Ten Sing

Ten Sing (own spelling TEN SING ) is a form of musical and cultural- creative Christian youth work within the YMCA, who originally hails from Norway and is now represented by groups in Europe, the USA, South America and the Philippines. In Germany the work currently includes (as of 2007) about 120 to 150 groups with about 5,000 active young people.

History

The Norwegian minister Kjell Gronner sought in 1966, which he felt was worst of the church youth work in Norway, according to new ideas. One day he got a call from an elderly lady who told him that God would send Gronner to Germany. She paid for the flight and the priest immediately went on the trip.

In Hamburg, he experienced a youth show of Sing -Out 66 which impressed him deeply. He wanted to establish this project in Norway and invited Sing Out Germany to Norway.

In 1968 Gronner founded inspired by the then German Sing -out movement in Bergen, the first Ten Sing group. This was originally a youth choir interpreted contemporary music. Part of the meeting was next to the Christian proclamation.

The name is tenåringe from the Norwegian terms derived and synge to sing German teenager.

1985 was founded by the Norwegian Tom Olav Guren in St. Gallen the first Swiss Ten Sing group. 1996, there were 35 groups in Switzerland, today there are about 20 groups.

Since 1986, Ten Sing is also represented in Germany. Responsible for the Ten -Sing - work in Germany is the YMCA, which also owns the rights to the name and to the concepts of the Ten -Sing - work.

Began in 1994, the Ten -Sing - Germany project, were founded in the run- up to 1997 34 Ten Sing groups.

In the meantime, celebrate the first German Ten Sing groups its 25th anniversary, and Ten Sing has successfully established itself in youth work.

Concept

Ten Sing was meant to start as a new missionary oriented youth work. A target is, however, no longer in each group; a commitment to the evangelical faith is not a prerequisite for participation and collaboration in Ten Sing The main feature of Ten Sing is that it is youth work by young people for young people. The Ten Sing - work will give participants the opportunity to try out in many areas to get involved and to take on tasks. The fact that new members be promoted and so quickly grow into tasks, many of the staff are quite young, making co-operation between conducting and participating Ten singers is narrow. Differences between conducting and participating members in the areas of culture and taste in music, which could be caused by large age gaps are largely avoided.

The original concept of Ten Sing was based on three basic pillars: the 3-K Model: Culture, Creativity, Kristus (Norwegian for Christ ). Since 2001, increasingly supplemented by two further terms and translated into the English language concept has prevailed. This denoted by Keyword 5 - C model concept is now also in Germany underpin the work.

5-C- model

Each Ten Sing group working together towards a concert, while the group goes through three phases of work to have developed a stage program generally after about a year.

Great value here is placed on ensuring that young people bring their own culture ( Culture) with, there are songs by the musical tastes of young people interpreted.

Creativity ( Creativity ) is needed in the various workshops - to lay the foundations for the concert - at least band, drama / theater, dance, art generally.

The third C ( Christian ) mainly plays a role in these samples, as will be discussed there in devotions Christian faith. The concerts can have a character proclaims, so take in the repertoire of choirs and gospel and spiritual space a.

To strengthen the skills ( Competence ) of employees and group members are increasingly offered specialized training, including the annual Germany far advertised Ten Sing Seminar in Dassel, but also organized in various regions of smaller seminars where professional expertise in the various necessary for the work areas is mediated.

An important fundamental role in Ten Sing groups plays the social fabric. The term Care Community and mutual aid, but also pastoral care and support of the group are summarized by older members or full-time employees.

Building a Ten Sing group is not always the same, each group has its peculiarities. The basic idea of ​​Ten Sing is: In every young person puts creativity. Ten Sing promotes self-esteem and confidence and helps young people to discover musical and other skills and develop. In addition, the sense of community and spiritual support young people in difficult life can give support and help.

Structures

In Ten Sing groups are generally at least the following four basic workshops or team: choir, band, theater, and dance. The choir rehearsal, attend the usually all members, is the central meeting place for everyone Ten Sing group. In addition, depending on the interests and abilities of the group members more workshops or teams, such as the mini choir, workshops or teams for breakdance, Clapping, Design of T -shirts, posters and the website, for the design of devotions. Compiled and coordinates the activities of the group are usually in a management team in which each workshop / each team is represented. Here or in plenary group fall most of the decisions.

Ten Sing groups are usually established on request of a YMCA or other local support group through starter concerts from other groups for this purpose or compiled starter projects with subsequent workshop days. In its inception phase, the group will initially run by adults, to this function can be given to suitably qualified young people partially or completely.

Former Ten -Sing - members who have grown out of group work, often involved even after they have left the group, such as in the other accompanied the group in organizing and conducting seminars, projects and festivals at regional, nationwide and internationally.

Since Ten Sing is youth work of the YMCA, their organizational structures are based on a regional, national and international level on the structures of the YMCA or YMCA.

Well-known former members

From this musical youth work are also already emerged some successful musicians such as Philip Rauenbusch the bassist of Reamonn, the singer Morten Harket (a- ha ), the group Glory of Joann (winner of SchoolJam 2007) or the group Silvermoon.