The Süd Beat Big Band is one of the four big bands at the Rheinische Musikschule Köln. Although organised as a junior orchestra, new programmes are rehearsed and performed in public several times a year. Every January, for example, a senior school project takes place with the senior school choir of the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Cologne, which realises a specific theme each time with new and usually original arrangements. In the Beethoven year, for example, the works of this Bonn composer were reinterpreted with different approaches. However, this big band does not limit itself to just one style, but also performs modern styles in orchestral guise – for example, often hip-hop tracks or pop-rock songs. Live concerts with the Süd Beat Big Band are the strength of this up-and-coming orchestra – something the young musicians have already demonstrated on tours through China and Peru.