann. Finally in summer 2006 he could pick up the alphorn.
Sadly, we
may play alphorn with 5 players only for a short time, as our appreciated
Martin Dehlinger passes the way in September.
2017
Unfortunately,
René Greiner leaves the group, since he no longer lives nearby Remshalden.
Participation in training courses .
. .
2003
·
Alphorn
course of the Alphorn Academy of Switzerland in Charmey
/
·
Alphorn
course in Schoenried / Switzerland directed by Fritz Frautschi
and Markus Linder.
2004
·
Alphorn
course in La Tzoumaz / Switzerland directed by Jozsef Molnar.
2005
·
Alphorn
course of the Alphorn Academy of Switzerland in Charmey
/ Switzerland directed by Kurt Ott, Philippe Tille and Gilbert Kolly.
2006
·
Alphorn
course of the Alphorn Academy of Switzerland in Montreux / Glion / Switzerland
directed by Kurt Ott,
Philippe Tille and Gilbert Kolly.
2007
· FIESCHER ALPHORNWOCHE in Fiesch / Switzerland directed by Peter Baumann.
2008
· Alphornwoche Schwarzsee
– Lac Noir /
Switzerland directed by Willy Cevey,
Marc-Antoine Grec, Gilbert
Kolly, Max Sommer and Armin Zollet.
2009
·
Alphorn
course in La Tzoumaz / Switzerland directed by Marc-Antoine Grec and Gilbert Kolly.
2010
· FIESCHER ALPHORNWOCHE in Fiesch / Switzerland directed by Peter Baumann.
2012
· Alphorn course of the BDB-Music-Academy in Staufen directed by Berthold
Schick.
These are our goals .
. .
Our goal is
it to please our listeners with harmonic alpine sounds. As amateurs we feel
connected to the traditional alphorn play.