In addition to the latest awards of the German championships, the JBU has been granted regional, national and international prizes. Such success is the result of intensive and modern rehearsal with conductor Josef Christ at orchestra, melody and instrument practice, which takes place twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. JBU β Tradition and Present.
A major part of the young JBU musicians are trained by teachers of the music school, to which the JBU belongs in terms of music. JBU is organized as a registered institute, whose organs are the board and the committee. Considering that girls have joined Ulmer Knabenmusik since , it has adopted a new name, i. During this time it has had only two presidents: The founder Udo Botzenhart was followed by Michael Leibinger, who has since run the institute.
JBU β Classic and Modern. Classic symphonic wind music represents the focus of the repertory. However, Jazz, Pop and the whole range of popular music, belong to the fixed musical programme of JBU as well. JBU β Two Orchestras. It consists of the Young Talent Orchestra with 30 to 40 musicians and the Grand Orchestra with approximately 70 adolescents and young adults. As a rule, JBU membership ends at the age of 25 years.
JBU β Community and Leisure. The two are best coupled and experienced on the concert tours on which JBU goes at regular intervals. That is what JBU may call itself since it won the German Orchestra Contest in its category in Wuppertal in May , and the second prize in and in
