Franz Surges

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Franz Surges was born 11.10.1958 in Remagen/Rhine, Germany. He studied at the episcopial school for church music, Aachen and conservatoire Cologne, Department Aachen.

1 Education
2 Position and awards
3 Oeuvre
4 Literature

[edit] Education

He took his following exams:

Cantor-exam (called A-exam)
Diploma in music-pedagogics (Organ)
Diploma of the artistical final-exam, main subject organ
Diploma in music-pedagogics (note-setting)

He took further lessons in composition by Tilo Medek

He completed international master-courses resp. music academies, e.g. by Jean Guillou, Piet Kee, Guy Bovet, Harald Vogel, Monserrat Torrent

[edit] Position and awards

Since 1981 Franz Surges acts as church musician at St. Antony, Eschweiler-Roehe (since 2006 also St. Michael, Eschweiler), composer, choir director and music teacher (among others for church-musical so-called C-exams).

Franz Surges obtained a number of prices and award, among others:

First Prize composition contest "in furtherance of contemporaneous music-maintenance in religious services", Schwäbisch Gmuend (1991) within the frame of the festival "European Church Music"
First Prize composition contest "Mayrhofer-Prize", Passau, Germany, 2002
First Prize composition contest country town of Siegburg, 2006

[edit] Oeuvre

Franz Surges composes opera for different choirs (male chorus, female chorus mixed-gender chorus), solo and instrumentation (Strings, woodwind player, brass, piano and organ)