2026
Wiesbaden, family concert: Martina will present some of her songs at this year’s Kindermusik.de gathering in Wiesbaden, Germany.
London (1 März): Carnival at Saturday School, with Martina (accordion, voice) leading the young revellers. One of many interactive school workshops this year.
2024
Nottingham (13 July): Interactive concert with songs from the new songbook Songs for Mother Earth and other favourites at the German Saturday School.
Deutschlandfunk (5 March): Contemporary children’s songs are discussed (in German) on Deutschlandfunk Radio, including several of Martina’s songs.
Cologne (20-24 February): Martina’s German and English climate protection songs feature in several new educational publications by Kohl Verlag: “Songs for Mother Earth”, the environmental musical “Es gibt keinen PLANeten B” and “Klassencamp”. The new resources were launched at the Didacta 2024 fair in Cologne.
2023
Greenwich (2 December): Bronia Evers and Martina Schwarz perform The Enormous Turnip at the Greenwich Waldorf School London SE3, free tickets.
Suffolk (1 December): Wild Woods by Wonderful Beast, with music composed and performed by Martina Schwarz, at The Old Bank, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
London (25 November): Bronia Evers and Martina Schwarz perform The Patchwork Quilt at Say Hello Studio, London N7.
Hamburg (27-29 October): Martina co-leads a workshop at the Children’s Songs Conference.
Romania (6-8 October): The Enormous Turnip, presented at the Lasi theatre festival for young people, here with puppeteer Bronia Evers and translator Carmen.
Lanzarote: students on Lanzarote prepare their climate action signs ahead of Martina’s interactive concerts.
21 May: Martina’s song “There is no PLANet B” shortlisted for the German Children’s Song Prize (Deutscher Kinderliederpreis)
1 May: A selection of Martina’s climate change songs now available from Goethe Institut UK, incl. teaching materials for primary level students of German as a foreign language.
Leipzig (28 April): Leipzig Bookfair –
Martina showcases her recently published climate change songs “Mehr Stimmen für das Klima” during the music teacher’s day.
Lanzarote (11-14 April): interactive MFL song programme for primary and secondary students
South-West India (27 January): online contribution for the German teacher’s conference at the Goethe Institut Pune: “Ohrwürmer für DaF”
1 January: Martins’s EP ‘There is no PLANet B!’ released on Bandcamp. Listen here
2022
7 November: Martina’s album of German songs about climate change launched on Bandcamp, incl. scores, audio-clips and pedagogic ideas
Goethe-Institut London (2 February): online music workshop for German language teachers “Ich bin nicht musikalisch, aber…”
2021
Goethe-Institut Madrid (11 September): German teachers’ conference.
London (May): Martina goes back into schools with her interactive MFL song programme
Online: Martina tells the Grimm tale The Queen Bee, part of Lockdown Tales from theatre company Wonderful Beast.
2020
Goethe-Institut Glasgow (5 November): Twilight seminar for language teachers
Martina’s Musik Mosaik for learners of German is a collaboration with Editorial Idiomas & Hueber Verlag
Goethe-Institut London (14 October): Making use of rhythm & songs in a primary German classroom.
Aldeburgh (July): Creative Retreat for Composers with the Britten-Pears Foundation
Durham (1 July ): Webinar ‘Learning languages with songs’ at the Primary Languages Conference organised by Durham County Council
2019
Madrid (October): choir project with primary school pupils in Madrid
Primary teacher training: integrating choir elements into the German lesson (Goethe Institute Madrid)
Durham (13 June): County Council celebration 50 Years’ Partnership with Tübingen (Organiser: Brian Stobie, Europe direct, Durham)
Sittard, Netherlands (February): Basisschool Lahrhof
2018
Latvia (19-23 November) during 100 year-anniversary of Latvian independence
Estonia (13-16 November)
Scotland: 8-10 November
Lithuania: 21.10.-26.October
Bad Honnef, Germany (27-29 September): E-Twinning Seminar
2017
Gran Canaria (9-13 February)
Namibia (4-15 March)
South Africa (17-31 March)
Brazil (3-12 April)
2016
Cologne, Germany (February): Didacta (Educational Fair)
Scotland (June)
2015
Lithuania/ Estonia (November)
2014
Czech Republic (November/December)
2013
Scotland (April & May)
Bolzano, Italy (July): IDT German Teachers Conference
Spain (October/ November)
2012
Scotland (May)
Madrid (October): German teacher’s conference
2011
Chisinau, Moldova (May)
Tallinn, Estonia (May)
The Czech Republic and Poland (September/October)
2010
Manchester & surroundings
2009
Scotland (March)
Manchester & surroundings (April)
Northern Ireland (October)
Finland (November)
2008
Ireland (April)
& surroundings (July)
2007
Scotland (March)
Ireland (April & December)
The Wirral, UK (November)
Northern Ireland (November)
2006
Scotland (March)
Manchester & Surroundings (October)