Jan is a daily music teacher at Ollerup School, music and singing.
He has for many years been a unifying force in the musical community in south of Funen, and he is therefore awarded in 2010, the Live Music Prize from DMF - a Musicians Union in Svendborg.
About Jan:
Jan is born in 1958 and has played and composed since teen-age years.
For many years within the rhythmic music, but from the mid '80s until the late 90s, he has had a large part of his professional work as a theater composer and musician and composer of music for videoproproduction.
He has played guitar and sung since he was 12 and was actually on television as 14 years in contemporary X-factor with Steen Bramsen.
Since 1997 he has primarily worked as a music teacher at Denmark's top music school, Ollerup School, singing and music, while he simultaneously played in various bands contexts: in particular the Zydeco-band Captain Crawfish, party band Rock Spot and instrumental duo Søgaard and Schønemann.
Jan Schønemann
Skovvej 51
5700 Svendborg, tlf.: 6221 2011 eller 4042 3266
E-mail: schonema(a)gmail(dot)com
Duo with Pete Gunner or Henning Kaae. Se under Press and links.
The Songs have also been in touch with:
Anders Ringgard: Trombone
Agnar Ellebye: Trompet
Jesper Vognsgaard: Sax
Erik Sørensen: Sax
Simon Duun: Hammond Organ
Christian Søgaard: Organl/ Harmonika
Jens Holgersen: Kontrabass
Esben Hansen: Drums
Niels Ryde: Bass
Hear a sample with the big band "Blue Holger D" here.
Picures by Knud Mortensen - can be downloadet under Press.